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Anonymous
It's just a 12XP in a "sleeker", plastic body, and some really cosmetic changes. Otherwise, it's as good or as bad as any other Zenit.
Did you ever use any, esp. not Eastern block SLR? If not, then that's great, you have a free minimal entry level camera to start (just don't trust the lightmeter; I'm yet to see a Zenit with a properly calibrated one).
If yes, and you're not completely clueless, you'll soon notice the following: - focusing screen darker than your butthole in the darkroom - focusing screen only showing about 66% of the actual image captured on film - pathetic times range - slow flash synch speed making it unusable handheld with the standard lens - times, esp. faster ones, are more wishful thinking approximates rather than accurate, anyway - and even if they were accurate, the most likely broken lightmeter defeats the purpose - equally pathetic film speed range, but it doesn't really matter with a broken lightmeter - rubbered cloth shutter just falls apart after some time - if something breaks, any professional repair will greatly exceed the cost of a new one - etc.
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