Week 226 - Zorki 1

This Russian camera is a direct copy of the Leica II. Commonly known as the "Zorki 1" in fact there is no number in the model name, the convention has been adopted to distinguish it from later numbered models.
These Zorkis were made in Kraznogorsk from 1948 until around 1957, whereas the camera of which they are a copy came about a decade earlier.
This is the first time I have put a film in this one, I have already ascertained that the shutter only fires reliably at one speed (1/200th sec) so I will stick with that speed and adjust the aperture according to the lighting conditions.
I've loaded it with some Rollei RPX 400 black and white negative film.

photo from week 225 - Nikon Pronea-S

The Pronea accepts all existing Nikon lenses, this was taken with the 18-200mm zoom made for the digital D70 series. At the wide end of the zoom range there is noticable vignetting, but at the long end this is not a problem.

photo from week 225 - Nikon Pronea-S

The film is expired ISO200 Fuji colour negative stock, which was in the camera when I acquired it.

photos from week 225 - Nikon Pronea-S

A series of four consecutive frames, scanned to include the sprocket holes and edge markings.

Week 225 - Nikon Pronea-S

The Pronea uses the APS cassettes which are no longer made. APS (Advanced Photo System) was introduced in 1996 as a fool-proof amateur format with a range of features tied in with a built in magnetic coating on the film which recorded various data to instruct the processing equipment how to treat the image.
Soon after it was launched, digital camera became affordable for the mass market and the APS format was destined for the history books.
This fully featured automaitc SLR came from a charity shop, the ultimate destination of many consumer level film cameras from the 1990s.

photo from week 224 - Keystone Everflash 3570

The very last frame, or part-frame, on the roll. This shows the piercings where the film clip gripped the film as it hung to dry. This one was taken with the built in flash.

photos from week 224 - Keystone Everflash 3570

This was the last photo I took before leaving Budapest, where I bought this camera only a few hours earlier. It's a crude in-camera panorama taken in the airport departure lounge.