Leica revives iconic Soviet Zenit camera

The design of the new Zenit M is inspired by the Soviet Union's Zenit and Zorki cameras - which, in turn, had ironically been inspired by Leica. The new camera will be jointly produced by Russia and Germany and will sell for €5,000 to €6,000 (US$5,900 to US$7,000). "The main target audience is luxury and amateur photographers,"

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U$7K? A Zenit to price of Leica... with that money I prefer buy a Pentax 645Z or a Fuji GFX 50R (both medium format).

If you carry around the $5 version, people may think you spent $7000 and belong to the nouveau riche!

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Camera-Zenit-ET-62509880-USSR/253869878603?_trkparms=aid%3D333200%26algo%3DCOMP.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180228161002%26meid%3D03706ffbc9234b419d9ffb46769a3a80%26pid%3D100008%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D183450389757%26itm%3D253869878603&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

All black Zenit M

https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/9034303849/ZenitMHandsOn-02.jpeg

I wonder a little bit whether they'll sell the 35/1.0 lens separately from the camera. Granger's sample photos in the video above weren't great, but that could be a fun/interesting lens...