Iskra is a Soviet medium format rangefinder clapper camera that was produced at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant in 1960-1963 and produced 38,722 units. The design of the Iskra is similar to many foreign cameras, including the Zeiss Super Ikonta IV, Agfa Isolette, Agfa Automatic 66, Kodak Duo Six 20 and others [1] .
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| Type of | rangefinder medium format camera |
| Manufacturer | Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant |
| Year of issue | 1960-1963 |
| Lens | Industar-58 3.5 / 75 mm |
| Photo material | Type 120 film |
| Frame size | 6 × 6 cm |
| Focusing | manual, according to the basic range finder. |
| Exposition | no light meter |
| Gate | mechanical, central |
| Flash | cable sync |
| Viewfinder | optical combined with rangefinder |
| Dimensions | when folded - 152 × 110 × 48 mm, in the working - 152 × 110 × 98 mm |
| The weight | 925 g |
One of the main advantages of the camera was its compactness and simplicity of design with high image quality. The camera got its name in honor of the underground newspaper of the Bolsheviks .
Modification - “ Iskra-2 ” has a non-conjugated exposure meter with selenium photocell (1961-1963) [2] , 6118 units were produced. The rest of the cameras are exactly the same.
Content
- 1 Specifications
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Specifications
- Frame size: 6 × 6 cm.
- The “Industar-58” 3.5 / 75 mm lens is mounted in the central shutter and interfaced with a rangefinder. Focusing is achieved by moving the entire lens, rather than individual lenses. The lens is retractable, connected to the camera by a focusing fur .
- Shutter - FZSh-18, mechanical, central, inter-lens. Exposure range: from 1 to 1/500 s and manual (“B”).
- Synchronized contact provides work with both flash pulses and disposable photo balloons (synchronization type “M”).
- Self-timer (delay 9-15 s).
- The viewfinder is combined with the rangefinder, the rangefinder base is 55 mm, the viewfinder magnification is 0.74 × .
- Shutter cocking and film transport are separate. There is a lock from re-exposure of the frame. At the same time, multiple exposure is possible if you release the shutter not with the button on the camera, but with the lever on the shutter itself.
- Frame counter with automatic reset when reloading.
- Metal case with removable back cover.
A feature of the camera was the presence of a scale of exposure numbers on the shutter rim. Mutual fixation of aperture and shutter scales on this scale simplified exposure setting and made it possible to quickly select exposure parameters without changing it [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Photoshop, 2000 , p. 117.
- ↑ Photograph, 1992 , p. 42.
Literature
- Andrey Sheklein. Spark of an extinct fire (Rus.) // "Photo store": magazine. - 2000. - No. 5 . - S. 117 . - ISSN 1029-609-3 .
- V. Feday. From “Moscow” to “Zenith-Up” (Russian) // “ Photography ”: magazine. - 1992. - No. 1 . - S. 42-44 . - ISSN 0371-4284 .
- Jean Loup Princelle . Made in USSR. The Authentic Guide To Russian And Soviet Cameras. Le Reve Edition, 2004.
Links
- Stages of development of domestic camera manufacturing. Iskra, Iskra-2
- Information about the releases of the Iskra camera
- Operation manual - “Iskra” (the site is not responding)
- Operation manual - Iskra-2 (the site is not responding)
- Review article on KMZ medium-format and rangefinder cameras (the site is not responding)