What kind of camera is the Zorki 1?

What kind of camera is the Zorki 1?

The Zorki 1 is a rangefinder camera, meaning that it uses a rangefinder device, coupled to the lens to ensure accurate focusing. Unfortunately, just like the original Leica II, it’s a two-step process, as the rangefinder isn’t coupled to the viewfinder, that’s why you get those two round eyes and the viewfinder in the middle.

What’s the difference between Zorki 11 and 12?

The Zorki 11 is a cheaper model without the rangefinder, and the Zorki 12 is a variant using Agfa’s Rapid film cartridges. All three variants have fixed (non-interchangeable) lenses. The Zorki 10 is a fixed-lens Zorki coupled rangefinder camera with an integrated light meter.

What kind of loading system does the Zorki 1 use?

If you haven’t quit reading this review yet, it means that I haven’t done my best yet, and that’s about to change. The Zorki 1, just like the Leicas (oh yes, not just the first models), uses a peculiar loading system, called bottom loading.

When was the first Leica Zorki 1 made?

My Zorki 1 was made around 1950, descending not from the Leica II that it tries to emulate but from the Soviet FED that was the very first Leica copy in the 1930´s. I won’t bother you with historical details, suffice to say that the Zorki 1 enjoyed a long life, right into the end of the 50’s, with minor changes to cut costs down.

What kind of rangefinder does a Zorki 11 have?

The Zorki 11 is a Zorki 10 without the coupled rangefinder mechanism, but with distance symbols visible in the viewfinder.

Is there a flash version of the Leica Zorki?

There is a later flash version called the Zorki 2S . Introduced in 1951, the Zorki 3 is somewhat similar to the Leica III. It offers a number of improvements over the original Zorki, including a large combined viewfinder with the rangefinder builtin, a removable back, and a larger and faster Jupiter-8 (lens) ( Zeiss Sonnar copy) lens.