Pelu2010 Posted November 18, 2024 Share #1 Posted November 18, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hey, anybody owns this camera? https://www.zenit.photo/en/catalog/zenit-m-zenitar-lens-35-mm-f-1-0/ cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 Hi Pelu2010, Take a look here This Zenit Camera looks like a M240 ..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
frame-it Posted November 18, 2024 Share #2 Posted November 18, 2024 (edited) it is a leica camera, saw it a while back, i actually wanted to buy the lens but it was sold out Very fast. https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/reviews/hands-on-review-leica-and-zenits-full-frame-zenit-m their showroom at GUM, has some amazing stuff Edited November 18, 2024 by frame-it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted November 18, 2024 Share #3 Posted November 18, 2024 IIRC it was a way for Leica to dispose of surplus unused M240 bodies after they launched the M10. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D-Kraft.com Posted November 19, 2024 Share #4 Posted November 19, 2024 (edited) According to the article in DigitalCameraWorld from 2018, only 500 units were produced. I wonder why it still can be purchased (new) from Zenit... Edited November 19, 2024 by 3D-Kraft.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc B-C Posted November 19, 2024 Share #5 Posted November 19, 2024 A far cry from the £29.95 I paid for my Zenit B around 1971/2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 19, 2024 Share #6 Posted November 19, 2024 38 minutes ago, 3D-Kraft.com said: According to the article in DigitalCameraWorld from 2018, only 500 units were produced. I wonder why it still can be purchased (new) from Zenit... I don't think it was very popular at the time, they must have found some surplus. I did not know that it was possible to buy such things from Russia presently (legally, that is) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted November 19, 2024 Share #7 Posted November 19, 2024 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1 minute ago, jaapv said: I don't think it was very popular at the time, they must have found some surplus. I did not know that it was possible to buy such things from Russia presently (legally, that is) when i went to the zenit showroom in Moscow, they told me not many people wanted the camera, it was the F1.0 lens that sold out within days 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 19, 2024 Share #8 Posted November 19, 2024 This one might be interesting: https://www.zenit.photo/en/catalog/zenitar-21mm-f-2-8-lens/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelu2010 Posted November 19, 2024 Author Share #9 Posted November 19, 2024 3 hours ago, jaapv said: I don't think it was very popular at the time, they must have found some surplus. I did not know that it was possible to buy such things from Russia presently (legally, that is) that's why I posted it. Because I was amazed to find this camera .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelu2010 Posted November 19, 2024 Author Share #10 Posted November 19, 2024 3 hours ago, jaapv said: This one might be interesting: https://www.zenit.photo/en/catalog/zenitar-21mm-f-2-8-lens/ that's where my eyes fell too .... 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted November 19, 2024 Share #11 Posted November 19, 2024 Body is a different shape than M type 240. Looks like a knock off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vkdev Posted November 21, 2024 Share #12 Posted November 21, 2024 On 11/20/2024 at 7:01 PM, 3D-Kraft.com said: As there are still (after 6 years) units left from the batch of 500 At first it was impossible to buy this camera because it was out of stock. Then this camera began to be used as a gift item (so you can't just buy it either) and was given, for example, when buying an expensive car. Sometimes you can see used camera on the Internet for about $3k-4k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 21, 2024 Share #13 Posted November 21, 2024 On 11/19/2024 at 11:10 PM, jdlaing said: Body is a different shape than M type 240. Looks like a knock off. It was made in cooperation with Leica Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted November 21, 2024 Share #14 Posted November 21, 2024 (edited) On 11/20/2024 at 7:10 AM, jdlaing said: Looks like a knock off. looks like, but it aint, its a collaboration tween leica and Zenit "The design of the new Zenit M is inspired by the Soviet Union's Zenit and Zorki cameras—which, in turn, had ironically been inspired by Leica." Edited November 21, 2024 by frame-it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 21, 2024 Share #15 Posted November 21, 2024 Please take note - politics are not allowed on this forum. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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