Ζορκι 4, some more...

 

Here are some more samples from the Zorki 4 with the Jupiter 50/f2 and 135/f4 lenses.

 

 

Yashica MF-2 Super, simple and plastic but not bad

I found a Yashica MF-2 Super camera at the flea market. It is a simple point and shoot plastic camera.
The lens is a 38mm with two apertures, an f8 (or f11) for sunny conditions and an f3.8 for flash.
The shutter speed is fixed at 1/125 (?)
There is no need for focussing

I put 2 AA batteries and they are used only to fire the flash. When the flash is open and no batteries inside the camera selects the f3.8 aperture.
There was film in the camera, I opened the back and let light in. I rewound the film and took some photos.
Some portions of the film survived from the door opening and recorded some images.
Here are some samples.
as the film was old I used the f3.8 aperture most of the time, the flash was not constantly firing.

There is enough sharpness, especially in the f8 aperture, not bad from a simple plastic camera!

Zorki 4, a capable rangefinder

The Zorki is a robust Soviet rangefinder that can deliver very good pictures. It is similar to the FEDs but has a bigger viewfinder and more slow shutter speeds.
As I found an external viewfinder for different focal lengths and a Jupiter 11 135mm/f4 lens with M39 mount I decided to have a go with the Zorki.

The camera looks weird with these accessories.
I tried a Black and White Kodak BW400CN film, there is no lightmeter so i used an external one and the Sunny16 rule. I used the Jupiter 8 50mm/f2 lens and the Jupiter 11 135mm/f4 only. I know that soviet lenses are very good and these ones are no exception.

Here are some samples:

with the Jupiter 8 50mm/f2

with the Jupiter 11 135mm/f4 

Kodak Brownie 127

This is a very simple camera. You only can click the shutter. It is obviously suited only for sunny days.

 

I have loaded the camera with a Bluefire Murano 160 ASA 127 film.

The camera takes 8 rectangle pictures (6x4cm)

I rephotographed and inverted the negatives

here are the samples

A double exposure, not executed well...

and a panoramic image stitched in the computer from 3 negatives