Helios, Zenith, Horizon, Zenitar, Rubinar ... familiar words? These are the products of the Zenit plant. Krasnogorsk city, Moscow region. Russia.
The sculpture of a boy-photographer is located at the main entrance to the plant.
Сannot enter the territory of the plant without a pass. I climbed a hill and photographed part of the territory. Collage of two photos.
Books have been written about this plant, but I will try to tell you more shortly :)
On February 1, 1942, by order of the USSR People's Commissar of Armaments, a decision was made in Krasnogorsk on the vacated areas of the V.I. Lenin, evacuated in 1941 to Novosibirsk, to create a new enterprise - the State Union Optical Plant No. 393, later - the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. At the same time, his specialization was determined - the development and manufacture of aerial photographic equipment and sighting devices, as well as photographic, film technology and scientific equipment. In 1944, the FS-2 specialized photo sniper became the first camera produced by the plant.
In 1946, the trademark of the enterprise was registered - the contour of the Dove prism refracting a beam of light. In the same year, the “Moscow-1” camera was released, intended for the consumer market.
By May 1, 1948, the first 50 units of a small-format camera were produced, which received the name "Sharp" in 1949. In the same year, 1949, industrial samples of the EM-3 electron microscope were manufactured at the plant.
In 1952, a small-format amateur SLR camera "Zenith" was launched into production, which gained wide popularity and became the ancestor of a whole generation of SLR cameras, which were improved every year.
In 1957, the AFA-39 camera was the first in the world to survey the Earth's surface from a height of 200 km.
In 1959, the far side of the moon was photographed for the first time in world practice. The photographic equipment AFA-E1, created by the plant, was installed on the interplanetary automatic station.
On April 12, 1961, the filming of the launch of the Vostok spacecraft with Yuri Gagarin on board was carried out using the KT-50 cinema theodolite developed by the plant.
Krasnogorsk Plant named after S.A. Zvereva "is one of the leading enterprises in Russia in the field of optical and optoelectronic instrumentation, which has unique long-term experience and has been providing development, testing and serial production of devices and systems for various applications for decades.
During its existence, the enterprise has solved a number of tasks of national importance, produced products that have no analogues not only in the country, but also in the world. An aerial camera designed at the plant was the first in the world to photograph the far side of the Moon, and the first high-precision astronomical installations for photographing artificial satellites and planets were manufactured.
For many years the company has been one of the largest developers and manufacturers of cameras for amateur photography.
Today the company carries out technical re-equipment and modernization of production, purchases new technological equipment to optimize work processes and improve the quality of products, as well as introduces new technologies and develops promising products for research, industry, construction, healthcare, cameras, recreation and tourism.
Tags: plant Zenith Krasnogorsk Russia production Nikon D90 Nikkor18-105 industry building sculpture collage “NikonflickrAward” SuperShot. Your-best-of-today World Trekker VIVID&STRIKING bestcapturesaoi Have a nice day! superphotos 3000v120f
© All Rights Reserved
© All Rights Reserved