Soviet citizens with cameras

[lushd]

This is from a batch of the magazine "Soveitski Soyuz" I bought recently. Published in 1962.

 

[VinceC]

That's a great photo!

 

[Jocko]

Oh that's fabulous - but I don't think much of her Kiev hold!

Cheers, Ian!

 

[xayraa33]

great photo!

let us try to ID the camera models in the pic.
from left to right my guess would be:
fed -2
zorki 3c
zenit 3
zorki 4
kiev IIIa
kiev IIa or 4a

 

[Marc-A.]

great photo!

let us try to ID the camera models in the pic.
from left to right my guess would be:
fed -2
zorki 3c
zenit 3
zorki 4
kiev IIIa
kiev IIa or 4a

I think you're right. But it's probably a Kiev 4a instead of a 2a: the end of production of the 2a is 1958; the picture is likely to show available new cameras in 1962, which leads me to the conclusion that it's a 4a. Correct?
Marc

 

[johne]

Look at which eye is used to focus on the left side of the photo! Contrived, to say the least in MHO.
Johne

 

[Spyderman]

Notice the tall meter-and-rewind dial on the metered Kiev. It's IIIa.

 

[xayraa33]

if the photo is showing the new soviet cameras of 1962, then the Kiev IIIa and the Zorki 3C are not of that period.

 

[Marc-A.]

if the photo is showing the new soviet cameras of 1962, then the Kiev IIIa and the Zorki 3C are not of that period.

Yeah, you're absolutely right. Mea culpa :angel:
Then there is no way to know if it is a 2a or a 4a, I guess ...
Marc

 

[manfromh]

great photo!
zenit 3

Its look like a Zenit-c to me. Or maybe the first Zenit

 

[ZorkiKat]

Its look like a Zenit-c to me. Or maybe the first Zenit

Definitely 1st Zenit 🙂

 

[rxmd]

And the photo IIRC is from Gagarin's parade in Moscow after the first spaceflight. I have it in one illustrated book about Soviet spaceflight.

Philipp

 

[tunznath]

some people do use their left eye for focussing - my wife is one,
nathan

 

[Nachkebia]

Excellent! I am soviet myself, thank you for posting! 🙂

 

[Marc-A.]

some people do use their left eye for focussing - my wife is one,
nathan

I mostly use my left eye ... just like a lot of people ... it's only a matter of eye dominance.

Excellent! I am soviet myself, thank you for posting! 🙂

Soviet? Are we back to USSR? 🙄
Notice that there are a lot of young people here in France who wear t-shirts with a CCCP inscription. Funny, most of them weren't even born in 1991.
Best,
Marc

 

[Nachkebia]

Marc I meant Post soviet 🙂 child of a soviet unnion 😀

 

[Marc-A.]

Marc I meant Post soviet 🙂 child of a soviet unnion 😀

I know my friend, just kidding 😉

 

[ErnestoJL]

What I see from the pictures is that the lady with the kiev III is (at least seems to be) trying to focus (left eye closed), but the guy with the 4a have both eyes open!!!
Nice way to try focusing a Kiev!!! (1:1 VF??) (OK just kiddin´)
Anyway, it´s a very interesting picture of the past, and I also recall this one as being from the Yuri Gagarin´s parade after his first spaceflight.
Thank you for posting that picture.

Ernesto

 

[lushd]

Well - here is a Vostok crew scanned from the same edition of the magazine plus a picture of a young fan.

 

[rxmd]

Marc I meant Post soviet 🙂 child of a soviet unnion 😀

It's funny, but people from the former Soviet Union, at least the generations about age 30 and over, still tend to identify with it a lot, even though it collapsed 15 years ago.

Philipp