30 April is the nationwide boot sale day in Holland

As some of you know, last year i bought a Praktika SLR... which in the end was declared dead as the shutter return spring tension was completely gone.

So i tried again this year.... this time it's a Zenit 122 built in 1991

This case isn't the greatest in ergonomics but you can remove the whole top flap. And being an SLR, the mirror prevents the shutter getting burn holes so you can do whitout the top flap.


Unpacked... price paid: 5 euros


Found a big zoom lens too... for 1,50 Euros. It's the standard size... 135mm


Whole kit on the table... including the Helios from last year


Same name, different characters... the M6 is about 1/4 cm shorter compared to the old one

Camera specs
Build in 1991, still says 'Made in USSR' on the bottom though
Weight: little over 0,8kg with the standard lens. Feels like being over 1kg with the 135mm on, but could be the messed up balance too.
Speeds: 30, 60, 125, 250, 500 and manual
Lightmeter: uncoupled TTL with LEDs

Omag 2.0 wrote on Apr 30^th, 2007 at 2:39pm:

Digital only for snapshots... analog for the real work.
As i've always used a full manual analog camera (1968 vintage FED4B... the one i used for the outside pictures at Avodome) i'm able to make better shots with the analog cam than with the digital one... faster shutter reaction and so on.

And it isnt that expensive compared to digital film... only extra costs are for the chemical stuff and that one is constant no matter if you use 24x or 36x film. You'll always pay for the paper and printing

Spares arent a problem either... it has 99% parts commonality with a Zenit 130