The Zorki 1 was the first Zorki-branded body produced at the KMZ factory. Some later models have "Zorki" engraved in Cyrillic and in Latin; these are for export and are often referred to as "Zorki-Zorki" bodies on assorted Soviet-camera mailing lists.

There is a Zorki 1 that has the serial number on the back but no accent stripe around the lens mount. Some classify this as a model 1D, and call the first camera with an accent stripe around the lens mount a model 1E, and the final change model 1F.

Mar 14, 2023 · Zorki or Zorki-1 is a Soviet 35mm rangefinder camera, which was a clone of the German Leica II and was produced from 1948 to 1956. Zorki-1 was the first camera in a line of rangefinder cameras called Zorki.

Aug 4, 2023 · The Zorki 1 are beautiful copies of the Leica couplex, with the difference that the Zorki are a little less well made. I repair the cameras, and I just did a CLA and change of curtains on a Zorki 1 (with Leica engraving on the top).

Zorki 1 is a 35mm rangefinder camera with M39screwmount interchangeable lens manufactured by KMZ plant in Krasnogorsk, Moscov, USSR, between 1948-56. Зоркий = Zorkiy, means "Sharp Sighted". Zorki cameras have their roots in the FED line of Leica copies.

Oct 1, 2023 · Zorki-1 is a 35mm rangefinder camera with M39 screw mount interchangeable lenses manufactured by the KMZ plant in Krasnogorsk, Moscow, USSR, between 1948-56. The first two digits of the serial number will tell you what year it was made.

May 31, 2008 · The Zorki 1 35mm rangefinder camera is a redesign based on the Fed series of rangefinders. The Zorki 1 was the first 35mm rangefinder camera produced by the KMZ (Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory) in the Soviet Union.

Apr 21, 2020 · The Zorki 1 is a really nice picture taking machine. It comes from another world and era, what you see as quirks was the norm back then and not specific to it. It lacks the mechanical finesse of its German role model, it’s not a quietest of cameras either.

The Zorki 1B was the first stand-alone Zorki made--without any reference to its ancestor, the FED 1. There are several variations of the 1B, which were manufactured between 1949 and 1951.

The first Zorki was the Zorki (called "Zorki 1" by some for clarity, although it never had a number in the name), an exact copy of the 1932 Leica II rangefinder. It featured a 50mm f/3.5 Industar-22 lens, a collapsible lens which looked like the Leitz Elmar but is actually a copy of the Zeiss Tessar .