Reviews for Zenit 12XP Reviews

Watch this item
Zenit 12XP
4.3 stars
Average rating for this product is: 4.3 out of 5

From 6 ratings and 18 reviews

Thumb up 83% of users recommend this product

Rate it Now:

Click on the stars above to rate this product:

Tweet This Item

Zenit 12XP Reviews

Sort Reviews

  • Guest 4th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


    Guest's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    I think everyone realises that the Zenit cameras are bargain basement, old school heavy chunks of metal, but what has that to do with basic photographic potential? The metering, with two LEDs in the viewfinder, is very accurate. The shutter speed, albeit limited, are accurate.

    I used mine for many ...

  • Guest 21st Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


    Guest's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    I find it extraordinary that the Zenit 12XP has attracted so many favourable reviews. I can only conclude that it is the only 35mm SLR which its reviewers have ever owned and therefore have nothing else with which to compare it - I would venture to suggest that even the similarly mechanical Olympus ...

  • Guest 13th Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


    Guest's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    I had a Zenit 12XP from May 1985 to August 1987 and it was very much of a curate's egg - good in parts. To be fair, I only used the standard Helios lens and so I can only really speak for the camera itself, not its supplementary M42 screw thread lenses (although I would avoid the Helios teleconve ...

  • vumpsh 8th Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


    vumpsh's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    I love this camera. I am an amateur, and my first ever SLR was an older zenit-E. Since then, I have used many newer, much more high end pieces, but when I got a Zenit-12XP recently as a present, I fell in love with the Russian SLR again. Some people criticize Zenits for being clunky, but I love how ...

  • gpower 7th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


    gpower's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    Overall a fun manual camera to take snapshots with. For the price it cannot be beaten as it can be had online for as low as £5, I paid just over £10 for mine in near mint condition. And the standard lens, the Helios 44M, is a very nice bit of kit, with a fairly large aperture and silky ...

  • Guest 10th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


    Guest's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    I love photography.... I use this camera since I was young... I know it just like the back of my hand... it is perfect... Recently I bought on ebay a soligor 25-55mm.... and it just rocks... I love it! It is a masterpiece for learning photography!

  • Augy 11th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


    Augy's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    A few months before I noticed that I have an old camera in my shelf. It was the current zenit. And now I've done a few shots, but haven't looked at them yet, so I can't tell anything about the quality, but I heard it's very good. I really like it. Also, a zoom lens would have been fine also, but un ...

  • Guest 27th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


    Guest's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    Great collection camera, i bought one which is still working and looks new! Rock Solid, beautiful U.S.S.R. camera!

  • Guest 14th Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


    Guest's review has yet to be rated - Be the first!

    Report this review



    SOLID! Dependable, satisfying, and the helios lens is sharp and contrasty. What a juggernaut.

  • harlee112833 Rank: Lance Corporal 8th May 2004

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


    On average, people found this review very helpful

    Report this review



    I purchased my Zenit 12XP 35mm SLR Camera, or perhaps it should be referred to as the 12HR, since the Russian cyrillic letters stand for XR, on Ebay for around $25.00. It was being sold under the Cambron label. Apparently the seller had no idea what it was, for he mentioned that there is some sort ...