Zenit M. A Russian mirrorless with heart of Leica M

Manu4Vendetta

Based on the Leica M Type 240.

Sensor CMOS with 24Mp
Lens Zenitar 35mm f1
Available at december 2018
Price without confirmation

eatstoomuchjam

LOL. Most likely bringing you all of the things that you love about the old Russian Leica clones except for the low price.

jleo

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,"

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/leica-revives-iconic-soviet-zenit-camera--10761046

eatstoomuchjam

Wow. $7,000 to own a Zenit. Someone at Leica is expecting there to be a bunch of rich hipsters...

Manu4Vendetta

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).

tosvus

Haha, must be joke of the day, right???

jleo

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

Vitaliy_Kiselev

MikeLinn

MirrorMan

I will hold on to my Zenit E

eatstoomuchjam

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...

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Interface and such sucks badly

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Available

https://zenit.store/collections/zenit-m/products/zenit-m-camera-and-35mm-f-1-0-lens-kit-limited-edition

kurth

ah let me think....I'm going to buy a new fuji xpro 3 and a fuji t3 kit and a few other great fuji lenses....or this ? Is this a joke....looks like a joke.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@kurth

Well, it is not a joke, as it is lot of rich fans (and it is really Leica quality) :-)

kurth

@vitaliy leica smyca. I'm surprised Leica is still in business. It was another world when mechanical cameras were made that required high tolerance pre wwI engineering. Now Joe Blow can't tell the difference between a cheap aps and a used iphone 7. Thanks but I'll go with it's a joke ...on them.

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