Zenit 11 (1981-1990)

Zenit 11 (1981-1990)

#405

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

The Zenit 11 is a solidly-built camera with essentially the same Leica type cloth shutter as earlier Soviet rangefinder and SLR cameras. It has an external selenium meter mounted on the prism front above the lens. The meter isn't coupled to the camera. The Zenit uses the M42 Pentax screw-mount lens which means there is a variety of lenses from all over the world that will fit it. Partially depressing the shutter release stops down the lens. Additional pressure releases the shutter (source: http://home.att.net/~wayne.cornell/camera/russianslr.html).

Source: sovietcams.com

The KMZ and Belomo manufactured Zenit 11 (Зенит 11) 35mm SLR was a member of the Zenit E family derived from the Zenit ET but with different control placement and generally in all black but examples with chrome tops are known. Examples were produced with several strap lug variations and with the Zenit name in either Latin or Cyrillic script. It was produced from 1981 through 1990.

Source: camera-wiki.org


Specifications

Produced: 1981-1990
Name: „Зенит-11“
Producer: KMZ/BeLomo
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Helios-44M  2/58.
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.

Quantity: ±1.500.000 units.

Original price (in year 1986) 140 roubles.

Source: sovietcams.com

Frame size: 24x36mm
Shutter speed: 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 and Bulb mode.
Normally equipped with automatic aperture.
Meter: Uncoupled selenium meter above the lens mount.
Lens mount: M42.

Source: camera-wiki.org


Model

Serial number 88061146


Reference sites

camera-wiki.org

sovietcams.com


Manual

English manual


Film


Pictures taken with this machine


Videos

Zenit ET Silver Version (1981-1991)

Zenit ET Silver Version (1981-1991)

#370

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

Zenit ET is a 35mm film SLR camera manufactured by Vileiskiy Zavod Zenit, (Vileiskiy Plant Zenit), near Minsk, former USSR, produced between 1982-1993 with quantity 3.000.000. Зенит = Zenit means Zenith that is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer in astronomy or may mean the highest point.

Zenit ET belongs to the long running series of Zenit cameras. Small numbers of early Zenits was produced by KMZ, in 1981-82.

Zenit ETs also exist without aperture automation and without a built-in meter. They offered various finish materials and colours like silver, black, or bronze. This camera is an attempt to modernize the Zenit EM. Initially it looked just like an EM with new lettering, with new designs on the dials. Some variants also lack strap lugs.

The cameras produced in Vileiskiy Plant Zenit of MMZ-BelOMO are a complete remake of the earlier Zenit ET. The shape and features remain the same, but more plastic parts are used, including the top cover, bottom plate, and film advance lever on some cameras. BelOMO also supplied the multicoated Helios 44-3 58mm preset lens for use with the ET models lacking aperture automation.

There were 3 types Zenit ET (KMZ) and 6 types with 11 sub-types of the Zenit ET (MMZ-BeLomo).

Source: Camerapedia

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.

Specifications

Produced: 1981-1991
Name: „Зенит-ET“
Producer: KMZ/BeLomo
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: MC Helios-44M-4 2/58
Helios-44-2 2/58.
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.
Quantity: 61.069 units (KMZ).
±3.000.000 units (BeLomo)

Source: Fotoua

Model

Serial number 87190339 (body) and 84237114 (lens).

Manual

In English Generic for E versions

Reference sites

Angela's Notebook
Camerapedia

Fotoua

Film

Pictures taken with this machine

Vídeos

Zenit 122 (1990-2003)

Zenit 122 (1990-2003)

#87

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Zenit 122 is a 35mm SLR made in Russia by KMZ, introduced in 1990 — one of a long series of Zenits. Lenses have the 42mm screw thread fitting; the standard lens was a 58mm f2 Helios.

