Festival of Youth

[kievan81]

Hi,
is camera with Festival of youth engraving worth more?

I'm interested in this one since it's priced not different than the normal one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/zorki-S-ind...910097318?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item2ec72ccba6

 

[pakeha]

I don`t know, but I do know that the fine print is confusing...body only mentioned three times yet the large print includes lens

 

[Dez]

I see the listing is afflicted with the usual wildly-inaccurate default ebay descriptive text. Does anyone know how to approach ebay about getting these corrected?

Cheers,
Dez

 

[wolves3012]

They are not worth any more unless you are willing to pay it. The commemorative "Festival of Youth" engraved examples are very common so they really aren't worth any premium. As for incorrect descriptions, Dez, message the seller and tell them. They *might* amend the listing - or not! I have told one particular UK seller several times about his over-hyped and inaccurate descriptions on FSU gear. He usually amends that listing then the next one contains the usual rubbish about how Zorkis were made in Krasnogorsk, in the Ukraine (must've moved it!) using captured german tooling from Zeiss.

 

[kievan81]

Thanks wolves! Since I already have zorki c on the way, I'll just forget about this one 🙄

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

If the Z1 S works, the price is quite reasonable considering it comes with that nice industar lens and the description 'Festivalnia' is a nice addition...

 

[Dez]

They are not worth any more unless you are willing to pay it. The commemorative "Festival of Youth" engraved examples are very common so they really aren't worth any premium. As for incorrect descriptions, Dez, message the seller and tell them. They *might* amend the listing - or not! I have told one particular UK seller several times about his over-hyped and inaccurate descriptions on FSU gear. He usually amends that listing then the next one contains the usual rubbish about how Zorkis were made in Krasnogorsk, in the Ukraine (must've moved it!) using captured german tooling from Zeiss.

It's not the seller's verbiage that concerns me, it's the default guff that ebay will always insert if you don't try hard to avoid it. In descriptions of old cameras, this stuff is almost always wrong, often hilariously so.


Cheers,
Dez