As Minhas Câmaras: Zorki 5 (1958)

sábado, 14 de novembro de 2015

Zorki 5 (1958)

Zorki 5

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Zorki-5 comes in two versions. The first one with a square rangefinder window and Industar-50 both collapsible and rigid lens. The second version is very similar to the Zorki-6. With a round rangefinder window and Industar-50 f3.5/50mm lens. It's interesting to mention, that famous KOMETA camera (never was produced in series) initially had ZORKI-5 name!!!
Produced: 1958-1959
Name: „Зоркий-5“
Producer: KMZ
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Industar-50 3.5/50.
Shutter: 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/100s, 1/250s, 1/500s + B.

Quantity: 236.502 units (all types).

May exist variant with name engraved in black Cyrillic letters. At least 2 different body coverings.

Fonte: Sovietcams

The Zorki-5 is a 35mm film rangefinder Leica-derived camera, made by KMZ. It was produced from1958 to 1959 with quantity a 236501 units.

The Zorki-5 is a less known Zorki model. Some collectors consider it (and its successor Zorki-6) one of the best Zorki ever made. The Zorki-5 evolved from the Zorki-2S : but with a longer rangefinder base, an advance lever instead of knob, and a combined viewfinder/rangefinder window, with an adjustable diopter magnification.

The Zorki-5 comes in two versions with 7 types.The first version with a square rangefinder window and Industar-50 both collapsible or rigid lens. The second version is very similar to the Zorki-6. With a round rangefinder window and Industar-50 f3.5/50mm lens. There are at least 2 different body coverings.

Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo, serial no. and СДЕЛАНО В СССР ( = SDELANO V SSSR = MADE IN USSR)
Lens: "Tessar"-type KMZ Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/ 3.5 collapsible or rigid.
Mount: M39 screw mount, filter slip-on.
Lens release: simply screw anti-clockwise.
Aperture: f/3.5-f/16, no click stops
Focus range: 1-20m +inf
Focusing: coincident rangefinder image focusing. Collapsible lenses have a focusing tab and scale on the focusing helical of the lens. Depth of Field scale; Focusing lever locks on infinity
Shutter: horizontal travelling focal plane, rubberized cloth double cloth curtain; Speeds: 1/30-1/500 +B; setting: dial on the top plate, lift and turn.
The shutter dial may be safely shifted to other values even if the shutter isn't cocked. This won't damage the mechanism of the Zorki-5 or any other Zorki without slow speed controls. A secondary dial within the dial itself has an index mark which can be used to reference the set speed.
Shutter release: located on the cocking lever knob.
Cocking lever: also winds the film, with a long throw, wide-arc stroke, on the right of the top plate.
Frame counter: on the cocking lever knob, additive type, manual reset.
Winding is more positive and shutter cocking will be less prone to error if two or more shorter strokes are made, instead of a single long throw stroke. Two shorter strokes are also easier for the hand than the long throw arc required to fully wind the Zorki-5/6 shutters.
Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder/ viewfinder, blue rangefinder images, orange glass, very bright.
Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
Rewind release: via a small knob beside the shutter speeds dial
Flash PC sockets: two, bulb and X, on the left side of the top plate
Others: Cold-shoe; Memory dial; Tripod socket: 3/8"; Strap lugs
Film loading: bottom loading like old Leicas, it is necessary to cut the film tongue to make it longer; Bottom plate opens by a pop-up lever on it
Engravings around the opening ring: 3aKP - ОTKP (= Zakr - Otkr = Close - Open). ОTKP is an abbreviation for ОТКРЫТЫЙ
Special take up-spool, removable
Body: metal; Weight: 604g
Serial no. first two digits correspond to the production year

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo

PM1930. Camera identical to PM1920, but with new design of shutter release knob already. Less than 25000 copies released in 1958. An earliest so far known camera has s/n #5812027 (eBay 2012).

Fonte: Sovietcams

A minha tem o n.º de série 5821545 e a lente é uma Industar 61 2.8/52mm de 1971 com o n.º de série 7105315

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