There is a push fit lens cap to protect the lens when the camera is not being used. It looks a fairly Heath Robinson arrangement and I would think that it would be difficult to get shots in focus with this particular example. As the lens is focused the lever moves which makes the two images inside the viewfinder come together. The rangefinder mechanism is coupled to the lens by way of a small lever mounted internally which touches the inside of the lens. I also have a couple of other 39mm screw thread telephoto lenses acquired from my Father, but they look pretty poor quality. The example I have is fitted with a 50mm f/2 “Jupiter 8” lens which I assume is the unit fitted when the camera was bought. Nevertheless, this is a unique finder which can do good things for your shooting technique, well worth looking for.Jupiter 8 lens attached to a Zorki 4 35mm rangefinder camera See it and try it, you might love it like I do. This finder will show you virtually unlimited peripheral vision! It's really too bad other manufacturers did not follow this idea. The finder itself shows the frameline for 50mm, instead of the image! I know it sounds strange, but our brain puts the images together when one eye sees the image and the other sees the frameline. The idea is that you look through it with the right eye, and keep the left eye open. It uses a high-powered positive lens to focus your nondominant eye on a brightline mask. It is an ingenious (and very small) finder. This is a very unusual finder, and one of my favorites. If you have any interesting accessories, please feel free to share, too This thread is to share what I'm having in my collection and future found. X1-pro.) Usually each piece comes with a story of it own thus I also found my self a new hobby collecting them. However for aesthetic or "tuning" purpose, the vintage pieces look truly standing out by the side of current line of cameras from Fujifilm ( X100, X10. In term of functionality, they probably can't match nowadays cameras. Been using X100 for more than a year, I found out that the camera's vintage design fits very well with all accessories from the age of Rangefinder cameras.
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