Specifications

Type
Folding camera
Production
1960–1963
Film
120 roll film
Frame size
6 × 6 cm
Lens
Industar-58 75 mm f/3.5
Shutter
Leaf shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/500 s, B
Flash sync
1/500 s
Metering
none
Focusing
rangefinder
Weight
850 g

Good to know

No battery needed: every camera function works without one. [4]

The front cover will only close when the lens is set to infinity. [2]

The manufacturer’s archive describes the mechanical frame counter as particularly unreliable. [1]

Sources

  1. ZENITcamera: Die Kameralinie Iskra
  2. Iskra: Original-Bedienungsanleitung im Herstellerarchiv
  3. Wikipedia: Искра (фотоаппарат)
  4. Mike Eckman: KMZ Iskra (1960)

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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