Fonte: Camerapedia

The Zenit-122 (read Zenit-12-2) is an amateur SLR that evolved out of the Zenit-E through the Zenit-TTL and the Zenit-12. In essence it's the same camera, although in 35 years KMZ added a TTL light meter, clear viewfinder, design body and plastic controls.

The 122 comes complete with a Helios-44M-5 or -6, or a Helios-77M-4, all of which are of unimpressive mechanical quality (i.e. lightweight and all plastic). The 122's main merit is that it does the job reliably and cheaply, but without the frills.

Some derived models include the Zenit-122K (with K mount), the FS-122 (fotosnaiper), and the Zenit-122B (a stripped model).

Fonte: AlfredKlomp


Especificações

This Zenit model features an ABS plastic body and a TTL light meter, displaying on the right of the viewfinder as red LEDs, for over and under exposure, and a green one for correct settings. (The earliest versions had a system using two red LEDs.) The ground-glass focusing screen has microprism and split-image focus aids.

The focal plane shutter has speeds from 1/30 to 1/500 + В.

There is a self-timer, set by first locking down the shutter release, then setting a thumbwheel on the (photographer's) right-hand end of the camera, and then firing the timer using the button on the front, below the 122 marking; below that is the self-timer indicator.

Fonte: Camerapedia


Modelo

De acordo com o site Sovietcams, a minha é do modelo 3 e deverá ter sido fabricada em 1991. Possui o n.º de série 91071625.
Quando a comprei não trazia lente. Coloquei uma Helios 44-M  2/58, com o n.º de série 8327428.

Fonte: Sovietcams


Manual

Manual em inglês

Manual em inglês

Manual em português


Sítios de referência

AlfredKlomp

Camerapedia

Sovietcams


Filme

Kodak ColorPlus 200/36

Fotografias tiradas com esta máquina

Zenit 122 - exemplar 1

Zenit 122 - exemplar 2

Exemplar 3

Vídeos

Zenit TTL (1977-1985)

Zenit TTL

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Câmara gentilmente oferecida por Ida Brandão.

Características

The Zenit TTL is a 35mm film SLR camera made by KMZ and produced between 1977-85 with quantity of 1.632.212 units. It is also made by MMZ (BelOMO) and produced between 1980-82 with quantity of 1.000.000 units. It belongs to the long lasting Zenit series.

It was an upgraded version of the Zenit EM, adding stop-down TTL metering and a rewind crank in place of the knob. The meter is not voltage sensitive and will work fine with a 1.5 volt alkaline battery.

The viewfinder is blue-tinted and comparatively dim and small (cf. the 'brilliant'-type Zenit E). The central portion of the viewfinder screen has a micro prism in the middle surrounded by a clear matte area.

The camera was also sold by Cambridge Camera Exchange in the U.S. under the label Cambron TTL.

Fonte: Camerapedia

This camera is a Zenit-EM with a TTL meter. The meter is a Match the needle type with a circle between a + and a -. The Zenit-TTL was available with chrome top (several variants of early KMZ with TTL in Cyrillic and later BeLomo) and completely black.

Produced: 1976-1985
Name: „Зенит-TTL“
Producer: KMZ
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Helios-44M  2/58.
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.

Quantity: 1.632.212 units.

Fonte: Sovietcams


Modelo

A minha é uma PM4725 (ver Sovietcams):  The most common version of Zenit-TTL camera. The new style of selftimer lever. Shutter advance, shutter speeds and film rewind heads are new style already. 4 screws in a lensmount already. An earliest so far known camera has s/n #78079809 (Molotok 2008). Some cameras have soviet "Sign of Quality" on an accessory shoe.

A minha tem o n.º de série 80204573, o que parece indicar que foi fabricada em 1980 pela KMZ.


