I’ve just picked up a Zorki 4k and the results have been great. Love using this camera as you have to really slow down and think. Have you tried the original Olympus Trip 35? Now that takes some beating. I’ve reviewed a few other compact Film cameras on my channel too.

It’s the eternal argument between 35mm and 50mm. My rule is 35mm if I’m going somewhere with narrow streets and big buildings and most of the time I’d choose a 35mm as my default. But 50s are so small you can carry one in your pocket. Nice video.

You have bulb mode as well?

Do you remember your ISO settings @ 6:26min into clip , or in general for those night shots ?

I think the aperture does not change when you focus. But the focus changes when you change aperture. So, set aperture, then focus. Anyway good video and photos.

Which film are you using?

I noticed most of the daytime pictures are underexposed, the X300 has a AE lock button on the front, push it when exposing for the shadows and see the difference. Great video! ❤

You a JW?

I really liked the photos. I started serious photography in elementary school on the 50s with far lesser cameras than the Zorki 4K, like the Argus C3 was advanced in my eyes. I think I’ll get one of these because they are quite modern in my eyes for a rangefinder. Still, love my M4/3 cameras, but these old cameras produce a different kind of image. Thank you for the video.

I'm thinking of getting a Zorki 6. Do you have to cock the shutter arm every time you take a picture?

I don’t use my Zorki 4k much these days, but it’s one of the most comfortable cameras I’ve held in my hand. I wish my M2 had the same shape as far as the body goes. I learned how to meter by eye with my 4k and haven’t needed a light meter since.

For £25 you got a real bargain with the lenses and even the VC-700 vertical grip! I had a Minolta 700si back in the early 2000s and I still have one in 2023. An amazingly advanced semi-pro camera for its time and it's still pretty damned good when put up against today's digital marvels. Pretty much impossible to get a poorly exposed or out of focus shot, unless you are really clumsy! Sadly, on a a lot of them, the grip plastic cracked, decomposed and became a sticky mess. However, that's not too difficuly to replace with alternative material if you are fairly handy with a modelling knife/scalpel. A great selection of lenses available too, especially with the Sony A mount ones, most of which work great on the 700si.

Great video thanks!

The bunkers are not for present day security. They are a spill over from the communist era, when President Enver Hoxha had approx 3,000,000 of them installed across the land in case the capitalists decided to invade and take their communist 'riches'. 😊

God man I think the Minolta came out cleaner. But I love something about the extra noise in the pictures on the Olympus. Is that a characteristic of the expired film, or the camera itself?

Even cheap Minolta lenses were decent

One of my favorite film camera.

I would recommend that you get a WerraMatic as it would be an ideal street camera. You can even get a wide and a tele for it. Gorgeous compact 35mm rangefinder camera from the GDR.

Yes, the camera is rubbish! Get a Voightlander!

What film and settings did you use? I love the photos

A couple of years ago, my son wanted to learn film photography, so i bought a Nikon FM. I learned how to operate a completely manual film camera when I was a teenager, but after years of using a digital SLR, I didn't like using the film camera. Two years later, I'm using a Zorky 4, a Zorky S, a FED1, a Leica iiif, a Konica 1, several Nikkormat cameras, and the original Nikon FM I purchased for my son. It takes time to switch over to film, especially for you younger people who didn't grow up with it, when it was state of the art. The pictures you took were nice, and very clear. They wouldn't stand a critical analysis by a photographic expert, but they are not intended to. Look at old black and white photos taken in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's, that were not taken by professional photographers. They are not fantastic photos, capturing technical perfection, but they are amazing at capturing the feeling of the era. That is what photography is supposed to do. Just my humble opinion. Great video, thanks. And just so you know, people love my cameras when they see them. And if it makes you feel better, I'll give you ten bucks for your camera, if you don't like it.

Lovely editing

That's a steal at £25 you would pay that on ebay for the grip on it's own. I've a couple of them and there a great camera especially when you get them at the right price. I also have 2 dynax 7's both with grips and paid well under £100 for both of them.

I bought one of these new for 900 aud in 1994 duty free, it was at the time camera of the year from various publications but I couldn’t afford decent lenses I recently bought the Japanese Dynax 7 labelled Alpha 7 as I wanted to go back to the mystery of seeing how the shots turn out and the artistry of setting up the shot without the easy way of just taking multiple shots

Recently went on a trip to the US, brought a 28, 50 (the same Nikon series E as yours) and 100mm (series E also) with me and as much as I like my 50 mm lenses I mostly cycled between the wide and tele lenses, when I wanted to capture either a scene or a detail / distant object. As my "everyday carry" I stick to the 50mm though, it's not perfect for every situation but it is the most versatile for my style of shooting when I can only bring one lens with me.

say chinsinau again

You can't opererate the camera without the help of the light meter function on your mobile phone, and you can't even find your hotel without your mobile phone. Lol....

How did you meter for your exposures?

Try a FED2 love mine... I have 3 Zorki 4s btw.....

I could be wrong but I think with ISO 200 you leave the setting for the AF trip at 100, this may be why some of your AF trip pictures look a tad underexposed. My Trip AF takes superb pictures - as good my mju. Great locations and some excellent snaps there , lovely, long live 35mm film!

Very inspiring as usual, you never fail to awaken my lust for traveling

Awesome photos, keep up the good work. Your editing and videos are so good, doesn't let the viewer or the subscriber count let you down. Don't give up.

I have a 4k. I love it. I use mine with it's original leather half case and as there are no strap lugs. One of the downsides of the Zorki 4k. I use a Soviet Leningrad 4 lightmeter with it. Appropriate I think. Excellent video, thanks My other cameras are a Petri gx1 with a Ricoh 50mm f2 lens. and an Olympus Af1 Infinity. Or if you want cheaper, the russian Cosmic Symbol. £20. All are good.

Also had a Zorki 4, loved the looks and size of it, but by main concern was the shutter speed selector wich I found too clunky to use for a camera I mainly intended to use for street photography.

Love the editing

thanks for this beautiful video! also liked the photos but I think you could get more out of your scans!

Awesome videos, keep up please.

I have зоркий-4 (Zorki 4) I cannot set time to 1/500 or 1/1000 so I am limited to 1/250

Just got my zorki 4 in working order. Bulb and 1/30 still don't work, but it takes pictures so that's good enough for now

How did you travel to Moldova?

Was interested to see that someone had enough pride in their city to put up some rather nice Xmas street decorations.

Great walking tour

Really nice video mate! Love the fuji colour! I think I’ll be trying that film stock next! I subbed, looking forward to more from you dude😊