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Topic author: Vlad
Posted on: 20080722164919
Heard a story yesterday from a fellow collector I've met locally that this camera was developed by KMZ for taking panoramic pictures of the artillery kill-zone.. anyone heard of such a thing before?
Vlad
Reply author: Zoom
Replied on: 20080722182146
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Vlad</i>
<br />Heard a story yesterday from a fellow collector I've met locally that this camera was developed by KMZ for taking panoramic pictures of the artillery kill-zone.. anyone heard of such a thing before?
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This version see in J.L. Princelle's book...
Far from a truth.
See also (in Russian):
http://www.zenitcamera.com/archive/ft/index.htmlReply author: Luiz Paracampo
Replied on: 20080723131126
Zoom
Very interesting views and detais of FT-3.
Regards LP
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20080723134625
Zoom, thanks for link, that story was also in one of the small Russian catalogs (Forgot the name).
I have seen this page before that you linked us but only now noticed a link to this article:
http://www.zenitcamera.com/archive/horizon/horizont-secrets.htmlAbsolutely incredible and entertaining story about the inner circles of Soviet camera designers!!! Thanks for a great read!
Vlad