BeLomo ZENIT 130

Zenit 130 bought (bare body) on eBay on october 18th, 2007 for 23,60€ +17€ sending fees.

In 1971, the Soviet authorities transfered a part of the Zenit production to the Belomo factory in Vileyka; Zenit E, ET, 11, TTL... bodies were made there. Part of these bodies can easily be recognized: the top and bottom covers are made of plastic.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, and independance of the Belarus (1990), the factory went on producing it's own "Zenits" (130, 21xs, 15m, 12pro, even a Zenit 122 different from the KMZ one!). Till KMZ, owner of the brand, asked for it's rights. The factory is still called "Zenit", but has no more rights to produce cameras equipements under this name.
So this Zenit 130 is a kind of counterfeit!

The 130 seems looks like the 122, with a "real" film counter (which resets when pressing the release button for rewinding) but a classical selftimer lever.
The mechanics and electronics are the same as those of a 12xp, but the chassis was re-designed, and seems to be made of another alloy (the weignt of the bare body is 150g less than the 12xp's) curiously, it looks less "massive" than it's ancestor, while it is 4mm more in width and height.
You can see on http://www.zenitcamera.com/qa/qa-nonkmz.html some "counterfeit" cameras.
You can (still) see on novacon.com (Brazil) some interesting technical informations, among a commercial speech in the glory of the Zenit.