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2009-03-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Seafarious 2009-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Complete with gummit issue Zenit camera, ~~communications device~~ light meter and everything! Fresh from PT and a morning workout as well! Those Russians, so very clever. Who knew?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-29 08:58|| 2009-03-29 08:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah Zenit cameras. I had a colleague who had one and he told me he never had one with so good optics (but mechaniics weren't as good). The story of Russian optics industry deserves to be told. It was founded by a German or a Russian from German ascendency. He loyally served Russia during WWI and later Soviet Union. However he was sent to Gulag during the 30s 'or was it WWII?): the NKVD told that he had been recruited by the German Secret Services before WWI but told to stay dormant and only activate during the next war (ie long after the people who recruited him had gone into retirement. (From the second volume of Gulag's Archipielago)

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-03-29 15:10|| 2009-03-29 15:10|| Front Page Top

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