Zorki 3 preseries

A picture of the cover (# 00707) without the four screws.
Now, the viewfinder without the left screw, if I can!

Jacques.

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Originally posted by Jacques M.


A picture of the cover (# 00707) without the four screws.
Now, the viewfinder without the left screw, if I can!

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Hello Jacques

Ah, okay, thank you for this donations. As soon as possible I will show pictures of other early Zorki 3 too. At the moment I'm working on an article of the Zorki 3 family, but it will be in german once again ... sorry for that. And I will have some other surprizes on my homepage very soon. But it's an other story ...

By the way, what lens you have on your Zorki 3? A Industar 22 50mm/3.5 maybe? I found that much of the early Zorki 3 have Jupiter 8 or even SK (ZK) 50mm/2, the "better" lenses. For me it seems that the Zorki 3 was some sort of luxury model delivered with the best lenses existing in this times.

Many thanks to you, once again, Jacques.

Best wishes - Guido

Hi Guido,
The lens is a rigid black Industar 22 dating from 1952.
Of course, I don't know if it's the original one. Maybe...

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Hello Jacques

The date seems to fit very well ... I think that only with the documents we can say if a lens is original or not.

Best wishes - Guido

Zorki 3 s/n 5432649, 5419927, 547715, 5451398 Last I sold resently on ebay to jentelmen in Germany. Could be you? .

BTW may be somebody interesting swap Zorki 3 on Zorki 3M?

Hello Okynek

Thank you for the serial numbers.

Best wishes - Guido

Guido,

may be you have already noticed, but there's one more Zorki-3 #04142 on eBay recently:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Radziecki-ZORKI-3-preseria-nr-04142-z-1951-roku_W0QQitemZ110235849842QQihZ001QQcategoryZ15234QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Regards,
Aidas

Hello Aidas

Thank you for the link. Yes, this Zorki 3 is already on my list.

Best wishes - Guido

hi Guido ,
my 3 zorki 3 are :
5418562
5434349
and 04945 (engraved on theright side of ocular. ("prй-sйrie" whith lock on slow speeds and big window finder)

but i notice : 5434349 have a dot in place of arrow (like a 3M) to set speeds drum ( on the left side of accessories shoe)
my 3M is 5568379.

54185662 is in Princelle's second edition page 273 (repro device)

Dear friends

Thank you very much for all the serial numbers you spend. At the moment I have 46 numbers of Zorki 3 and 18 of Zorki 3M. Ten of the Zorki 3 s/n are short ones where I have more or less extra informations.

So here is my first attempt to bring a little more light in:

- screw near the viewfinder or not
last # without screw: 00707, first # with screw: 01447

- big or small viewfinder
last # with big: 02288, first # with small: 03110, exeption: 04945 from Alain

- screw under the rangefinder is in the middle or on the right
last # middle: 04142, first # right: 04746

- four screws of the accessory clip are visible or not
last # without screws: 04142, first # with screws: 04746

- lock at the slow speed dial
last # with lock: 04974, first # without lock: 54xxxx

- diameter of the speed dail
15mm from the beginning to 1954, 13.5mm from 1955 on (not very shure!) and all Zorki 3M I have seen

- speed dail mark
arrow from the beginning to 1954, dot from 1954 on, mixed in 1954 (for the Zorki 3M also mixed in 1955)

The following short numbered Zorki 3 I have looked closer: 00316, 00539, 00707, 01447, 02288, 03110, 04142, 04746, (04945), 04974, and some later Zorki 3 from 1954 and 1955.

The smallest number in 1954 I found for the Zorki 3 is 547413, the biggest was 54160012, but it's probably an error in my list, so we better take the next lower, 5451398.

The lowest number in 1955 I found was 5502575, the highest 5548522, for the Zorki 3.

The Zorki 3M s/n goes from 5503332 to 5571252 in 1955, and one number I found for 1956: 5601406.

I will continue to collect all numbers and expand my list. If I would have further conclusions I will inform you.

Best wishes - Guido

Fine, Guido!
It will help everybody.
Thanks!

Jacques.

Hello Guido,

Very interesting research on S/Ns.

Here are mine:

Zorki-3 s/n 5517201
Zorki-3M s/n 5544491
Zorki 3C s/n 5644913,5634521.

Cheers

Guido,

Great job done, thanks! I would like to ask your permission for using your data in my further investigation, ok?

Some additional information for Zorki-3 Fans:
- one of my Zorki-3 (1955) comes with serial number embossed, not engraved ...
- I have bought camera #547104 on eBay recently. It still comes with speed dial lock (see actual picture below)

Regards,
Aidas


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/24gf0.jpg

hi Guido,
mine are :

- 04945 (tripod screw - lock on slow speed dial- arrow mark in front speeds dial)
- 5434349 (kiev style table foot - dot mark in front speed dial)
- 2418562 (kiev style table foot - arrow mark in front speed dial)

Hello Aidas

For shure you can use my informations, no problems. I'm working on an article on the Zenit 3 family too, a draft you can find here:

http://www.g-st.ch/privat/kameras/zorki3.html

Sorry, it's in german again ...

The #547104 I have found on eBay too and it's already in this draft because of the lock on the slow speed dail. An interesting camera, because I think this detail was soon changed after this s/n.

Best wishes - Guido

Hello Alain

Thank you for your numbers again. There are in my database since some weeks. ;-)

It's wonderful how much help I received from you all, thank you very much!

Best wishes - Guido

Hello Guido,

Your source is amazing, many thanks! I will offer you all my material about Zorki-3 camera to make your article more complete and unique. My very new find - Zorki-3 #00288, which looks different from your #00316 camera ...

Best Regards,
Aidas

Hello Aidas

I'm *very* interested in this #00288. Do you have any pictures of this camera?

Thank you very much in advance.

Best wishes - Guido