That is a fine and well chosen collection from the Zenit stable. I started out on a Kiev 4A and progressed to a Zenit E. I learned the basics of photography on those cameras. I recall having Zorki 4A for a while too. The only Practica I ever owned was the EE 2. It had a program mode. The presentation was great. History in addition to a clear explanation of the workings of a mechanical SLR. I liked the photos too. Can’t beat black and white film. Looking forward to more videos on a photography theme! Cheers.
I use to have a 'Prinzflex 500' which was a DIXONS slr , all manual and was just a rebranded 'Zenith B', it was a good camera but metering, moved up to a praktica LTL and this was a great camera, it was built like a tank, am sure it could be dropped off a mountain and would still work .
What I'm somehow missing in my overview of your camera collection and what you can really show off creatively not only in terms of collecting, but also photographically, is a camera from the Praktica VLC series, i.e. the Praktica VLC, the Praktica VLC2 or the Praktica VLC3. These are comparable with the Nikon F series, the Canon F series or the Pentax LX, i.e. SLR cameras that have interchangeable viewfinder attachments as well as the option of changing lenses. Prism viewfinder waist-level viewfinder and magnifying viewfinder. In terms of quality, the Praktica easily matches the others and costs a fraction of the price. For my part, I have the Praktica VLC2 and what can I say, I don't need the models from Nikon, Canon or Pentax, the Praktica is completely sufficient, and at its price the fun of taking photos with it tastes even sweeter. As I said, I recommend a camera from the Praktica VLC series, then once you have photographed with it, you can certainly let go of one or other of the other cameras you have at some point. Greetings from Germany
@@MrZenitJ If you don't already have one, there are adapters for Praktica cameras with an elongated battery compartment on the major sales platforms, into which you can insert three LR44 button cell batteries to achieve the required 4.5 volts. Just search for Praktica battery adapters. Incidentally, this also applies to the VLC series, among others 😉
That is a fine and well chosen collection from the Zenit stable. I started out on a Kiev 4A and progressed to a Zenit E. I learned the basics of photography on those cameras. I recall having Zorki 4A for a while too. The only Practica I ever owned was the EE 2. It had a program mode. The presentation was great. History in addition to a clear explanation of the workings of a mechanical SLR. I liked the photos too. Can’t beat black and white film. Looking forward to more videos on a photography theme! Cheers.
I use to have a 'Prinzflex 500' which was a DIXONS slr , all manual and was just a rebranded 'Zenith B', it was a good camera but metering, moved up to a praktica LTL and this was a great camera, it was built like a tank, am sure it could be dropped off a mountain and would still work .
What I'm somehow missing in my overview of your camera collection and what you can really show off creatively not only in terms of collecting, but also photographically, is a camera from the Praktica VLC series, i.e. the Praktica VLC, the Praktica VLC2 or the Praktica VLC3. These are comparable with the Nikon F series, the Canon F series or the Pentax LX, i.e. SLR cameras that have interchangeable viewfinder attachments as well as the option of changing lenses. Prism viewfinder waist-level viewfinder and magnifying viewfinder. In terms of quality, the Praktica easily matches the others and costs a fraction of the price.
For my part, I have the Praktica VLC2 and what can I say, I don't need the models from Nikon, Canon or Pentax, the Praktica is completely sufficient, and at its price the fun of taking photos with it tastes even sweeter.
As I said, I recommend a camera from the Praktica VLC series, then once you have photographed with it, you can certainly let go of one or other of the other cameras you have at some point.
Greetings from Germany
I'll look into this VLC some more....
@@MrZenitJ If you don't already have one, there are adapters for Praktica cameras with an elongated battery compartment on the major sales platforms, into which you can insert three LR44 button cell batteries to achieve the required 4.5 volts. Just search for Praktica battery adapters. Incidentally, this also applies to the VLC series, among others 😉