Category: Cameras

Today we will look at the Kiev-2 camera. Index “2” should not be misleading, Kiev-2 is the first rangefinder launched by the Kiev Arsenal plant. Why number two? It’s simple, Kiev-2 is a complete...

Today we will return briefly to the late 50s again. This is a time of intensive development for the Soviet photographic industry. In 1958, GOMZ decided to upgrade its Smena-2 scale camera. Smena-2 was...

– Zorki (“Зоркий”) is a rangefinder camera for 35 mm film produced by the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant (KMZ). In this case, I mean the first model of Zorki. The index “1” was not indicated...

From 1961 to 62, a rather successful Crystal (“Кристалл”) camera was produced at KMZ. It was produced for only two years. In 1962, the Crystal camera was slightly modernized and began to be produced...

In the 60s, the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant adhered to the concept of two parallel lines of cameras. One line was supposed to consist of high-end cameras for professionals, the other – from simpler and...

Today we will consider a very interesting camera. It will be a Lilliput. Lilliput is a miniature, extremely simple pre-war camera. It was positioned as a child’s, that is, it was, practically, a toy....