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atomicjeep
Bargain! Where did you buy it from? Bricks n Mortar or ebay?
KF 红相机
Bricks n Mortar??? Whassat? Nah the good old bay :) I just hope the light meter still works! Bloody selenium cells. Hopefully it should be in good nick as you can even see the original plastic covering over the flash shoe! Fingers crossed!
few purpose
Looks a lot like my Zenit 11
KF 红相机
Yeah I think it's more and more likely to be a 11. Don't think there were other black versions with the selenium cell... I think there was a EM version but I hope not! (too old, cells will definately be dead!!)
ßlϋeωãvε
You have so much camera kit you could open your own store! ;) Hope this one turns out to be a good buy.
acewill
It does looks like a 11. You should remove that SLX badge.
KF 红相机
Damn right I will! As soon as it arrives :) It shall wear the Zenit model number with pride!
Gerard
Couldn't say what the model is but the serial number should tell you the year it was made... I think.
mcdermott
Yes, it's an 11. As for the selenium light meter, I've got a ~26 yr old Zenit 11 (bought it a couple of years ago second hand) and the light meter still works perfectly, so you might be in luck ...
In Memoriam: ccgd
I have been obsessively buying old East German Practicas (the AK-47 of the Camera world) on e-bay for a few months now. My very first SLR when a student was one these Soviet Block monsters, and I was keen to try some old fashioned photography again.
I now have four - and a large selection of strange lens.
Batteries are a hassle, but I eventually got some mercury free equivalents of the web.
Have fun!
KF 红相机
I love prakticas! Some of the most ergonomically pleasing cameras ever built! That forward grip shutter release button is so easy to use and minimizes potential lens shake too :) I've got myself a MTL5B and it's wonderful!
I've used the earlier models before too (Super TL2 and MTL3) but I prefer the MTL5B because of it's usage of 1.5v SR44 watch betteries and the great triple wedge rangefinder focusing!!
PS Check out my Sets ;)
KF 红相机
Right, it's arrived together with the TTL this morning. First impression- it's not half as big as I expected it to be! Workmanship is typically Soviet- bits of leatherette not properly glued down, ill fitting dials etc etc. Mint condition, looks well cared for. Light meter responding to light but I would guess is about 1/2 stop off, and sluggish- on its last legs I think... All in all not bad. The helios was much better than the one that came with the TTL!
few purpose
Half a stop off? And sluggish? It sounds at the peak of its powers!
KF 红相机
lol! So true! :D Although I did have one previous 11 with a meter that was ultra-responsive... just dead everywhere else!
btw I lifted off that awful SLX sticker and cleaned off the muck... revealing a well preserved '11' underneath :)
Kosmo Foto
He's hooked! Hooked, I tells ya!
It's when you get a Zenit 19 and the repair cost is twice what you paid for it, that you know it's time for a nice long lie down...
KF 红相机
Hehe well guess what. The bloody idiot left the camera cocked for all these years. It didn't seem to have affected it much apart from slowing the 1/500 to 1/250ish. However, after about the 10th test snap (I usually exercise my cameras before putting a test roll in) the curtains just didn't advance. I think the springs were tensed for so long they just snapped. So this makes it my second Z11 that died on me. What it is about me and dodgy Z11S?!??! Don't suppose you've got a 11 you are willing to part? ;)
Kosmo Foto
Hmmmmm... let me have a look in the box of joy. I think I sold the one I bought. But I've got a spare Zenit E!
beesyrup
Nice man! I want a Zenit 11. I received one but it broke. I think it was my fault though.... Dropped it from a bike going pretty fast.
Alyn_Smith आलिन_स्मिथ
Gutted that it broke. I have one of those same Teleconverters and I've had some use out of it, it's not totally useless, but since buying it I've got really into wide angle photography, making it kinda redundant.
brainy snails
11, collector or fake?
brainy snails
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kgosisejopearl
Cool dear
Talking Tree Photo
Breath-taking Pics!!