Zenit EM - Shutter and Lens Features

When the shutter is released, the mirror is displaced the
time of shutting, the film is exposed and the mirror auto¬
matically returns in place back in the optical path.
A leather case is supplied with the ZENIT EM camera.
• FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER
The ZENIT EM camera is equipped with a focal plane
shutter. The particularity of this shutter consists in the
fact that the exposure time automatically adjusted through
the speed selector is controlled by the width of a slit that
will travel in front of the film during the exposure.
• INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES
The ZENIT EM camera accepts a wide range of inter¬
changeable lenses (with Pentax/Praktica thread) varying
from 8mm — fish eye lens allowing photography with
minimum room to back up — to 1000mm — telephoto lens
allowing closer photography of distant subjects — (see
figure 1).