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Published by DavidH
29th March 2015 |
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#1
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CambsIan
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29th March 2015, 05:56 PM
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Hi David,
Many thanks for the article, really enjoyed reading it, made perfect sense, rang true and made me smile. Not sure if I am the "one other" that you mentioned, but if not then that makes three. As far as I know my Kiev 60 is a non Arax, non modified version which I purchased off Ebay and came as the full set complete with its carry case. It does tend to suffer from overlap that you mentioned, but a very simple home work around has cured that, and it seems to have no other problems. I love your description that it is "rather heavy", a perfect understatement. You describe the shutter as a clonk to me its a clunk, but what's an o or a u between friends The clonk / clunk has to heard to be believed, but I think it sounds great. I have a set of extension tubes which I used to take the pictures in my macro album, and a telephoto that I still have to try out. Yes this is an SLR on steroids, yes it has a few problems, yes it is a heavy beast of a camera, yes it is probably a "Marmite" camera but I am rather fond of mine. All I can say is that they are an acquired taste, but once you have the taste they become most palatable Ian |
#2
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big paul
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29th March 2015, 06:44 PM
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David having never owned one , I found your post very interesting and enjoyable to read , your description of the camera was very interesting and your writing skills are very good .
thanks for a good read.. www.essexcockney.com |
#3
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DavidH
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29th March 2015, 06:44 PM
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Hello Ian,
You are indeed the "one other" I referred to. I expect you have looked at the Kievaholic site and found the detailed repair and adjustment information. Also, you can get flocking kits for the film chamber if this has not already been done to the one you have. I hope you get a lot of fun and use out of yours. I have often thought that, should I ever arrange to meet another FADU person in a pub somewhere, carrying a K60 would certainly make me easy to identify! One point I omitted to mention was that the sheer inertia of a, shall we say - "solidly built" camera avoids camera shake. Do you think we might start a new craze? |
#4
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CambsIan
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30th March 2015, 06:55 AM
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Hello David,
So just you and me then. I do get a great deal of pleasure from using my Kiev. I even used it to introduce my daughters partner to the delights of MF and home developing a couple of weeks ago, bar a couple of frames, he achieved perfectly useable images. He is an ex 35mm (now digital) man so it was all pretty familiar. I guess that could be another benefit of these cameras, very little to learn, in terms of operation, if you already shoot 35mm. I have looked at the Kievaholic site, and considered doing the adjustments, but think there is more chance that I will make it worse than better, so I stick to the use of a spindle which has a slightly larger diameter and attach the film to it with a bit of sticky tape. This work around some how seems to be in keeping with the spirit of the build of the camera. I think I am quite lucky as the inner film chamber on mine is already matt black, maybe they ran out of gloss paint that day. We may be the only Kiev 60 users here, but I wonder if there any other Kiev models used by other members. Maybe we should start a revival for these quirky beasts, and try to tempt others into this weird and wonderful world. Ian |
Last edited by CambsIan; 30th March 2015 at 07:00 AM..
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#5
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DavidH
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30th March 2015, 08:20 AM
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Thanks to Big Paul for your kind comments, glad you enjoyed reading the article.
Ian, nice to hear that you enjoy your Kiev and that you are sowing the seeds of film use for the next generation. I thought we might have heard fron one or two users of the much improved (or so they suggest on the websites) Ukrainian Hasselblad, which as you will know is available from the same suppliers, and indeed used to be sold as a Zenit 80 many years back by T.O.E. in London. I had thought about scribbling a few lines about my 35mm Kiev 4A, which I understand is a copy of a 1940s Contax. Do you think anyone might be interested? |
#6
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marty
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30th March 2015, 11:13 AM
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Hello David, very interesting and enjoyable article you wrote. I considered for a while getting a kiev/pentacon 6 but was unsure due to unreliabity stories I heard and read. Anyway I ended up with a Bronica 645 but the curiosity about the Kiev remained latent.
Cheers, M. |
#8
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Bentjudges
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15th October 2017, 01:56 PM
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Living With A Ukrainian
fantastic interview with new infos about marya that i didnt knew before,really worth to read it
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