{"id":15454,"date":"2012-03-07T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=15454"},"modified":"2017-10-24T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:19:24","slug":"zorki-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/zorki-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Zorki 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/zorki-4\/w_b-vong-com_pix_zorki_4_1\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_zorki_4_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_zorki_4_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_zorki_4_1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15456\" title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_zorki_4_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_zorki_4_1.jpg\" alt=\"Zorki 4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Notes:\u00a0 Went on another treasure hunt and added this to the mix for a very good price.\u00a0 The Zorki (spelled in Cyrillic) was Russia&#8217;s attempt at making a Leica clone.\u00a0 This particular model is the Zorki 4, using the M39 Leica Thread Mount lenses.\u00a0 The Summar 50mm f\/2 collapsible lens wasn&#8217;t in the best of shape, but hey, I think it is from the late 1930&#8217;s and the camera body is from the 1950&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15457\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/zorki-4\/w_b-vong-com_pix_zorki_4_2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_zorki_4_2.jpg\" 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