Zorki 4

DavidTO

Thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of Schmoo and DoctorIT, I have another russian camera to add to my arsenal. This one is a a Zorki, the russian knock-off of the Leica.

These are from my first roll of film, half of which I destroyed when I thought it wasn't winding properly and opened the back to see what was going on. It's a fun camera. I find the viewfinder is not accurate when composing on closer objects, due to parallax issues, but I'll get around that and be fine.

The rough edges are from the slide scanner I use to shoot the negatives. I've opted to leave them on at this point. We'll see how I feel in the future.

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(Should have just gone at a more obvious angle.)

schmoo

I love the look of old film. Seems like the Zorki does the job really well! Were you using that Expositor app as a lightmeter?

DavidTO

schmoo wrote: »

I love the look of old film. Seems like the Zorki does the job really well! Were you using that Expositor app as a lightmeter?

Yes, I was guessing with Expositor! I had quite a few that were underexposed. I'll have to pay attention so I can figure out if it was me or the camera being inaccurate.

schmoo

Give the other lightmeter app a try maybe? I ran them side by side in a room and got different readings, but I'm curious to see which one is more accurate for shooting!

senorjax

I like the edges left on as well, they make a nice frame. And I want a camera named Zorki.

DavidTO

Thanks! And seriously, is there a better name than Zorki? (Which I'm told means "sharpsighted").

senorjax

And seriously, is there a better name than Zorki? (Which I'm told means "sharpsighted").

Well then it must be true, because translators never lie, right?

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