Vintage Soviet Union USSR Zorki 4 35mm Rangefinder Photo Rangefinder Camera

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The Zorki 4 is a Leica thread mount 35mm rangefinder camera, manufactured by KMZ in Krasnogorsk near Moscow in the former USSR. ЗОРКИЙ = Zorki means 'sharp sight' in Russian. The Zorki-4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras and the first to be exported in large numbers to the west. Produced between 1956 and 1973, there were 1,715,677 made. Exported versions are easily identified as they have Made in the USSR text in Cyrillic (SDELANO B CCCP) or Latin script and from 1960, the name Zorki is in Latin script.

When the Zorki-4 rangefinder was introduced in 1956, its contemporaries included the Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT. The Zorki 4's production run outlasted all of them. When it morphed into the Zorki 4K by 1973, its contemporaries included the FED 4b, Leica M5, Nikon F2, Canon F-1 and Canon Canonet QL 17 GIII.

The Zorki-4 is a Zorki 3S with self-timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S, such as all the shutter speeds combined in one dial on the top late, an adjustable flash sync delay, and good combined viewfinder/rangefinder. The early bodies have vulcanite body covering, engraved shutter speeds and strap lugs. Later bodies (post ~1965) have a fabric nylon covering and marking are silk-screened not engraved. By the mid-sixties, the strap lugs had disappeared. Around 1960 the shutter speed progression was modernized; 1s, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000;

Manufacturer: KMZ

Date of Production: 1956-73

Type of Camera: Rangefinder

Film Type: 35mm

Lens: M39 Screw mount

Shutter: Cloth focal plane

Shutter speed range: 1s-1/1000th + B

Weight of the camera: 678g

Weight of the case with camera: 924g

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