just arrived in my collection

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Originally posted by Jacques M.


... I wonder why these 356 extra cameras?

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Hi Jacques,
the production of Zenit-V (Зенит-В) was really stopped in 1972, but in 1977 this serie was continued with special cameras Zenit-V for endoscopy Zenit-VE (Зенит-ВЭ), I have such camera with s/n 7700xxxx.
I think that is the reason why there were less then 1000 cameras in 1977-78.

Regards, Alexander

Thanks, Alexander. That's clear now.
Ulrich: you are right. I will open soon a special thread about these early Fed 3. They deserve it!

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Happy to get a camera from Guido's collection, as a souvenir. He was a lover of fakes, like me...