Look what I just won!

[Spyderman]

Look what I just won on a local auction site (not the big famous one) for about € 28 (including shipping) :cool: A Zorki 1 "d"

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=41594&stc=1&d=1172423348

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=41595&stc=1&d=1172423348

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=41596&stc=1&d=1172423348

Can't wait for it to arrive... :D my first Barnack clone... ;)

[SolaresLarrave]

Congratulations, Ondrej. One big step towards photographic maturity! :)

[Ash]

nice! enjoy!

[POSTI-Tuomo]

Congrats, looks like a well-used camera. A light cleaning and you are ready to rock. I've rocked on for 6 rolls of Kodak BW400CN film during the last two
weeks...photo-craze or what? :p Gotta start sharing the pics as soon as I get them scanned...

Good luck with your new toy!

[Ash]

6 rolls? pffft... in a week - 6x35mm, 2x120 and a third 120 in the camera :D

[dOleg]

i sold similar for 50 Euros ))) You are lucky! )
But condition - very poor IMHO
Oleg.

[gb hill]

That a nice looking shooter. Well seasoned, but certainly not down for the count yet. I went to town yesterday with my Zorki 2c w 50 elmar collapsible & shot some old storefronts. Carying that old camera around & taking readings with my lenongrad 6 exp. meter is alot of fun.


Enjoy,
Greg

[Spyderman]

I don't care too much how it looks, I just hope the shutter curtains are OK...

and if it looks really that bad - I'll probably paint it black or green :D

[Screwy]

It's always been my experience that it's always better to wait until you see the camera in the flesh so to speak before judging it's over all condition :) once you've given it a good clean and dug the gunge out of all the cracks and crevices ,what looks quite a serviceable camera can actually be a tidy looking camera underneath ;)


Paul

[captainslack]

A Zorki-Zorki! Nice!! Looks a little rough around the edges, but who cares about that? It's called character. ;)

[peterc]

Nice find.

Peter

[reagan]

Hey, not to worries - that's going to clean up fine. Hard to tell from photos, but looks like there's some [typical] grunge, but not much wear. Good for you. Out of curiosity, did you PS over the ser.# or...? No biggie. I just noticed it missing."Can't wait for it to arrive..."Ahh, the FSU beauties. If nothing else, they teach us patience. ;) Good luck! When it arrives, be sure and post a shot in the "FSU Show-off" thread.

[ZorkiKat]

I don't see the serial number on the top plate. In those bilingual Zorki, it is normally right above the accessory shoe. Did you erase it? :)

It would be a nice shooter if the shutter is good.

I asked about the serial number because many of the "Зоркий-Zorki" with 5-digit serial numbers have rather tight film chambers which make insertion and removal of standard factory cassettes from Kodak or Fuji difficult.
I have about 5 or 6 such dual-marked Zorki; those above the 115XXX range don't have any issues with film cassettes. However those with lower numbers do. These Zorki also have very FED features like a round pressure plate, a
flat shutter release spring, tear-drop shaped rf feeler,etc. Look here (http://jay.fedka.com/index_files/Page391.htm) for more details.

Looking at the third picture of your Zorki, I think it's a model from the more user-friendly range of Zorki. Happy Shooting with it and hope you get addicted to them! :D

[Spyderman]

Nope, I haven't done anything with the pictures - they are directly from the auction. There were more... The serial no. is on the back or on the back of the RF housing and starts 54 or 55 (don't remember). One of the reasons I bought it is that it has the old progression of shutter speeds 20 30 40 60 ... good for low-light. I guess I'll pair it with my J-12 and Helios finder... or a J-8 ? Or keep it pocketable with the I-22 ? :confused:

[ZorkiKat]

Nope, I haven't done anything with the pictures - they are directly from the auction. There were more... The serial no. is on the back or on the back of the RF housing and starts 54 or 55 (don't remember). One of the reasons I bought it is that it has the old progression of shutter speeds 20 30 40 60 ... good for low-light. I guess I'll pair it with my J-12 and Helios finder... or a J-8 ? Or keep it pocketable with the I-22 ? :confused:


Play with it with the collapsible I-22 first. That would indeed make the set more pocketable. Lots and lots can be done with just a 50mm. You simplify not only the gear, but also you get used to the view of one lens so that in time, your eyes can see the same way as your lens does.

