Zorki Article---this week's Amateur Photographer

[SCOTFORTHLAD]

I understand that in this week's Am.Photographer,there will be a review of the Zorki range of cameras,written by Ivor Mantanle.He did one on Feds sometime ago,and his articles are usually well worth the read.

Brian.

 

[Fred]

Got my copy on Saturday (subsciptions do have small benefits). A very interesting read. Ivor is pretty good although he was a bit off with the early Pentax's a while back.

 

[zuikologist]

Thank you for the HU. I'll look out for it.

 

[John Robertson]

You beat me to it Brian.
Fred gets his on Saturday!!!! We are lucky to sometimes get it on Tuesdays, normally its Wednesdays up here, I think the Pony Express gets lost after it leaves the M6!!!

 

[colyn]

Got my copy on Saturday (subsciptions do have small benefits). A very interesting read. Ivor is pretty good although he was a bit off with the early Pentax's a while back.

Since I live across the pond from you I don't have access to this mag.
What's his take on the Zorkis??

 

[John Robertson]

Not a bad article, but strange, he shows a picture of a Zorki 11 but no mention of it or the Zorki 10 in the article. Interesting comments on the Jupiter8 though, could stir up a stink with some of the Leica crowd!!🙄

 

[manfromh]

Is the article available in the internet? If not, then maybe someone could scan it?

 

[PetarDima]

Is the article available in the internet? If not, then maybe someone could scan it?

Agree. Nice idea ... can someone do that for us?🙄

 

[lushd]

i think the esteemed ED. of AP would be a bit unhappy if we did this. We have several thousand members here and I am sure he would prefer to sell us a copy and the article is current and copyrighted in any case.

I enjoyed it though - especially the part about the Jupiter 8.

 

[zhang xk]

i think the esteemed ED. of AP would be a bit unhappy if we did this. We have several thousand members here and I am sure he would prefer to sell us a copy and the article is current and copyrighted in any case.

I enjoyed it though - especially the part about the Jupiter 8.

Did he try some J-3s, especially the ZOMZ(Zagorskii)version? I heard that this J-3 is particularly good.

 

[SCOTFORTHLAD]

i think the esteemed ED. of AP would be a bit unhappy if we did this. We have several thousand members here and I am sure he would prefer to sell us a copy and the article is current and copyrighted in any case.

I enjoyed it though - especially the part about the Jupiter 8.

Oldtimer Cameras on www.oldtimercameras.com offer all of these Amateur Photographer Reviews and articles by Ivor Mantanle.You can either buy a download or a paper copy.I did so a few months ago for an article on Kiev Rangefinders.How soon the Zorki article will become available is another question.

Brian.

 

[Silva Lining]

Did he try some J-3s, especially the ZOMZ(Zagorskii)version? I heard that this J-3 is particularly good.

Nope, I don't believe he even mentions the J-3......🙄

 

[John Robertson]

I don't like to think how many J8's we put in the bin when I worked in a camera shop in the 80's. No one wanted them! I saved a few mint ones which I have since passed on to friends who like them a lot.
Only lenses mentioned in the article apart from the collapsible Industars, were the Orion15,Jupiters 8,9 11 and 12. Didn't mention the Russar either.

 

[SCOTFORTHLAD]

Interesting to read in the article,that the KMZ trapezoidal logo,was nicknamed the 'Tomb',by the Factory's workforce.
It seems that workplace humour is the same the world over.Which I find sort of reassuring!🙂

Brian.

 

[Ash]

I still haven't checked this out. I'll hunt you down Tony and grab your copy at some point 😛