Rare Zenith-80 collector's item Hasselblad copy Salut Kiev-88

Zenith-80. Extremely rare version of the Russian copy of the famous Hasselblad medium format camera. Collector's item. Rarity. Absolutely rare: with an original passport from a Parisian photo shop.

Zenith-80 was produced in very few numbers and only for export and was only available in western countries.

An export version of the Salut-C camera.
These cameras were sold under different names in different countries.
(Great Britain and the Netherlands - Zenith-80, France - Vitoflex, Germany - Revue-80 or Revue 6x6, USA - Souyuz or Kiev-USA)

The Salyut (later Kiev-88) was very expensive when it was built,
about half a year’s salary of the average Soviet worker, and was therefore sold and produced in very small numbers. This means that production has been very limited and these cameras and lenses are rare.

The camera is very robust and does what it should do:
a lot of fun and, above all, VERY good photos that are in no way inferior to those of an expensive ROLLEI or HASSELBLD.