Hmmmn while I respect, and indeed would defend in principle, your right to hold such an blinkered view, I have to report that my Zorki fell apart after 3 months! I'll admit that my instamatic was always @@@@.

Only the MAGNIFICENT Halina Paulette Electric survived Saturdays at Villa Park and the grounds of assorted lesser football clubs. Build quality was superb - like the E-1. Not quite showerproof but almost. It prepared me well for the sophistication of the Zenit E

And what a design classic - and years ahead of itself