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Yes!

I have finally joined the ranks of proud FSU owners & I couldn't be happier.

Here's my Kiev 4a/Jupiter 12 that arrived from Fedka this past Saturday. It's already loaded with APX 100. Now I just need some time to shoot.
 

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I've got some new tasty pics here...

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This is a Zorki 6 I got from Phillip (rxmd): I gave it a CLA, paint job of body, and a new leather. The J-8 is from a different source, but they fit nicely together. They're both about the same vintage (Z-6 from '62, J-8 from '61)... nice couple, don't you think 😉
 

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Very nice!
Can you tell a bit more about the paint job:
  • what kind of paint is used
  • did you first take of the original paint
  • did you use base coating
  • other experience with this painting
thanks
 
Ron: I couldn't compltely remove the original paint, so I used sandpaper to remove as much as I could, then I just applied 4 or 5 coats of satin black spray paint. Nothing special, just black spray paint. No primer, since there was some original paint... Wonder how long it'll last... but so far it seems to be quite resistant to wear.
 
Spyderman said:
I've got some new tasty pics here...

This is a Zorki 6 I got from Phillip (rxmd): I gave it a CLA, paint job of body, and a new leather. The J-8 is from a different source, but they fit nicely together. They're both about the same vintage (Z-6 from '62, J-8 from '61)... nice couple, don't you think 😉
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Congratulations for this outstanding result. Can you tell how do you get the outside of the lens so well polished ? Any special cleaner ? Just polished by hand or have you used some kind of mechanical help ??
Thanks in advance
Joao
 
Congratulations for this outstanding result. Can you tell how do you get the outside of the lens so well polished ? Any special cleaner ? Just polished by hand or have you used some kind of mechanical help ??
Thanks in advance
Joao
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You guessed it. Just polished by hand. I have a secret ultra soft file to do this kind of polishing 😉
 
Here's the latest flea market acquisition - 2500 UZS for the tripod, and 3000 UZS for the camera, or 1.40 and 1.70 EUR respectively 🙂

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It's a quirky little camera. On mine the spring motor is good for four to five exposures, and the latch at the bottom is broken from someone forcing the camera open without turning the lever to the "open" position, but that can be repaired. 🙂

It's also technically not a rangefinder, but then again it is half a rangefinder; it shows the subject distance in the finder by means of a little needle and pictogram system. Given that they needed a lens-to-finder linkage anyway to do this, I have no clue why the Soviets didn't go to the extra bother of installing a little optical rangefinder as well, which would have been no trouble at all and only very little added cost.

Spyderman said:
Just polished by hand. I have a secret ultra soft file to do this kind of polishing 😉
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I guess a strip of cloth or leather will do just fine 🙂

Philipp
 

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Terrance ~ the unusual Zorki script; don't see many of those. Looks like engraved shutter speeds, right? What year? Certainly a very nice example.

Spydie Ondrej ~ schweeeet Six. Well done.

Philipp ~ good find. Looks right at home on the tripod.
 
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Terrance ~ the unusual Zorki script; don't see many of those. Looks like engraved shutter speeds, right? What year? Certainly a very nice example.
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thanx, yeah the shutter speeds were engraved. in fact all wordings, either on body or lens were engraved. they are made in 1966.
 
My fed 4. When I first showed my (then) fiancee (now wife), she laughed at the idea of me having this smelly tattered piece of junk.

But then she saw the pictures I took of her...😀

 
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My fed 4. When I first showed my (then) fiancee (now wife), she laughed at the idea of me having this smelly tattered piece of junk.

But then she saw the pictures I took of her...😀
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Nice Fed...now how about a few of those pics.....
 
rxmd said:
Here's the latest flea market acquisition - 2500 UZS for the tripod, and 3000 UZS for the camera, or 1.40 and 1.70 EUR respectively 🙂


I have no clue why the Soviets didn't go to the extra bother of installing a little optical rangefinder as well

Philipp
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I guess with a cheap camera and a short focus lens it wasn't deemed too necessary.

Nice bit of window sash you have, Philipp, is that common practice over there?
 
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I guess with a cheap camera and a short focus lens it wasn't deemed too necessary.
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Still a pity though 🙂

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Nice bit of window sash you have, Philipp, is that common practice over there?
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It's becoming more common. There's a lot of people renovating their old Soviet-era flats. When replacing the old windows, people either install plastic windows with compound glass or wooden window sashes; plastic windows need to be imported and are expensive, while woodwork can be done locally and is cheap, so wooden sashes are seen quite often. Insulation is not very good, but Tashkent at least has mild winters; in places where it gets really cold people would either install two sets of windows or spend the extra money on plastic windows with insulated glazing.

Philipp
 
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