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Orio
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 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: My Kiev-4a (rangefinder) set |
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Orio wrote:
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
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
What a beautiful set!
I love my J8 and J12! Longer lenses I do not need on a rangefinder cam.
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GrahamNR17
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
I'm not jealous at all
Seriosuly, to have the Contax and the Kiev copy is wonderful! I hope you get great joy from using these beautiful cameras  |
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
| GrahamNR17 wrote: |
I'm not jealous at all
Seriosuly, to have the Contax and the Kiev copy is wonderful! I hope you get great joy from using these beautiful cameras |
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!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
NO! Please, do not tell me it is affordable! 
Oh damn, it's now on my shopping list  |
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
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NO! Please, do not tell me it is affordable!
Oh damn, it's now on my shopping list |
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!
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
A sample with Kiev-4a and Jupiter-8:
whole:
100% detail:
100% bokeh:
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
Wow! |
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Farside wrote:
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 ... 
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:42 am Post subject: |
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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...  |
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Orio
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
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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... |
really?
Maybe it's because I got used to the nightmare of loading a roll into the Pentacon 6... but the Kiev and Contax now seem like a breeze to me 
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Well, if there are a few gems on the roll, I might have to change my
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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?
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Orio
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Orio wrote:
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| 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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