Shooting the Zorki 2-C

The Zorki 2-C is the most reliable of my of my Soviet-era cameras. The shutter, rangefinder and film advance all work as they should. I also like the camera's compactness, which makes it easy to have on hand when needed.



When the 2-C model appeared in the mid-'50s it was most often equipped with a fixed-barrel Tessar-type lens. Those were excellent lenses, but add considerable bulk. My preference most often is to screw on one of my somewhat earlier collapsible models, either the FED 50 or the Industar 22. Both have an anti-reflective coating and are capable of outstanding resolution.

The New House

New to us and newly renovated, the house was built about 1923. The museums and the Plaza Vieja are just a short walk away.



We got blinds installed yesterday, so Margaret no longer needs a sun hat to read her email.



Richard assumed command on arrival. The other two cats had a rougher transition.



The house is pretty small and there's no outside storage, so the bikes are back in the livingroom.



The Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd across the street are a quiet bunch. I wonder which one owns the spiffy red sports car in the parking lot.



The historic Henry Mann house to our south has some great landscaping, but no tenant at present. We're hoping someone friendly rents the place so we can get a look inside.



I think the house on the other corner belongs to the same owner as the Mann house; she's a local jewler who now lives in a concrete castle down near the rail station.



We're currently sharing a flock of pigeons with our neighbor to the north. I've been discouraging them from roosting at our place with a liberal application of chicken wire.

The cats are digital. All the rest are shot with a Zorki 2-C and a collapsible FED 50 on TMAX 100, developed in HC-110.

winter day

We took some bread scraps to the ducks and geese at Albuquerque's Tingley Beach ponds this morning. The ducks were floating in the open water, but the geese were mostly standing around on the ice. They were all glad to see us.







Our stroll around the ponds gave me the opportunity to try out my collapsible FED-50 lens on my refurbished Zorki 2-C. I thought the results nicely sharp, and the lens coped well with the contrasty light and shadows of the bright winter day.