Specifications

Type
SLR camera
Production
from 1983
Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm
Lens mount
M42
Shutter
Horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1/30 s – 1/500 s, B
Flash sync
1/30 s
Metering
TTL averaging (CdS)
Focusing
focusing screen
Film speed
ISO 16–500
Battery
2× LR44 · meter only
All batteries for Zenit

Good to know

Without a battery, every mechanical shutter speed including B works, but the light meter does not. [2]

Never turn the shutter speed dial directly between 1/500 s and B the short way round. [1]

After loading a film, you have to reset the frame counter to zero by hand. [2]

Matching parts from Ausgeknipst

Sources

  1. KMZ: Zenit-12xp, Bedienungsanleitung, Fassung von 1985
  2. Zenith 12 XP: englische Bedienungsanleitung
  3. ZENITcamera: Archiv zur Entwicklung der Zenit-12-Modelle
  4. Film Retriever: Zenit 12XP, Erfahrungsbericht mit Beschreibung des Verschlusses

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

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