My new Zorki 1(c) whith some unanswered questions

[hannes]

Hello:

I just got a Zorki 1 (c) export version with Jupiter 8 lens and matching
leather case for the bigger lens.

According to sovietcams.com its a PM1080, the export version of the PM1075.
Ther is also the note that some of them have been equiupped with the
Jupiter 8 and a special leather case, starting with #174735.

fotoua.com lists it as Type 7b CT691 1952-54
(#125889 - #310527)

Mine has serial 219762, so probably 1953. The lens is from 1955.

Nothing special till now, but:

It has strap lugs, none of the 1(c) had them as far as I know.

It also has a flash socket on the front of the body and not on the to cover where later Zorkis had it. The leather case has been modified for the flash socket too.

I found this flash socket on 2 more Zorki 1 models currently for sale in Austria.

Zorki 1(c) export #220994
www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und-verkaufen/d/zorki-1c-kamera-mit-original-ledertasche-174570943/?folderId=1226807

Zorki 1(d) export with #420520
www.ebay.at/itm/381764996164?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Any Zorki experts out here?
What do you think about the strap lugs?
Are there any numbers how many Zorki 1 have been made with flash socket?

There is still a roll of film in the camera, I'll try to finish it and see what comes out. Then I have to find the little screw for the rangefinder adjustment hole.







And finally the Zorki 1(c) side by side with the Fed 1(f)





Hannes

[Wayne]

Any Zorki 1 with flash sync of strap lugs probably had them added after the camera left the factory. The "Double Zorki" with the name in Cyrillic and English tended to be finished better than the other models. There may have been some special cameras made at the factory for VIPs. I've heard of a Zorki 1 with a slow speed shutter dial on the front but as far as I know only one example exists. The Zorki2 was basically a Zorki 1 with strap lugs and a self timer. There were only about 10,000 Z2s made (I have one).

[hannes]

Hi:

Congrats to your Zorki 2, it is hard to find. Zorki 2S is more common.

I found d the answer to the question about the flash socket on my Zorki 1 in the Maizenberg book.
The book has a chapter how to modify the camera to add a flash socket on page 125 ff.

" Camera repair shops receive the flash sockets from the plants. Lay people can make them as follows: make a cylindrical brass tube (Fig. 141) ...."

So it was a private modification supported from the factory.

That is why most modified Zorki 1 with flash socket have them on the same position.

And for the Zorki 1 with slow speed dial on the front: This was a prototype of the Zorki 3. It is mentioned on this site:

www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-737528618

Zorki 1(c) PM1085

Hannes