Hi! Let's talk about old photocamera
If nowadays someone wants to take a picture
person takes smartphone from pocket and shoots
without having knowledge about photography
in old times it was different
not everyone had a camera
and you had to know what to do
today we talk about camera called "zenit 12s"
"Zenit" is probably familiar name for many people
our fathers or grandfathers had one
in most cases we know model "Zenit E"
what I have here is "Zenit 12s"
"S" makes it quite special, because it means photo- sniper
sniper means - your target can be very far
how it works ...
there was no zoom
but in this fancy metal box
you had eyecatching tele-lens
with 300mm focal length
which gives you scale up by 10 times
to attach these lenses to camera
first you had to unscrew normal lenses
and then screw on your tele-lenses
carefully, not harming the screw
finally attach cable for light-meter
this camera was heavy, it was bad and good
your hands got tired and shaky
at the same time weight gave some stability
some kind of stabilizer was still needed
cameras had no real stabilizer on that time
but this set had special add-on to make it look like gun
special component was attached to lenses
to maximaize the stability
a riffle butt was attached
and you got your photo sniper camera
wind it up
thats how it was
if you got close enough to animal
got a photo