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| Photograph Quality | 8.6/10   |
|---|---|
| Features | 5.3/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7.2/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.1/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 7.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 1st May 2008
User Rating : 8
Respect :
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Good Points: Inexpensive, Fully manual, takes m42 lenses. Russian optics.
Bad Points: Plastic rear door and rewind button.
General comments: I own a Fs122. The camera has the standard 50mm lens and the 300mm lens. The 50 takes great pictures and it has not failed to function. The exposure controls are easy to use even with gloves on. Some people have complained about a lack of shutter speeds, but I have yet to experience a situation were this has been a problem. Choose the right ASA film for your intended shots. For macro work I use a tripod and a cable release. True the asa setting on the camera stops at 500, but if you know how light works you can work around that limitation. I use 100, 200, 400 in the camera without problems. It is a very good camera that is only limited by the user. My only nitpicks are the cheasy feel of the back door, and the awkward button that needs to be held down during rewinding.
If you can't get a good photo out of this camera, you need lessons.
Guest.'s review and ratings | 174 words
Review by
Dark Willow
expert review 
on 6th Apr 2006
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+2
The Zenit 122 35mm SLR camera is essentially a lighter and more ergonomic version of the Zenit 12XP in a modern tough plastic casing.
The camera is fully manual, there is no aperture priority mode and no auto-focus support. The 122 version uses an M42 lens mount, and the 122K uses a Pentax K mount; otherwise the two models are identical.
Shutter speeds are from 1/30 to 1/500 with a B setting, and flash sync is at 1/30. The hot shoe accepts any generic flash unit, and there is support for f ...
Dark Willow's full review | 637 words
Review by
photoman
on 14th Dec 2005
User Rating : 6
Respect :
+1
I have had a Zenit 122 35mm SLR camera for more than 15 years.
This camera is the next generation of Zenit TTL. Basically it's the same camera with a plastic covered body.
It still has the same shutter of pre-war Leica that provides speeds of 1/30-1/500 and flash sync on 1/30.
The body is very durable.
It has a much brighter viewfinder than the Zenit TTL, but it still shows only 67% of a frame. It has a hot shoe on the top of the pentaprism (only the late Zenit TTL has it), and light ...
photoman's full review | 266 words
Review by
Oskars
on 3rd Jul 2004
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+1
Zenit 122 is the same Zenit TTL series camera with some different body design.As most of soviet products, have good idea, but poor realisation. If You are lucky to get this camera with no manufacturer deffects, you can use this thing for very long time with no any troubles. Remarkable (realy good) quality of optics. Someone tell, this is "semiautomatic" camera - no, it is not. Only thing, powered by batteries, is built-in exponometer with 3 LEDs, placed inside viewfinder screen, indicating light ...
Oskars's full review | 131 words
Review by
cyberhussein
on 8th Apr 2004
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+1
This Zenit 122 35mm SLR Camera is a MUST HAVE for anyone wanting to start photography and wanting to have FULL creativity. If the photo is bad it is of you, and if the photo is PERFECT it is also of YOU alone.
Cheap can accept any accessories, lenses, filters, flash syncs, hot shoe flashes, shutter cables, tripod and anything your imagination needs.
A (REALLY) tough camera that withstands shocks and weather.
BUT it lacks any intelligent meters to assist you and other things listed above. ...
cyberhussein's full review | 188 words
Review by
oniko
on 11th Nov 2003
User Rating : 7
Respect :
+2
The Zenit 122 is a good camera for some one to start with. they are usually well made and have a good 50mm lens with them.
there are many pentax type screw lenses out there at give away prices.
for a very cheap price you get a case, instruction book in quaint english and a great manual camera.
the 1/30 to 1/500 shutter speed is fine for most things. and the only thing i find a pain is that you have to use a separate meter if you wish in my case to push black and white film to 1600iso fo ...
oniko's full review | 174 words
Review by
mauronr.
on 5th Feb 2003
User Rating : 8
Respect :
+7
The Zenit 122 is a very good camera to start learning photography. It's simple, easy to use, has a rather godd set of features but it lacks slower speeds and higher ASA films (the fastest is ASA400).
As a good point, you can get very affordable lenses on the net. As they are very string, it's easy to find many of them in good shape.
mauronr.'s full review | 109 words
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