The 35mm reflex cameras

Back

In 2009, Christophe found an intermediary in Russia, Alexey Anatolievich Bumagin (Алексей Анатольевич Бумагин),to find for us some cameras. But communication only spent by automatic translations, Alexey not speaking English (nor us Russian!).
The Zenit 5 was provided via eBay by Irina Fursova (Ирина Фурсова) from Kerch, Ukraine. Christophe began a correspondence by e-mail with her, she seems very nice. Practical, she speaks a perfect English (she is a translator). Since, we regularly use her, earning on sending fees (but losing on time) thanks to bulk shipping.

KMZ

Technical considerations

The ancestors Stats

Production

The former, which successive developments have led to Zenit E.

"Pro" cameras Stats

Production

KMZ also produced some models of "Professional" 135mm cameras.

Zenit E family Stats

Production

In the Zenit E family: the Zenit E and all it's descendants. This family is born with the "E" in 1965 and went on till 2005 with the 122, 312m, 412ls.
All other families of Zenit bodies were given up.
The production of photographic cameras ceased in 2005, decision of the Board of Directors dated 24 November 2004.

Parallel families Stats

Production

Several times, KMZ engineers tried parallel series (Zenit 7,Zenit-D, Zenit16 and Zenit 18-19) For obscure reasons (economic or bureaucratic) these productions have been stopped and only the descendants of Zenit E survived until the end.

Zenit Automat family Stats

Production

In the Zenit Automat family, I grouped together the Zenit Automats and their descendants: AM, AM-2, APK...

LOMO

Almaz