Zorki 10 XXV Congress

Hi!

I'd like to warn you, that Moscow fakers have reissued a quantity of faked Zorki-10 XXV Congress cameras recently. The mentioned cameras have commemorative sticker on the camera frontplate, instead of silkscreened one! May be the present issue is inspired by our Forums?

Best Regards,
Aidas

oh son of a...!! I just bought one of those!!! CRAAAP!

I guess it goes on my fakes shelf Good thing I only paid $30 for it...

Vlad,

I was too late to say this, sorry ...

It's ok, I did not notice a sticker, the stamp was in right place - damn "ruscamera", I am done buying from him....

Vlad,

if your purchase was $30 it's ok, not to say so if have paid $250 for instance ...

Vlad,

Would you please post a picture of your camera ?

Thanks,
Steve

It was actually 25EU... just rechecked...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320272323786&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011

Keep kicking myself for this mistake.. this clear label was definitely shown I just did not notice it because usually fakes have those metal badges, did not expect the label at all....

Steve, posted an eBay link to it.

Hi friends,
that semmed to be a fake , because we can see a sticker hedge cut.
I possess the same since 4 tears and i certifye it is a silk screen printed ( whithout frame heges)...
sorry vlad but anyway , a new interesting fake well made.

BTW these fake stickers can be found on many other cameras, so keep your eyes open ...

Best Regards,
Aidas

Vlad,

Please accept my sympathies for your bad luck. At least you didn’t pay a fortune for this camera. You could even say that it was worth that amount for the lesson learned. Now you will be more aware and much less likely to make a similar purchase in the future.
And one other good thing has come out of this, that is the warning from Aidas that other cameras may have the same problem, so now we will all be more vigilant, and less likely to fall for the same trick.
Best wishes, Jim.

Jim thank you but I am not upset at all since fakes and modifications are also part of my collection.. and you are right as well that the price was a good price a nice Zorki 10 camera, it was not a price for real Zorki 10 Congress . So on the fake shelf it goes along with my FED Mikron 60 years of Ukraine