Zenit Quarz 1x8S-2

Zenit Quarz 1x8S-2

Date: 1974-1993

Lens: Meteor 8M1 1,8 / 9 - 38 mm

Microprism Focusing

Manual Zoom

Frame rates: 8, 12, 18, 24, 32 + single frame

Manual / Auto Exposure

+/- correction for auto

Cable release socket

No sound

Batteries: 2 x 1.35V PX13/PX625 for light meter

Spring wound drive motor

Made in Russia

Manufacturer: Zenit (Krasnogorsk USSR)

Weight: 1.1 kg

Instruction manual: http://www.super8aid.net/cameras.html

Prices on eBay:
 * eBay USA:
 * US$67 in 08/1999
 * eBay Germany:
 * EUR 6,50 (+ EUR 4,30 shipping) in 04/2006
 * EUR 7,00 (+ EUR 6,00 shipping) in 04/2006
 * EUR 1,00 (+ EUR 3,90 shipping) in 04/2006
 * EUR 4,60 (+ EUR 5,90 shipping) in 11/2006
 * EUR 18,21 (+ EUR 5,00 shipping) in 03/2007

http://www.kolumbus.fi/puistot/Col_pic/Quarz2.jpg

http://www.super8ireland.com/images/quarz1.JPG

Comments
Export version similar to the 1x8 C-2 (that came with Cyrillic labels - Cyrillic "C" = Latin "S") Improved version of the "1x8S-1".

According to this webpage 301102 exemplars of this camera have been constructed, which makes this camera Zenit's most successful model.

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Quarz (1x8S, 1x8S-2, 8S2, S2, S-2)