Manual em inglês

Parte 1 (html)
Parte 2 (html)
Outra versão


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia
Sovietcams


Filme

Kodacolor VR Plus 200/36

Fotografias tiradas com esta máquina

Zenit TTL - amostra 1

Zenit TTL - amostra 2

Vídeos

Zenit ET (1981-1993)

Zenit ET

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

Zenit ET is a 35mm film SLR camera manufactured by Vileiskiy Zavod Zenit, (Vileiskiy Plant Zenit), near Minsk, former USSR, produced between 1982-1993 with quantity 3.000.000. Зенит = Zenit means Zenith that is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer in astronomy or may mean the highest point.

Zenit ET belongs to the long running series of Zenit cameras. Small numbers of early Zenits was produced by KMZ, in 1981-82.

Zenit ETs also exist without aperture automation and without a built-in meter. They offered various finish materials and colours like silver, black, or bronze. This camera is an attempt to modernize the Zenit EM. Initially it looked just like an EM with new lettering, with new designs on the dials. Some variants also lack strap lugs.

The cameras produced in Vileiskiy Plant Zenit of MMZ-BelOMO are a complete remake of the earlier Zenit ET. The shape and features remain the same, but more plastic parts are used, including the top cover, bottom plate, and film advance lever on some cameras. BelOMO also supplied the multicoated Helios 44-3 58mm preset lens for use with the ET models lacking aperture automation.

There were 3 types Zenit ET (KMZ) and 6 types with 11 sub-types of the Zenit ET (MMZ-BeLomo).

Fonte: Camerapedia

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: 1981-1991
Name: „Зенит-ET“
Producer: KMZ/BeLomo
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: MC Helios-44M-4 2/58
Helios-44-2 2/58.
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.
Quantity: 61.069 units (KMZ).
±3.000.000 units (BeLomo)

Fonte: Fotoua

Modelo

A minha foi fabricada pela Belomo e possui uma lente MC Helios-44M-4 2/58.
O n.º de série do corpo é 9088670 e o da lente 90345807.

Manual em inglês

Genérico para a versão E

Sites de referência

Angela's Notebook
Camerapedia

Fotoua

Vídeos

Zenit EM (1972-1984)

Zenit EM (1972-1984)

#26

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo

Características

Zenit cameras (sometimes badged in cyrillic, ЗЕНИТ) were made by the KMZ factory near Moscow. Some models were made by MMZ (BelOMO).

The original Zenit was an SLR based on the Zorki rangefinder.

The early Zenit SLR have a specific screw mount, 39mm in diameter, sometimes called "ZM39" (or "Zenit M39") to distinguish it from the regular M39 (or Leica thread mount). If you mount an LTM lens on these cameras you can only focus at close range, not at infinity, due to the lens position.

The Zenit 35mm SLR camera hails from the USSR during the cold political climate of the early 1950’s, the manufacturer was the KMZ established in 1941 outside Moscow. It is a particularly sturdy and clever little camera based on the original Leica camera concept, but taken one step further to become a true SLR with a fixed eyelevel pentaprism finder, yet rather basic in the mechanical design department, and it arrived too early for the upcoming innovations. Although having a different lens flange to film plane register, the lensmount is a 39mm screw mount, excluding all Leica fit lenses except for close up work. The removable base plate is identical in size to that on the Leica, but not interchangeable. The outer body, including the mirror housing, is a one piece alloy casting, the top cover is in two pieces, while inside, the shutter crate is a separately cast unit.

The KMZ is one of the early pioneers in the field of 35mm SLR’s, Zenit being the ninth 35mm SLR camera brand introduced, excluding a few exotic and scarce models, mainly from central Europe, and it is the second to appear from this country, the first being the less impressive GOMZ Sport. Its better known contemporaries are the Asahiflex and the Contaflex.

The Zenit, the name engraved in Cyrillic letters on the prism housing front, is the first in a long and popular series of cameras gradually evolving throughout the remaining period of the past century. The first improvement was to include flash synchronization with the model Zenit C. After ten years a completely new and improved camera body was introduced with a hinged back for film loading.