With the small Zorki cameras, the collapsibles seem to work best. Any other 50mm would make it less compact. The J-8, or non-collapsible Industars would make the camera more bulky. And for some reason, I think that those lenses give the Zorki a fat snout ....it doesn't, hmmm look sexy anymore :D :D :D.

Putting a 35mm on the camera also means putting an extra accessory on the shoe.

Jay

[reagan]

"The serial no. is on the back or on the back of the RF housing..."I suspected... just more evidence that KMZ's assembly motto was, "Variety is the spice of life." IMO, it's part of the charm.
"I guess I'll pair it with my J-12..." I like the Jupiter.12 on my Zorki.1s and cousins Leica.III, but I rarely, rarely use an aux.vf. I sunny.16 exposure, guesstimate focus and generalize framing. How's that for sloppy seat-of-the-pants photography? ;)

The Industars are great too and are usually my 50mm of choice on a Zorki.1. Jupiter.8s may be bigger, but IMO they're a heck of lot easier to operate than the Industars, both focus and aperture-wise, plus two extra stops. But getting the shot you like is what you're after, so try 'em all and see which works best for you - that's the one you'll enjoy most.

[Spyderman]

Well, I got the camera last saturday, and just yesterday I finished the CLA.

- there was fungus inside the lens (behind the front and the read element - I guess it must had been stored in a damp cellar...
- checked collimation of the lens
- after removing the shell I cleaned the inside of the body
- put some light oil on the gears
- relubed advance and rewind knobs
- relesed over-tensioned curtain springs (1st curtain from about 5 turns to 1.5, the 2nd similarly :eek:)
- checked register distance
- calibrated rangefinder

After the CLA this is my quietest camera. Unbelievable. All it does is a quiet klack
The rangefinder is quite bad - lacks contrast :( The viewfinder is fine. Tiny but fine.
In some places the chrome is flaking off, but that's just cosmetics :D

Let me show you some more camera p0rn ;)

With the collapsible Industar it looks so .... classic :p
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42448&stc=1&d=1174040610

I also tried to mount my J-12 - still looks good...
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42449&stc=1&d=1174040610

But with J-9 it looks very strange. The lens is so huge... now I understand why Leitz produced only an Elmar 90/4 for "Barnack" leicas ;)
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42450&stc=1&d=1174040610


The biggest problem is, that now I want a real "Barnack" Leica :bang:

[HuubL]

Sweet looking camera! Excellent cleaning work!

[nzeeman]

looks beautiful...

[reagan]

Looks good Spyderman, really good. What a difference from the original pic shared. Here's a quick shot of an Elmar.9cm on a Zorki. I remember being pleasantly surprised at the compact size when the Elmar arrived. I'm sharing because your photo has just revealed to me the size difference of the J.9.

Hey, get some shots and enjoy that Zorki!

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c138/CVBLZ4/GoK/ZORKI.jpg

[Spyderman]

Hi.

Just picked up the film I shot with this Zorki from the lab. It was Fomapan 100 and looks pretty good - i.e. no light leaks and no shutter capping. Even at 1/500 the exposure is even... I guess the speeds are a bit slower than they should be (all frames are slightly overexposed), but at least it's very quiet. :cool:

Only problem is, that all frames are a little low and extend to the sprocket holes...

I used it with the original Industar-22 and with Jupiter-8. I'll post some examples when i scan the film...

[Spyderman]

Hi all,

I posted some photos from the first roll through the Zorki 1 in my blog HERE (http://spydermansphotoworld.blogspot.com/)

Here's one example - more in my blog...

http://bp2.blogger.com/_5EeJxhAn5Rc/Rg_oAHQpKaI/AAAAAAAAALw/werIeqeKSco/s400/2007-03_1_34.jpg

[mike goldberg]

Hey Ondrej,
What a find! And, I can't believe the cleanup job you did.

I'm going 'backwards in time' with a Fed-2 which should be here any
day now. It is from Fedka; however, should it need CLA... do you work
on other people's cameras?

In any event, good luck with your Zorki; great price.
Cheers,
mike

[Spyderman]

If it's from fedka - I bet it already had a CLA... :)

[SolaresLarrave]

That's an interesting shot, Ondrej... the couple next to all that underwear. Is that a street market?

As for the exposure... you can always underdo it a tiny bit. Now you know how to handle it. Congratulations again! :)