KMZ Zorki 1 C Video Manual 1: Overview | Features, Buttons, Layout, Capabilities, Interface, Design

[@stevenwagner7520]

I enjoyed the video, it was interesting and informative. I use a Leica IIc and a Zorki 1c and they work about the same.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@mrsunshine8753]

I enjoyed your video. I like the style and the amount of information your give! Just subscribed and I’m looking forward To your library and future videos. Great job sir!!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! :D

[@ursaproxima]

I just ordered one of these dubbed the zorki-zorki (becuase of the cyrillic and roman logos at the top, apparently an export model of the 1C). I am excited but nervous that it might be defective in some way. Really looking forward to try out my first 35mm rangefinder camera! The only one I've tried before was a 6x9 Mamiya Press. Thank you for the educational video David!

[@DavidHancock]

Nice! Thank you, and enjoy the Zorki. They're really fun to use.

[@GeorgeSpan]

Nice video. Let me add an important "not to do" thing. Don't let the camera facing the sun with the lens uncovered. If you do, there's a good chance to have the curtain burnt and develop the much dreaded pinholes. Collapsible Industar 50/f3.5 could produce the same result as it could focus right on the curtain surface. Furthermore, when buying one, it's not easy to check whether the curtains have pinholes or not. There is no removable back in Zorki1 so as to shine a light-torch behind the curtains. Leaf-shutters or metal curtains don't suffer from pinholes.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! That's a very good point with these.

[@EricHavard]

Wow, a poor mans Leica... best believe I'll get me one to play with!! Thanks!

[@DavidHancock]

They're great, and FWIW, the Industar 50mm f/3.5 lens is WAY better than the Leica of similar design.

[@EricHavard]

@@DavidHancock Thanks! I'll keep that in mind!!

[@shahedmahbub85]

@@EricHavard Leica iiis are not that expensive. iiif or iiig can be found for ~200 USD in very good condition. Any LTM lens (Leica, Canon (very good), voigtlander, etc.) will take quality pictures (used correctly, of course). Then LTM lenses can be mount to any Leica or mirrorless with very slim adaptors. At any rate, a good investment.

[@EricHavard]

Hey you are right! $240 and up, not bad for a great camera but.... That Zorki 1 and be had for $50, I see a lot of film coming with my knock off!!

[@shahedmahbub85]

@@EricHavard agreed. I also take resale values into consideration. I am enthusiast, not a pro (take pictures only for pleasure). Therefore, if i can resale my toy to get another one, why not.

[@LeendertCordemans]

The Zorki use a LTM39 and not M39. LTM39 stands for Leica Tread Mount 39 and is a RF camera mount. M39 mount was using by for example the Zenith 3M which is a SLR camera mount. Those two lens types are different from eachother. They do this to prefent confusion.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you for the correction! :D

[@rrr324sds]

ltm and m39 is the same thing. While ltm therm is used by photographers, m39 is a technical description of a thread. It is 39milileters metrical thread with special step in one milimeter. And both zorki and zenith 3m use ltm, or m39x1 thread lens connection.

[@DavidHancock]

@@rrr324sds Correct but the lenses for the different mounts have different register distances,

[@andrewcomerford9411]

Leica II rather than III, but derived from the FED 1. No FSU Leica clone has a slow speed dial, but many of these are re-engraved to give the impression that they're genuine Leicas. There's nothing wrong with buying the genuine article, but beware of the fakes. KMZ put a mirror box onto a Zorki body (at first with the M39 mount) to get the Zenit SLR family.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@ColinHarvey78]

Flash sync was an aftermarket modification; they didn’t do it out of the factory. Also, minor point but z stands for bulb, not time.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@chainsaw2046]

If you find any more information on calibrating the rangefinder would definitely love to see how it's done and maybe give it a shot

[@DavidHancock]

The Fix Old Cameras channel would be a good source for that kind of info. I don't do too many repair-related videos.

[@dynax60]

By default it comes with ИНДУСТАР-22 (Industar in english) 1:3.5 F=50mm lens. It seems to me that one of the weak points: lenses are afraid of direct light (you need to cover with your palm or something else, it is best to avoid direct rays); and lubricating the camera. Mine (it's exactly the same as yours) has a problem with the curtain. This is a lottery. Also, I noticed that the frame counter is not accurate (perhaps this is a breakdown only on my camera).

[@dynax60]

One of my photo from that camera: www.flickr.com/photos/dynax60/50388829801/

[@dynax60]

Oh yes, I completely forgot - and this camera has a very small viewfinder. Therefore, many people prefer to take ФЭД-4 (FED-4).

[@DavidHancock]

Great shot!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you and I agree. The old Industar lenses tended to flare or ghost with light in the frame. I do find them, in general, to be hit or miss with great copies being truly stunning lenses.

[@zappa7173]

May I know what lens you use with the Zorki 1?

[@DavidHancock]

That was one of the Imdustar collapsible 50mm 3.5 lenses. There are a few iterations of that lens.

[@Shigeshajo]

I was wondering can industar 26 lens use with zorki 1c

[@DavidHancock]

I think so. IIRC those often came with FED-2 cameras, which were M39 rangefinders. They should have the same register distance as these.

[@t3zla736]

I need to correct you; the KMZ factory is not in Ukraine, but instead it’s in Moscow. The family of FED cameras indeed was in Kharkov, Ukraine.

[@DavidHancock]

@@t3zla736 thank you

[@pastedtomato]

Too add to the confusion, there is also the Ukrainian made FED.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I am, I admit, even more confused now. :D

[@lobsterbark]

@@DavidHancock It gets weird. FED and Zorki lenses aren't perfectly interchangeable, you need to re calibrate the rangefinder mechanism to get accurate focus between them. I have only two m39 lenses, a Jupiter 8 and an Industar 22. They are both perfectly interchangeable with my Zorki 3M and my Zorki 1C. But they fit upside down on my Zorki 6, making focusing even more awkward than it already is. IMO, the Zorki 6 is the best one, but everyone who has tried them all has a different favorite. It has a ratcheting lever wind and the clearest rangefinder of any of the soviet Leica clones I've seen. It also is one of the only ones with a standard size cold shoe that doesn't bind on japanese cold shoe flashes. Which doesn't matter too much because the flash sync is extremely unreliable on these cameras.

[@hongdekong]

So according to thus video: previous owners can neglect their zorki and it will be fine, but I have to be very careful with it? Why are the previous owners always the lucky ones ... ;p

[@DavidHancock]

Lol, they got theirs new.