Like most Russian cameras the Zenit camera used a system where the first two numbers of the serial number plate (or part) was the year that the part was made, sometimes these parts could wait a couple of years before being fitted, for example 88xxxxxx was 1988.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo

The Russian Zenit EM 35mm SLR was part of a long running series of Zenit cameras and was an upgraded version of the Zenit E, adding automatic diaphragm stop-down with appropriate M42 lenses and a shutter release separated from the winding lever/film counter. Produced between 1972-1984 by KMZ[1].

The EM was also sold by Kalimar as the SR300, and badged as the Cosmorex SE. It was available in both black and chrome finish.

Fonte: Camerapedia


Manual

Em cameras.alfredklomp.com

Butkus (duas partes). Parte 1 e parte 2.

Sites de referência

Sovietcams
Theothermartintaylor.com
Zenit Cameras


Vídeos

Zenit E (Moscow Olympic Games 1980 - type 1)

Zenit E (Moscow Olympic Games)

Características

The Zenit E is a very common Russian SLR camera from the 1970‘s. While some early examples of the Zenit E had the M39 mount, the majority had the much more common M42 one. This opened the camera up to a vast number of non russian/soviet lenses.

Produced: 1965-1986
Name: „Зенит-E“
Producer: KMZ/BeLomo
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Industar-50-2  3.5/50 (a minha tem esta lente)
         Helios-44-2  2/58
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.

Quantity: more than 3 millions units.

Fonte: Sovietcams

Zenit-E is a 35mm film SLR made by KMZ and produced between 1965-82 with quantity of 3.334.540 units. Зенит = Zenit means Zenith, a point in the sky that appears directly above the observer.
The main differences from Zenit 3M is added light meter, mechanism of mirror and cocking lever were changed. The Zenit E does not have aperture automation, and therefore must be used with manual diaphragm/preset lenses or auto diaphragm lenses with an auto/manual switch.
There are many types during its production period.
The Zenit range was quite popular since it was priced moderately and it was offered under several other trademarks or brands as Kalimar, Revueflex, Prinzflex, Photokina, Spiraflex, Cosmorex.

Lens: Helios-44-2 58mm f/2, M42 screw mount, filter thread: 41mm
This is the standard lens, the other standard lens was Industar-50-2 3.5/50
The lens mount was KMZ M39 screw type before 1967 (although it is possible to find M39 within the 1968 models).
Lens release: simply turn to anti-clockwise
Aperture: up to f/16
Focus range: 0.5-20m +inf
Focusing: Fresnel matte glass screen; ring, distance scale and DOF scale on the lens
Shutter: Horizontally traveling, cloth focal-plane shutter, speeds 1/30 - 1/500 +B,
Shutter release: on the winding knob, w/cable release socket. For long exposure in B mode, the shutter release will lock down when pressed and turned ccw.
Cocking lever: also winds the film, long stroke, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: on the winding knob, additive type, manual reset
Viewfinder: SLR pentaprism
Exposure meter: Selenium cell meter
Film speed range: ASA 16-500 setting: dial on the exposure setting ring, left of the top plate
Exposure setting: Match the needles in the window by turning the setting ring, then read out the speed and aperture
Re-wind knob: on the center of the exposure setting dial, press and turn, it will pop-up
Re-wind release: a small knob beside the cocking lever
Flash PC socket: on front of the top-plate, X sync 1/30
Cold-shoe
Self-timer: activates by pressing the small button above the lever
Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Engraving on the bottom plate: Made in USSR and KMZ logo
Tripod socket: ¼"
Strap lugs: none
Body: metal; Weight: 916g
Serial no. first two digits show the production year, on the back of the top plate

Fonte: Camerapedia

A minha é de 1978 (número de série 78174521)
A lente da minha é de 1978 (número de série 7840996)


Modelo

A minha é comemorativa do Jogos Olímpicos de Moscovo - 1980


Manual

Manual em Inglês


Sites de referência

Camerapedia

TomTiger (ver especialmente Zenit Repair Project)

Sovietcams


Vídeos