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My Kiev-4a (rangefinder) set
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:04 pm    Post subject: My Kiev-4a (rangefinder) set Reply with quote
Here's my Kiev-4a (Contax IIIa copy) set.
Sorry for short DOF, I'll have to retake the picture with a tripod.

From left to right:

- Jupiter-9 (Sonnar 2/90 copy) made in year 1961 (my birth year)
- Jupiter-11 (Sonnar 4/135 copy) made in year 1973
- Jupiter-12 (Biogon 2.8/35 copy) made in year 1962
- Kiev-4a camera with Jupiter-8 (Sonnar 2/50 copy) made in year 1974
- various viewfinders and the case



PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What a beautiful set!
I love my J8 and J12! Longer lenses I do not need on a rangefinder cam.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shocked

I'm not jealous at all Shocked

Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad

Seriosuly, to have the Contax and the Kiev copy is wonderful! I hope you get great joy from using these beautiful cameras Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
GrahamNR17 wrote:
Shocked
I'm not jealous at all Shocked
Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad
Seriosuly, to have the Contax and the Kiev copy is wonderful! I hope you get great joy from using these beautiful cameras Very Happy


Graham, the Kiev is very affordable. A working camera + the Jupiter-8 costs 30-40 Euros, and the other lenses that you see, I paid less than 100 Euros for all three of them! I mean the Jupiter-9, Jupiter-11 and Jupiter-12.

If you think that the Jupiter-9 for reflex costs alone 100 Euros...

As for the joy... when I shoot with these full-metal rangefinders, I feel like I am really photographing!
I don't know how to explain otherwise or better, but I am sure you understand!


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
NO! Please, do not tell me it is affordable! Surprised

Oh damn, it's now on my shopping list Confused


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
GrahamNR17 wrote:
NO! Please, do not tell me it is affordable! Surprised
Oh damn, it's now on my shopping list Confused


Wise move!!
It's so dirty cheap, and such good quality (both camera and the lenses), that every serious member of this forum should have one!

The standard lens (Jupiter-8 ) almost always comes with the camera, and if it doesn't, is costs 10-20 Euros, but it makes images so beautiful, it's hard to believe!


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A sample with Kiev-4a and Jupiter-8:

whole:


100% detail:


100% bokeh:


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow! Shocked


PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice.
I'm trying to resist another RF cam at the moment, since I've not even used the Zorki yet. I know as soon as I use it I'll want more lenses for it and then those lenses will fit a Kiev and before I know it I'll be wanting a Contax, and it all starts with a Zorki ... Rolling Eyes


PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Your pictures look so great with this cam, Orio. It wasn't love at first
sight using this camera, have yet to finish a roll, maybe this weekend.
Words like quirky and fiddly come to mind... Laughing


PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Katastrofo wrote:
Your pictures look so great with this cam, Orio. It wasn't love at first
sight using this camera, have yet to finish a roll, maybe this weekend.
Words like quirky and fiddly come to mind... Laughing


Laughing really?
Maybe it's because I got used to the nightmare of loading a roll into the Pentacon 6... Laughing but the Kiev and Contax now seem like a breeze to me Wink


PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, if there are a few gems on the roll, I might have to change my
mind. Wink Laughing


PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That is a gorgeous set of equipment. Do I recall you had some early issues with film cartridges or spools with this camera?


PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nesster wrote:
That is a gorgeous set of equipment. Do I recall you had some early issues with film cartridges or spools with this camera?


It was not really a problem, only the fact that the camera I got first did not have the proper takeup spool inside.
Bill was so kind to donate me two proper spools from a set he bought for himself.
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