C41
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The Zorki 2C (1955) is a polished iteration of the Zorki 1/2 line, produced at KMZ's Krasnogorsk plant. It retains the Barnack Leica II layout — **separate rangefinder and viewfinder windows**, horizontal-cloth focal-plane shutter, M39 LTM mount, all-mechanical operation with no battery requirement — and adds a **self-timer** over the Zorki 1. Shutter range is 1/20s to 1/500s plus B; no slow speeds below 1/20s. The body styling is marginally cleaner than the early Zorki 1 variants. The 2C was produced until approximately 1959, overlapping briefly with the Zorki 3 (which introduced a combined viewfinder/rangefinder window and slow speeds).
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C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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About this camera
Refined Zorki 1 body with self-timer — the cleanest of the Barnack-clone Zorkis before KMZ moved to combined viewfinder/rangefinder windows.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Mount | M39 / LTM |
| Years | 1955–1959 |
| Shutter | 1/20s - 1/500s + B, mechanical horizontal cloth |
| Flash sync | None |
| Meter | None |
| Modes | Manual |
| Weight | ~ |
| Battery | None |
The C suffix in Soviet camera nomenclature of the period typically indicated a refinement or "series" revision rather than a feature-level redesign. The Zorki 2C followed the very short-lived Zorki 2 and continued alongside the Zorki 3 (1953–1956), which had already introduced slow speeds and the combined viewfinder/rangefinder window that would define the later Zorki line. KMZ maintained parallel production streams during the mid-1950s as it phased out the older Barnack-clone body style. The 2C was effectively the last Zorki aimed at the traditional Leica-II-copy market before KMZ committed fully to the combined-window, slow-speed bodies of the Zorki 3 and 4.
The Zorki 2C is attractive to buyers who want an LTM rangefinder in the Leica II body tradition without paying for an actual Leica II or a FED-2. It shares its M39 mount with a large ecosystem of Soviet lenses (Industar, Jupiter) and Leica LTM glass. The self-timer is the main functional advantage over the Zorki 1. If you need slow shutter speeds, step up to the Zorki 3 or 4. Used prices sit below the Zorki 3 due to the absence of slow speeds; that makes the 2C one of the cheapest working LTM bodies available in 2026.
M39 / LTM mount. Compatible with the full range of Soviet LTM lenses: Industar-22 50/3.5 collapsible, Industar-50 50/3.5, Jupiter-8 50/2, Jupiter-3 50/1.5, Jupiter-12 35/2.8 (check rear-element clearance on the Jupiter-12 before mounting on any Zorki body). Leica LTM lenses and Voigtlander LTM lenses also mount. No flash sync, so accessory flash requires a separate sync socket or shoe adapter; verify before use.
C41
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