| One of the widest known brand in soviet photo industry. The second attempt (and quite successful indeed) to produce mass-market Leica copies. During WW2, The Soviet camera maker FED was evacuated to escape advancing German troops. After the war FED had troubles getting its copy of the pre-war German Leica 35mm camera back into production. Because KMZ's plant had escaped destruction, that company started making the FED camera under a joint FED-Zorki logo. When FED got back in operation, KMZ continued to produce the cameras under the Zorki trademark (intended for export either) and made some design changes. |
