Very unusual Zorki!!

Through a periscope! Must be fun to try and meter that shot. What's the maximum aperture of a Russian submarine periscope?! Who's volunteering to go up on deck to take a light meter reading?
 
Definitely one for the collector, rather than the user - unless you happen to have a Soviet hunter/killer sub. moored down the marina.

I've been wondering what the self-timer is for. You'd have to be pretty nippy to get up top and get in the shot!
 
the use of such Zorkis is obvious military or at least scientific, but not limited by navy. quite many science devices could be connected with such camera
 
It's a Zola, C-206. A modified Zorki 6. It's an SLR without the prism, the lens is on the top where the prism would fit. It was designed to be hidden in an attache case or ladies purse, possibly a book for covert work.
 
JonP said:
It's a Zola, C-206. A modified Zorki 6. It's an SLR without the prism, the lens is on the top where the prism would fit. It was designed to be hidden in an attache case or ladies purse, possibly a book for covert work.
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Thanks, I woudn't have guessed!
Joao
 
Thanks for those links Vladimir! Very good pictures, and a lot of interesting information. So the eBay listing was right about it being a periscope camera, but probably wrong about it being used in subs.
 
After some of the FSU experiences we read about here on RFF the thought of being a couple of hundred feet under water in a Russian sub somehow lacks appeal for me! :p
 
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