ZENIT
The zenith is the point of contact of a vertical raised to a point on the earth's surface with the celestial sphere, which is above the horizon. The thrust point in the opposite direction is the nadir.
Zenit (Russian: Зени́т) is a Soviet camera brand manufactured by KMZ in the town of Krasnogorsk near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit trademark is associated with 35 mm SLR cameras.
The name is sometimes spelled Zenith in English, such as the manuals published by the UK Zenit-importer TOE. However, TOE's imported camera bodies as from 1963 retained the "Zenit" badges. The early Zorki-based models before that time were labelled "Zenith" in a handwritten style of script.
The first attempt to make high-end professional camera by KMZ was the Start in 1958. This camera had a full set of shutter speeds (from 1 sec to 1/1000), a lens with an automatic diaphragm in a unique breech-lock mount, and even a knife for cutting-off part of the unexposed film.
The Zenit 11 is an SLR camera. It was produced by KMZ from 1981 to 1982. KMZ stands for Krasnogorski Mekhanicheskii Zavod (translated: Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory) and was founded in the 1940s near Moscow. The Zenit 11 is a member of the Zenit E family and a variant of the Zenit ET. It differs by differently placed control elements and that it was only available in black.
The lenses of the Zenit 11 are interchangeable. Instead, the 35mm SLR camera has a mount for M42 lenses. The Industar-50 3.5/50 is often the standard lens. There is no autofocus function on the Zenit 11. The focus is adjusted manually.
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