Remade Zorki I

[captainslack]

Found this in Alex-Photo's listings:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Unique-Remade-Z...itemZ7561826848QQcategoryZ30030QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone ever heard of a bottom-loading Zorki or FED remade like this?

 

[w3rk5]

Nope........but it's kinda cool. Isn't it? 🙂

 

[reagan]

An interesting and novel idea, but I don't know. Call me paranoid, but I see lots of light leak possibilities there.

 

[atelier7]

i wondered too about the possibility of modifying a bottom loader ... but having loaded 2 rolls cutting the lead as required, it really isn't that difficult once you get the hang of it.

even more cool would be to cram something like the digilux 2 or pana LX1 with a larger sensor into a zorki or barnack leica!

 

[hugivza]

It looks like a home workshop job, thank goodness it is out of warranty by a decade or five!

 

[captainslack]

An interesting and novel idea, but I don't know. Call me paranoid, but I see lots of light leak possibilities there.

Won't be doing that, because I had the same thought!

OT: I was checking out your sig. Looks like you need a Zorki 5 & 6 to complete the collection! 😀

 

[reagan]

OT: I was checking out your sig. Looks like you need a Zorki 5 & 6 to complete the collection!

Shhhhh! Are you crazy? What if my wife were to read this? 😱

 

[BillFoto]

I think that once you load it, you have to cover the outsides with a couple layers of duct tape, ya know, just like regular Zorkis. 🙂

 

[reagan]

I think that once you load it, you have to cover the outsides with a couple layers of duct tape, ya know, just like regular Zorkis. 🙂

You mean that silver stuff that comes on a roll? No comrade, that's only duct tape in Amerdika. In the Motherland we call that fine photographic accessory "a roll of camera case."

 

[BillFoto]

Oh no! Not the silver stuff, always use the US MilSpec dark green or black duct tapes, the silver tape is for those fancy people whats drinks their beer from a glass rather than the bottle it was meant to be drunk from.

 

[reagan]

"... the silver tape is for those fancy people whats drinks their beer from a glass rather than the bottle it was meant to be drunk from."

Well, actually I must confess, the silver I purchased isn't actually authentic. I bought at the Bay from a guy who swears it's "Rare Leica Copy" silver. But I got a good deal. Only $3 ... plus $42.50 shipping... per roll. 🙁

 

[BillFoto]

I think I bought a postage scale from that seller....$0.01 for the scale and $19.99 for the S&H.