Zenit ET (Zenith ET) - Made in USSR by KMZ (Krasnogorskiy Mekhanicheskiy Zavod - Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works). Design of the camera is dated for 1965.
Some specifications:
Type: Single Lens Reflex camera
Lens: replaceable, thread M42, originally mounted Lens HELIOS M44 2/58 Aperture: from 2 to 16
Shutter: focal-plane shutter
Shutter times: from 1/30 to 1/500 plus B
Viewfinder: pentagonal prism.
Self-timer: 7 s.
Exposure-meter: external selenium exposure-meter, placed above the lens.
Frame size: 24×36
My comment: In 1987 my mother bought this camera for me from a Russian or Belarussian woman who was visiting us sometimes for selling some things in the markets and bring goods to USSR. It was my first reflex camera, a real one. I took hundreds of photos using it, especially during my trips to Scotland. The camera was exposed to a hard weather and travel conditions during that trips. Finally its chassis started to leak some light, so some of the pictures had a bright smudges (about 10 from 36 pictures on each film). Later another problems appeared whit the shutter springs. I needed to hit camera with a stone or something to make it work. The camera ended on the shelf in my living room as a part of decoration.
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