The doubly even isotopes of Zn and Ge have been investigated in a model in which two quasiparticle excitations, constructed in a (0f7/2), lp3/2, Ofs/2, lpl/2,099/2 configuration 4-0 56 space, are coupled with quadrupole vibrations of the core, viz. Ca or Ni. The 0f7/2 orbit is excluded in case of a 56Ni core. The spectra, except for low-lying excited 0 + states, could be reproduced reasonably well. The calculated E2 strengths and quadrupole moments are in fair agreement with experiment.