International 'Commie Camera Days 2105'

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Greetings Comrades !! Get out those Politburo Cameras as it is the annual International Commie Camera Days which started on the 1st May-- Here are some taken on my Glorious Soviet ZENITH 'E' but I had to use the dreaded Capitalist Ilford FP4+ film as my supply of Smena film was delayed ---
International 'Commie Cameras Days 2015' -- here are some from my Glorious Soviet ZENITH 'E' !! Two Churches in Brentwood with the 58mm f2 Helios-44-2 with the green lettering made in the VALDAI Factory. I held a Cokin Yellow-Green filter over the lens and used 1/250th second at f4
Commie Camera 01 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

A 'Beetle' in Brentwood High Street with a M42 fit Made in GDR Pentacon 30mm f3.5-- under a x6 magnifier all the details even in the background is resolved ! I shall have to USE this lens MORE ! 1/250th @ f5.6

Commie Camera 02 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

one of my Wife's animals in her Water Feature with my £1-00 Camera Club Auction 'Bargain lens' the M42 fit 85mm f2 MC Jupiter-9 + M42 Asahi Pentax Extension Tube, 1/250th @ f5.6 -- Lens made in the LZOS Factory

Commie Camera 03 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Stamp in Close-up with the 58mm f2 Helios-44-2 made in the VALDAI Factory, at f11 + M42 Asahi Pentax Extension tube + two small Vivitar 45 flashes 'X' synch and shutter on 1/30th.
Commie Camera 05 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

The Glorious Soviet Camera I used :
A Zenith E which was given to me by a woman staff photographer of the Yellow Advertiser newspaper. It has:58mm f2 Helios-44-2 lens, which may be a later model than the one on the Zenith B,shutter 1/30-1/500th, X flash synch at 1/30th, delayed action and a Selenium cell exposure meter.

Zenith E by pentaxpete, on Flickr
 
Love this thread Pete. Very journalistic...
 
The Zenith E and the 58mm f2 was my first SLR kit, built by Russians from spare tank parts I believe.
 
I have a Zenith 11 looks just like an all black 'E' bomb proof camera.
 
Ahhh the Zenit E my first SLR back in the late 1970's.
As others said built from tank parts, but was the love of my life for a couple of years.
 
Some great shots there.

It was my first SLR too, it was a dreadful unreliable piece of junk that I replaced with a Practika Super TL.
 
I was given THREE Prakticas that were going to the Council Tip by a former Councillor as he was disposing of stuff from a widow then he remembered that I like 'Old Film Cameras' and I rushed there and got a Super TL, LLC, LB and gave the Super TL to a beginner at my Club.
 
abbandon said:
Some great shots there.

It was my first SLR too, it was a dreadful unreliable piece of junk that I replaced with a Practika Super TL.
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I replaced mine with the small and beautifully formed Olympus OM1n
 
The TL wasn't to bad but was sold to MrCad when a Neighbor kindly gave me a Nikkormat Ftn I no longer have that camera but do still have the 50mm F2 from it which I even got Ai'd by Fixation back in about 1988.

Gave the Helios lens away along with a Pentax K1000 a couple of years ago to someone wanting to experiment with B&W film.
 
Very good set Peter and yes your Jupiter 9 was a great bargain.(y)
 
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