Country of origin:
Produced:
Number made:
Serial
no. range:
Shutter speeds:
Standard lens:
Former Soviet Union
1960 - 1962
Around 23000
Not known
B,2,5,10,15,30,60,125,250,500,1000
Jupiter-8 2/50 or Jupiter-17 2/50
The Drug (Friend) has
a combined viewfinder/rangefinder with frames for 50 and 85mm lenses, but
no parallax correction. The rangefinder base is 43mm. Fitted with a self
timer, it also has flash synchronisation (M and X at 1/30th).
This camera is fitted with a lever in the baseplate to facilitate rapid
film advance (as found on the Canon VIT, VT deluxe etc). The back is hinged
to allow film loading (film is transported in a reverse manner to normal
- the film is inserted on the left, looking from the front).
A Drug 2 (a Drug with the addition of a selenium exposure meter) appeared
in the early 1960's. It was never mass produced.
