Keir 📸My partner's father recently found his old #Zenit-E in his attic in France and gave it to me. After almost 20 years of not being used, I took it for a spin to test it with some Ilford HP5 in #Margate, Kent. Very happy with this particular shot, taken in August 2022 but with the feel of something a lot older. Loved every second of using the Zenit, which is still in perfect working order (even the Selenium light meter).
And here it is! The #Zenit-E. It even has the phrase "Made In The USSR" inscribed on its base. Also, like I said, I'm incredibly lucky that after so long the selenium light meter (the rectangular block on the front) still works perfectly!
Maciej J. Hajduk@keirgravil
Hey, look what I just bring to life as part of my studies 😉
Hey, look what I just bring to life as part of my studies 😉
@mjh oh nice! How do you find using it? I love how rudimentary it is, and also the fact that it feels like it's been hewn from stone 😅😅. It's so solid and heavy.
@keirgravil
It's completely different experience after 20 years of digital photography. My first camera was Lomo (also USSR) so I remember how to use it but it takes time to reminde habbits like revind film.. I'm affraid my first roll will have lot of double exposures. You are right, this is build like a military equipment to survive atomic war. But I like this, my base camera is Leica Q2 which is also metal and quite heavy. Fells like proper tool not a toy.
It's completely different experience after 20 years of digital photography. My first camera was Lomo (also USSR) so I remember how to use it but it takes time to reminde habbits like revind film.. I'm affraid my first roll will have lot of double exposures. You are right, this is build like a military equipment to survive atomic war. But I like this, my base camera is Leica Q2 which is also metal and quite heavy. Fells like proper tool not a toy.
@mjh I've got a few different cameras, including a 90-year-old Voigtländer Brillant, as well as a Nikon D750, and quite a few in between the two in terms of age. The Zenit is my favourite film camera for sure.
Morag Perkins@keirgravil beast of a thing isn’t it?! I have two that are broken in different ways…
David Rusling@keirgravil my first 'proper' camera. I have an original Russian Zenit 3M; sadly not working but a piece of history.