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Zinnia

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The Zinnia (ЦИННИЯ)[1] is a spy camera based on the body of the Zorki 6 rangefinder for 35mm film,[2] and made by KMZ, the maker of the Zorki, but hardly retaining any of the functions of that camera, which provides little more than a film compartment and shutter. Where the eyepiece of the Zorki viewfinder would be, the Zinnia has its lens, facing to the rear, and the image-forming light is directed to the film via two reflecting prisms. The auctioneer's notes for the camera cited suggest that t

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