The warranty period is the period during which the client, having discovered a defect in the goods, has the right to demand from the seller or the manufacturer to take measures to eliminate the defect.
The seller must eliminate the defects, unless it is proved that they arose as a result of violations by the buyer of the rules of operation.
When does the warranty start?
- from the moment of transfer of the goods to the consumer, if there is no clarification in the contract;
- if it is not possible to determine the date of purchase, then the guarantee goes from the moment of manufacture;
- for seasonal goods, the guarantee goes from the moment the season begins;
- when ordering goods from the online store, the guarantee starts from the day of delivery.
Warranty service includes:
- elimination of product defects in certified service centers;
- exchange for a similar product without additional payment;
- exchange for a similar product with a surcharge;
- return of goods and transfer of funds to the account of the buyer.
Rules for the exchange and return of goods:
Exchange and return of products of good quality
The seller guarantees that the buyer within 7 days from the date of purchase of the goods may refuse the goods of good quality if:
- the product has not been put into operation and has a presentation, is in a package with all labels, and there are also documents for the purchase of the product;
- the goods are not included in the list of products of good quality, not subject to return and exchange.
The buyer has the right to exchange goods of good quality for another trade offer of this product or another product identical in value or for another product with an additional payment or refund of the difference in price.
Exchange and return of products of inadequate quality
If the buyer finds defects in the goods after its purchase, he may demand a replacement from the seller.
The replacement must be made within 7 days from the date of the request.
In the event that an examination is appointed for the compliance of the goods with the specified standards, the exchange must be made within 20 days.
Technically complex goods of inadequate quality are replaced by goods of the same brand or a similar product of a different brand with a recalculation of the cost.
The return is made by canceling the contract of sale and returning the amount in the amount of the cost of the goods.
A refund
The refund period depends on the type of payment that the buyer initially chose.
In case of cash payment, a refund is made at the checkout no later than 10 days after the buyer submits a request for a refund.
The value of the goods is credited to the client's card, if a cashless payment was used, occurs immediately after receiving a request from the buyer.
When using electronic payment systems, the refund is made to the electronic account within 10 calendar days.
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On the Internet, there are many amateur blogs and professional resources deeply respected by me devoted to Soviet photographic equipment. Links to resources that I value the most - I will post in the appropriate section. I probably don't get to compete with whales. :O)
How to find your niche? The question is not easy. I would venture to make such a generalization. Most authors devote their work to the use of Soviet optics with modern digital cameras.
Since the 2010s, cheap digital SLRs and mirrorless cameras with interchangeable lenses have become widespread. Interchangeable optics has ceased to be the lot of a narrow circle of professionals and has gone to the masses.
And then an interesting circumstance emerged. It turns out that lenses released 30-40-50 years ago are not fundamentally different from modern ones (well, except for electronics, of course).
Moreover, these lenses can be installed on modern cameras without any special tricks and can be fully used in manual mode. The most inter…
Camera Zenit-E review and instructions
In the 60s, the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant adhered to the concept of two parallel lines of cameras.
One line was supposed to consist of high-end cameras for professionals, the second - from simpler and cheaper models - for the mass consumer.
In 1965, KMZ already mastered the production of cameras with central shutters based on Zenit-4 as professional cameras.
It's time to take care of ordinary amateur photographers.
In this segment, then there was already a successful model - Zenit-3M.
This camera was very good, and even went well for export. But Zenit-3M still had a number of shortcomings, which it was decided to overcome.
Firstly, the new camera had to get a constant-sight drop-down mirror. It was a breakthrough, because still ALL Soviet DSLRs, incl. high class - had a sticky mirror.
Secondly, they decided to integrate a light meter into the new camera. This was also a breakthrough, because. before that, it was not possible to integrate a light meter into a budget model. D…
FED-5 camera review and instructions
You can see the list of all reviews and articles on the blog map. The line of FED cameras began with the pre-war model, which was simply called "FED" without a digital index.
Next came the FED-S, -2, -3, -4 and, finally, -5 models in several versions. After the fifth model, the classic mechanical line was interrupted. Further, Kharkiv residents released several interesting automatic rangefinder cameras. But this was already at the very end of the Soviet photographic industry.
With all due respect to the brand, I, as a collector, consider the FED mechanical line, after all, not very interesting. Here is something from the machines I will definitely have in the future and write a review. But for now I only have mechanics.
In the collection, in addition to the first model, I included only the fifth - the final classic.
The line developed without any special highlights. Already the 3rd FED model had implementation options - a completely modern look. With a trigger platoon and a wide range of shutter speeds. The 4th model received a light meter.
What was new in the 5th? And very little on its own ...
The sixth Zenith completes the trio of cameras of the same type produced in the USSR from 1964 to 1968.
