Zenith - Russian made

Type: Reflex camera
Lens: replaceable, thread M42, originally mounted Lens HELIOS M44 2/58 Aperture: from 2 to 16
Shutter: focal-plane shutter
Shutter times: from 1/30 to 1/500 plus B
Viewfinder: pentagonal prism.
Self-timer: 7 s.
Exposure-meter: external selenium exposure-meter, placed above the lens.
Frame size: 24×36

This is the camera I was looking for and found in a shop.All our child hood family photos were taken using this camera by my elder brother who was keen interest in photography and also his photographs were my inspiration to take photography No 1 Brownie Model B

MANUFACTURER: Eastman Kodak Company
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 19, 1904
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $1.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box

Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak

The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak was a version advertised as "Soldier's camera" during WWI. It was manufactured from 1915 to 1926, sold 1,750,000 times. It was of the compact strut folding type and had the meniscus lens or a U.S.-speed 8 Rapid Rectilinear. Its camera back had an area through which notes could be written onto the paper backing of the 127 film, the "autographic" feature - invented by Henry J. Gaisman. Vest Pocket Autographic Special models were equipped with selected f/6.9 and f/7.7 lenses of Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, Zeiss,Ross, Berthiot or Cooke, mainly with the Kodak Anastigmat f/7.7 lens.