Bill Watts
Well-Known Member
Testing the repair I completed on my Kiev 4, The wind on would jam after about 12 or 13 exposures and the fork that turns the take up spool would drop off!, the clutch had been reassembled without the spring!
Camera: Kiev 4 (Contax III clone)
Lens: Kiev Arsenal, Jupiter 8 50mm f2
Exposure: f16, 1/250s ISO 200
Film: Fujicolor C200
Scanner: Epsom Perfection V600 Photo,
Software EpsonScan II, Affinity Photo
Considering the rap that Soviet cameras get, especially ones built in the late 1970's onwards I don't think this is bad at all. The lens is very sharp, but basically it is a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar recalculated to compensate for soviet glass. The camera could do with a CLA, in cold weather it tends to cap speeds due to the grease getting sticky! The built in light meter still works pretty accurately provided you convert ISO to Ghost!
Camera: Kiev 4 (Contax III clone)
Lens: Kiev Arsenal, Jupiter 8 50mm f2
Exposure: f16, 1/250s ISO 200
Film: Fujicolor C200
Scanner: Epsom Perfection V600 Photo,
Software EpsonScan II, Affinity Photo
Considering the rap that Soviet cameras get, especially ones built in the late 1970's onwards I don't think this is bad at all. The lens is very sharp, but basically it is a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar recalculated to compensate for soviet glass. The camera could do with a CLA, in cold weather it tends to cap speeds due to the grease getting sticky! The built in light meter still works pretty accurately provided you convert ISO to Ghost!