From the very beginning it is necessary to explain what the sixth Zenith is.
The fact is that Zenit-6 is not a separate type of camera. Zenit-6 is a kit. As they would say now - kit.
The kit included a Zenit-4 camera and a Rubin-1 lens.
And although the Zenit-4 camera itself is utterly advanced, all the attention in this duo was, of course, focused on the lens.
And all because the Rubin-1 lens is a zoom lens. In a modern manner - it was a zoom.
Rubin-1 was the first zoom lens in the Soviet Union (!).
Moreover, Rubin-1 was designed on the basis of the German Voigtländer Zoomar lens, which at that time was the world's first and only (!!!) zoom applicable for mass production.
Rubin's focal length range was not very wide, but it was perfectly balanced - 37-80 mm. Exactly what most amateur photographers need!
From moderate wide-angle to moderate telephoto. Though a landscape, even a portrait, neither give nor take.
And yet, Rubin had a fairly high aperture of f2.8, and over the entire range of focal lengths.
And all this beauty is available in 1964. Applause, curtain.
Needless to say, for that time a set of Zenit-4 and Rubin-1 was simply incredibly, prohibitively, unrealistically cool?
Maybe someone remembers the film of the 68th year with Leonov "Zigzag of Luck"? There, the main character Volodya several times during the film approaches the window of a photo store and stares intently at one of the cameras.
Here is the scene. It is not yet very clear where exactly Volodya is looking. You might even think that on Salute. 
But the next frame completely dispels all false doubts. Here it is - the object of Volodya's desire - the great and terrible Zenit-6.
At that time, Zenit-6 was the most technically advanced camera in the USSR. And by world standards, he was very, very close to the top line of the ratings. And he had a mega-brutal appearance. :O)
It was physically impossible not to dream of such a thing.
Stop, but why is the device called Zenith-6?
The device itself does not differ from the Zenith-4 in any way, except for the nameplate with the name. The difference is only in the complete lens.
Why they decided to give the camera an independent number - now it is already impossible to know for sure.
But there is a prevailing opinion, which I will now describe.
The fact is that in the USSR they did not sell cameras at all without a lens in the kit, i.e., as they say now, in the body configuration.
This was due to two reasons. Firstly, the zoo of various types of lens mounts was quite large, and secondly, there was a shortage of photographic goods in the country.
If the devices were sold without lenses, there would very often be situations when a amateur photographer or cannot physically buy a suitable lens, because. is not on sale at the moment, or mistakenly buys an incompatible lens.
That is why the cameras were sold immediately with a lens and were ready to use out of the box. Complete, or standard lenses were an adjective for the camera and no emphasis was placed on what the camera was equipped with.
Therefore, when part of the Zenith-4 began to be equipped not with Vega, but with Rubin, a difficulty arose. It would be extremely strange not to focus on Ruby.
But to market a kit rather than a camera was very unusual for our conservative marketing.
As a result, in order not to embarrass either people or the standards of production and accounting, the apparatus with Rubin was assigned its own number.
So everything fell into place. There is Zenit-4 - he is with Vega, there is Zenit-6 - he is with Rubin.
By the way, I don’t know of any other case, except for Zenit-6, in which Soviet system cameras would not be equipped with a “fifty kopeck” (or a lens with a similar EGF for frame sizes other than 35 mm).
There is information that Rubin was planned to equip part of the Zenith-5. But such a combination turned out to be quite unattainable expensive and the idea was abandoned. Although it would have turned out just an incredible quintessence of technical thought.
In this review, I will not describe in detail the controls of the camera and its lens.
If you are interested in these questions, please check out my reviews:
1. Overview of the Zenit-4 camera. The review is detailed. Everything that is written there is 100% related to Zenith-6. The device is very unusual - I recommend to take a look.
2. Overview of the Rubin-1 2.8 / 37-80 lens. In it, I prepared a small surprise for enthusiasts.
Further, strictly speaking, I do not have the 6th Zenith (carcass). Didn't buy. Why? Yes, all because of the same. And the shelves are not rubber - to store the same, in fact, devices 4th and 6th, and the Gosznak factory is located somewhere not in my apartment.
An expensive and not rational double comes out, in general: o)
I limited myself to Ruby. To get an idea of the 6th Zenith, it is enough to attach Ruby to the 4th. This is the configuration you see in the pictures.
The nameplate is nowhere to be seen in the pictures, so there is absolutely no difference.
So, what can be said specifically about Zenith-6?
The set came out very bulky and heavy. The weight of the device with a lens is 1.8 kg (!!!).
For storage and transportation, a case was attached to the device, which, apart from being a small suitcase, cannot be called.
The photo shows a case from the Crystal for comparison.
