Saturday 26 April 2014

Zorki 4 (ЗОРКИЙ) (Sale or Trade)





Zorki 4 (ЗОРКИЙ) (sale or Trade)

Zorki-4 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera, manufactured by Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), (Красногорский механический завод = Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk), near Moscow, former USSR and produced between 1956-73, quantity 1715677. ЗОРКИЙ = Zorkiy, means Sharp Sight. Zorki-4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras. The Zorki-4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west.  

Technical Specs:
Lens: Zorki-4 was supplied with either a Jupiter-8 (ЮПИТЕР) 50mm f/2, or Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/3.5 lens; several other lenses were available. The lens is interchangeable, M39 screw mount
Focusing: Matching yellow rangefinder images in the finder, ring and scale on the lens, w/DOF scale
Shutter: Horizontal travelling focal plane, rubberized silk double cloth curtain, speeds: 1-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the top plate, lift and turn
Viewfinder: Coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, large and bright; Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
Take-up spool: special, not captive, there is a small pin for attaching the film perforates on it
Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo and the serial number
Body: Metallic, cast aluminum; Weight: 687g
Serial no. first two digits correspond to the production year
As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter. 


This Zorki 4 is for Sale with 1 standard lens and original case

Offering at IDR 980.000
 
Condition as it is, might need experienced user to use 

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