Zenit-ET
akaЗенит-ЕТ
35mm MF film SLR camera • Discontinued
- Announced:
- · 1981
- Production status:
- ● Discontinued
- Country of design:
- · USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- System:
- · Zenit M42 (1965)
Specification
| Format: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
Film type: | 135 cartridge-loaded film |
| M42 [45.5mm] | |
| Shutter: | |
Type: | Focal-plane |
Model: | Mechanical |
Speeds: | 1/30 - 1/500 + B, T |
| Exposure: | |
Exposure metering: | Through the separate window |
Exposure modes: | Manual |
| Physical characteristics: | |
Weight: | 1200g |
Dimensions: | 138x93x100mm |
Manufacturer description
The "Зенит-ЕТ" is a small-format SLR camera with an instant-return mirror. Designed for various amateur and special photography on black-and-white and color film.
The camera has a built-in exposure meter, self-timer, shutter winding lever. The camera can use interchangeable lenses with a М42x1 mounting thread and a flange focal distance of 45.5mm. The "Зенит-ЕТ" can be used for reproduction work using extension rings, close-ups of small objects from short distances (macro photography) and shooting with a microscope (micro photography).
The camera is available in two versions:
- with the "Гелиос-44-2" lens - 2/58mm,
- with the "Индустар-50-2" lens - 3.5/50mm.
The camera compares favorably with previous models with the following advantages:
- non-rotating shutter speed dial;
- the Fresnel lens ensures uniform brightness of the image of the subject in the viewfinder, and micro-pyramids in the center of the field increase the accuracy of focusing;
- shutter synchronization with flash lamp; the ability to use flash lamps with cable or cableless connections;
- the camera uses film cassettes, with simplified loading onto the receiving spool.
From the editor
The camera was essentially a relabeled Zenit-11, since it had the same built-in uncoupled window exposure meter, shutter speed range, and other characteristics. The only differences were the tripod socket, which was located on the right side of the bottom plate on the Zenit-ET, and the plastic shutter winding lever. A number of units, however, may have lacked the automatic aperture mechanism, while some units even lacked the exposure meter! All these variations were sold under the same name "Зенит-ЕТ". The logic of such variability is actually difficult to fully understand. Perhaps the manufacturer experienced periodic difficulties with the supply of components. Perhaps there was constant work to reduce the cost of production.
61,099 bodies were produced from 1981 to 1982 by the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant (USSR), and about 3,000,000 bodies from 1982 to about 1995 by the Belarusian Optical-Mechanical Association (USSR).
The weight and dimensions are indicated for the camera body with the "Гелиос-44-2" lens.
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