All this makes the operation of Zenith-6 very specific and similar to medium format equipment. 
The negative point is the fact that the docked Ruby strongly overlaps the exposure meter window.
I think that the benefit of the exposure meter at the 6th Zenith was very nominal.
Zeniths 4-6 do not have their own lugs for a neck strap. On the neck or shoulder, the devices are supposed to be worn on the case strap, including during shooting.
With Zenit-6, such a trick, of course, will not work. :o) That's why the Ruby had its own lugs for the belt. Zenit-6 could be worn on a belt without a case.
The Ruby also has its own tripod socket.
Zenit-6 was not intended as a mass camera. Only 8.9 thousand of these kits were produced. One of the reasons for this lack of mass was, of course, the price.
In the frame from the film on the price tag you can see its cost - 400 rubles. According to the KMZ website, where there are some retrospective prices, Zorkiy-6 cost 35 rubles in those years.
On the same showcase in the film, they ask for 75 rubles for a rangefinder Kyiv with a light meter.
The difference, as they say, is obvious. The image in the USSR was expensive.
Attitude to the camera:
Here I will write about the entire line at once.
If we continue the theme of fantasy, then Zeniths-4, -5, -6 were on the Soviet photo market as aliens from some kind of parallel universe.
They seem to be similar to those around them, but if you look closely, they are different in everything.
They came from nowhere, and went to who knows where, leaving no offspring.
These unique cameras were produced for only 4 years and aroused admiration and awe among amateur photographers. So perfect and absurd at the same time.
I am sure that if 2-3 generations had passed, we would have finally seen just a wonderful camera with a central shutter.
But, alas, there was only one generation - the first and it is the last.
Curtain shutters both unexpectedly found themselves in a dead end, and also left it unexpectedly and at the same time quickly.
Fabric curtains were replaced by metal lamellas, and the shutters began to move vertically rather than horizontally.
By this, all the advantages of central shutters were leveled. Only shortcomings remain.
In the USSR, central shutters left the segment of system cameras, and with them such a short era of Zeniths 4-6 also left.
In addition to the Vega-3 and Rubin-1 lenses I mentioned, it was also supposed to produce such optics for the central Zeniths:
Mir-1Ts 2.8/37
- Helios-65Ts 2/50 (less successful option than Vega-3)
- Jupiter-25Ts 2,8 / 85 (the bayonet design did not allow to bring the aperture ratio to f2)
- Tair-38Ts 4/135
The letter "C" in the name indicates the C mount. In the literature, this letter is usually indicated, but I did not see it on the frames of Vega and Rubin.
In general, the range is quite good. Together with the zoom Rubin - this mount could be one of the most promising.
But alas, it turned out the way it did. The line of devices was interrupted, and now only Vega and Ruby can be found from the entire optics fleet. The rest may have been produced, but so few that it is now impossible to meet.
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Throughout its history, cameras bearing the trademark of the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant (KMZ) have been exported not only to developing countries, but also to Germany, Italy, Austria, France and England, where they successfully competed with Western products. "Zeniths" of the "E" series became the most massive SLR cameras in the world: in total, about fifteen million of their various modifications were produced. Cameras "Zenith" often became laureates of prestigious awards and received enthusiastic responses from the public, the media and experts in the field. So, for example, in 1979, the popular English magazine for amateur photographers "What camera?" recognized "Zenith-EM" as the best apparatus of the year.
And it all started immediately after the end of the Second World War, when the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant received the task of producing peaceful products: projection devices for the State Library named after. VI Lenin, theater binoculars and, finally, cameras. In 1947, a production base for the manufacture of photographic equipment and scientific instruments was laid at the KMZ. A year later, the first fifty Zorkiy devices were produced, which gained great popularity and became the prototype of the Zenith series.
The history of the Zenit cameras itself began in 1952, when further experiments and design developments of the Zorkiy model led to the emergence of a new small-format SLR camera. In 1955, the first truly mass-produced device of the Zenit family, Zenit-S, was released, which acquired an improved shutter and sync contact.
"Zenith" and "Zenith-S" had a mirror that was lowered only when the shutter was cocked, so the frame in the viewfinder was visible only when the shutter was cocked. Since leaving the bolt in the cocked state was quite harmful to its springs, the rule known to each of their owners clearly operated on the early Zeniths: cocked the bolt - shoot.
After the high-quality rangefinder cameras of the Zorkiy-3 and Zorkiy-4 types, which were not inferior to world analogues, were developed and put into mass production, they decided to create a new Zenith at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. At the same time, it was originally called "Crystal".
This camera had an ultra-precise and ultra-strong aluminum alloy body, which was a single piece, which outstripped the world level of development of SLR cameras for many years to come. In addition, the top cover of the apparatus has also become cast, and cast with very thick walls. In 1962, the camera began to be called Zenit-3M: the difference from the Kristall was only in the design of the top cover, which ceased to be so monumental.
