This is an attempt to modernize the "Zenit-EM". Initially there It looked just like an EM with new lettering, then there was a polycarbonate plastic top and is finished in black with new designs on the dials. The serial number is on the inside of the back door. Zenit ETs also exist without aperture automation. They were supplied with Helios 44-2 lens and are rare.
Produced: 1981-1993
Name: „Зенит-ET“
Producer: Vileisk plant "Zenit" (BeLomo corporation)
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens:
Helios-44M 2/58
Helios-44M-4 2/58
Helios-44-2 2/58
Industar 50-2 3.5/50.
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.
Weight 1.2kg
Quantity: ±3.000.000 units (BeLomo)
Price in the middle of 80-th:
135 roubles with Helios 44M-4 or Hilios 44M
100 roubles with Helios 44-2
77 roubles with Industar 50-2 (prices taken from original 1987 manuals).