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Mir-1V russian lens photographed on Zenit and Canon

Mattias — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:02:48 +0000

I’ve been taking pictures of another lens Richard sent me, the Mir-1V 37mm/2.8. It is an M42 so I put it on the Zenit ET and then the Canon EOS 300V (SLR) with an adapter.

Mir-1V on Zenit ET

Mir-1V on Canon EOS 300V

Mir-1V M42-lens Canon EOS 300V

Industar 50-2 on my Zenit ET-camera ready to photograph

Mattias — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:50:07 +0000

Got a couple of russian lenses from Richard and now I have spent some time taking photographic portraits of them. More to come ;)

Industar 50-2

How to avoid film rip with Zenit ET

Mattias — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:50:08 +0000

My first roll of film passed through the Zenit ET. Time to rewind. But… HOW? I took a while to find the rewind release button. When I found it, it was hard to push down. Guess I didn’t do it well enough, because the film snapped right of.

Ripped film

Although I didn’t get that until I opened the back and let the light in! But you learn from you mistakes, and I can enlighten others about them, so here’s how you do it.

The rewind release is around the shutter release-button. On the Zenit ET is protected of a halfcircle of plastic. I now use the casing of a pen to press it down, ALL THE WAY DOWN!

Push it down

Ok, rewind the film with the film rewind knob. Lift it up to open cameraback and take out the film. Now, I don’t know if its just my cameras rewind release thats a bit stuck but I hade to screw the button a bit to get it back up again.

Rewind release and shutter release

For forther reading look at the Zenit B, E and EM manual.