"Zeniths" of the third family became the first "millionaires" in the Soviet photographic industry and also the first to go into mass export. In the same period in Germany, an automatic line of machine tools was ordered for mass production, which allows for high-precision processing of cases, which became the technological basis for the production of cameras at KMZ until the end of the 90s.
The outwardly bulky, large and heavy Zenit-4 has replaced the successful third family of vehicles.
It had its merits - it was a shutter speed range sufficient for the mid-1960s, and most importantly, what many modern cameras do not have is synchronization at any shutter speed with any flashes. In addition, "Zenith-4" for the first time received a built-in exposure meter and viewfinder. The operation of the exposure meter was possible without restrictions both with a prism and with a convenient shaft with a magnifying glass for precise aiming. The viewfinder was a huge plus of this camera, however, there was one significant drawback - the delay between pressing the shutter and the shutter, which, in fact, completely killed all that was good in this device.
The fifth family of Zenit cameras was a real breakthrough in the Soviet and Western photographic industry. The fact is that in Zenit-5, for the first time in the world, among mass-produced general-purpose cameras, a built-in electric drive appeared.
It was powered by a formally non-replaceable rechargeable battery, but recruited from ordinary “D” type batteries (which could be replaced as it failed), pulled the film at a speed of about 1-1.5 frames per second and was recharged from a 127 or 220 volt network using the charger supplied with the kit. In other components, the camera did not differ from its predecessor "Zenith-4".
The next generation of devices - "Zenith-6" - was distinguished by significant simplification and limited capabilities.
In particular, the camera was not equipped with a light meter. The camera called "Zenith-66", released at the same time, differed from the "Zenith-3M" only by a return mirror, which made it possible to see the frame in the viewfinder before cocking and immediately after the shutter was released.
The aforementioned Zenit devices of the fifth and sixth families suffered the same fate - rapid oblivion. The fact is that they were replaced by the new Zenit-E device, which has become a real classic.
As a matter of fact, when we say the Zenit camera, most often it is the unpretentious, reliable and durable Zenit-E cameras that are sold around the world in tens of millions of pieces.
"Zenith-E" has absorbed all the best from its predecessors. Threaded lens mounts and a soft, feel-good shutter release, pop-up mirror, built-in light meter and other technological features have been the foundation of these cameras' success. The time elapsed between pressing the shutter button and the start of the shutter curtain movement, this model is probably the smallest among all the Zeniths, which allows you to shoot the movement “in flight”, and not with a delay of considerable fractions of a second.
The Zenit-E camera was a phenomenal success, it was massively sold both in the Soviet Union and abroad. The demand for these cameras was such that in Belarus, in the city of Vileyka, with the technical assistance of KMZ, a new production of cameras was launched. True, if the quality of the first releases was at the proper level, then in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Belarusian Zeniths began to lag significantly behind their counterparts near Moscow.
A cheaper and simpler version of the Zenit-E model was the Zenit-V camera, produced with a so-called external exposure meter, which the photographer could buy separately if necessary.
In the future, devices of the Zenit-E family began to noticeably become obsolete, and KMZ needed to improve the camera without increasing its cost and at the same time without breaking the hard-established mass production. Therefore, all technological innovations were quite modest. This is how the Zenit-EM and Zenit-BM devices appeared, which were distinguished by a jumping or, as we used to say, “blinking” diaphragm.
As a result, the efficiency of working with lenses equipped with such a diaphragm mechanism (index "M") has increased dramatically. The second addition was the focusing screen, which received a microprism in the center, which greatly facilitated precise focusing.
In the new family of "Zeniths" called "TTL" / "12", changes were made to the design of the shutter, which increased the accuracy of working out shutter speeds and the uniformity of the shutters.
The need for this innovation was due to the fact that color photography was gradually developing in the country, and these issues became vital, especially when shooting on slides. The longest-lived of the devices of this series in production at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant was the Zenit-11: the last such cameras were assembled at KMZ already in 1992.
This camera has been produced for eleven years and has proven itself in operation. There were other modifications of the Zenit devices, which had both their technological innovations and significant shortcomings. Some of them, such as the Zenit-18 apparatus, were soon discontinued due to design flaws.
Devices "Zenith" became a real pride and a striking achievement of the Soviet photographic industry. The Zenith cameras, born in the 1950s and 1960s, have lived a long life and even outlived their era. And today, many photography enthusiasts do not give up their Zeniths, despite the appearance of modern, younger and more accurate automatic devices. These cameras capture happy moments in the lives of millions of people around the world. Zenit went down in history as the most massive SLR camera of the 20th century!
