I had (still have!) two Zenit E’s. Both were given to me for free - as is the way with Zenits - one in 1976 by a friend, and the other in 2004 by my father. Bot

I had (still have!) two Zenit E’s. Both were given to me for free - as is the way with Zenits - one in 1976 by a friend, and the other in 2004 by my father. Both of them still work and under the right conditions take great photos. The lenses give wonderful swirling bokeh that is difficult to reproduce with other lens+camera combinations. They are both as heavy as a Russian tank and I would not want to carry more than one at a time as in the article, kudos to them for that.