The AvtoVAZ VAZ-2101, nicknamed “Kopeyka” was an iconic Soviet made automobile that was exported under the Lada nameplate.Ĭars like the Lada “Kopeyka” and the Dacia 1300 ruled the roads in the Soviet Union largely unchanged for many decades. Things just needed to work, and once they worked, there wasn’t as much of an incentive to change or improve on the design. Without getting into any kind of debate or discussion about the differences of communism vs capitalism, one thing that is glaringly different between the two countries was in the variety and availability of the things people could spend their money on. They went to school, got jobs, had families, made babies, and wanted to buy things like vodka, cars, and cameras. They had a strong military, an adept space program, and were good at hockey.Īs I grew older, and looked past the political posturing, I realized that for many people living in the Soviet Union, the everyday people weren’t much different than Americans. WarGames, Red Dawn, Rocky IV, Red Heat, and the Hunt for Red October all taught me that the Russians were tough, no nonsense guys who wanted nothing more than to “crush us Americans”. Growing up as a kid in the United States in the 80s, my knowledge of what life must have been like in the Soviet Union was heavily based off what I saw on television and the movies. +1 for historical significance, one of the longest lived and popular cameras ever made The fact that millions were made, make them really easy and inexpensive to add to your collection.
If you’re looking for a fully mechanical camera that offers little in the way of modern conveniences, this is a really cool camera to have. Mount it with any number of Soviet, Japanese, or German M42 lenses and you can take some really great photographs with it. This is a camera stripped down to just the bare essentials needed to capture a photo.
Yet, despite its simplicity, therein lies it’s charm. It’s shutter has only 5 speeds, and the viewfinder has absolutely no information in it, not even a focus aide. It is a simple camera with a large and squared “brick-like” body without many bells and whistles. The Zenit-E is one of the longest lived single camera model ever built and one of the most iconic of the whole Soviet camera industry.
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The Zenit-E was a very long lived model with a simple shutter and a match needle selenium exposure meter.įilm Type: 135 (35mm) Lens: 58mm f/2 Helios-44-2 coated 6-elements Lens Mount: M42 Screw Mount Focus: .55 Meters to Infinity Viewfinder: Fixed SLR Pentaprism Shutter: Cloth Focal Plane Speeds: B, 1/30 – 1/500 seconds Exposure Meter: Coupled Selenium Cell w/ top plate match needle Battery: None Flash Mount: Coldshoe and M / X Flash Sync Weight: 698 grams (body only) / 920 grams (w/ lens) Manual: Manual (alt version): How these ratings work Versions of this camera were sold in countries like the United States, Australia, and Germany under a variety of names like Kalimar, Cosmorex, and Revueflex. Millions were made and sold domestically and exported all over the world. The entire Zenit (Зенит) line was extremely successful and not only sold very well, but it has become an iconic camera of the Soviet Union. This is a Zenit-E 35mm SLR camera, made by Krasnogorski Mekhanicheskii Zavod (KMZ) in the former Soviet Union between the years of 19.
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