23-12-17
My sister bought the Zenit 19 from a charity shop for £10.00p hoping it would be a good starter film camera for my niece, and would I try it out to see if it works. I’d never seen this model before, it’s quite old but has some good features, shutter speed to 1/ 1000th of a second and stop down metering. The bad thing about it is that it should take two PX625 mercury batteries, I used 675 hearing aid batteries and a coil of silicon tube to hold them in place. The Zenit weighs a ton and the meter is really slow to react compared to a more modern film camera.
It came with a Bell & Howell 35-105mm zoom lens, which looks very similar if not the same as a Tokina. I decided to try it with my newer version Helios 58mm lens and a roll of Kodacolor 200, expired in 2001. The hardest part was trying to find a day with some semi reasonable weather.
Still Clinging On
Contre Jour Cafetiere & Hands
Watchful Eye
Bokeh and Barbwire
St Stephens & Winter Sky
Barbwire & Snow
Captured Star
Knot & Ice
Not really a camera for a beginner, although I really enjoyed using it. Managed to get a Pentax Z50p with 28- 80mm af zoom lens for my my niece for only a couple of pounds more than the Zenit, it should be a lot easier for her to use, it’s certainly a lot lighter !
nice Captured Star
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Thank you. 🙂
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« Not really a camera for a beginner »
Sure, yeah, just say that you wanted it for yourself! 😁😉😁😉
Great photos!
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I miss my old Minolta 35mm. There really is a special quality to film. But boy did I soend the dollars on film and processing!
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I really like using film cameras, just something about them. I’m lucky that I have my own film scanner so only have to pay for developing £3.00p. 🙂
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I love the “Cafetiere & Hands”. I can remember a lad at school around 1980 having a Zenit of his own which I was quite envious of. At that time I was borrowing my dad’s cameras (which were lovely but not my own) or using a little point and pray 110 cartridge camera – virtually a disposable.
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Thank you, taken in 200 Degrees cafe. My first slr was a Zenith B, still have the lens which I really like for both film and digital.
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Strong and precise machine …
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Really nice photos.
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Thank you Chriss. 😺🙂
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