FT 2

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

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Originally posted by Vlad

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.html

Zoom
Very interesting views and detais of FT-3.
Regards LP

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.html

Absolutely incredible and entertaining story about the inner circles of Soviet camera designers!!! Thanks for a great read!

Vlad