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I've been looking at Zenits. Some of the early ones are really very nice looking IMO. E.g. http://m.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Collectible-Photo-Camera-Zenit-3-Film-Camera-Helios-44-2-58-Lens-/182064653831 Others, especially those from the 80's, are... I don't even know. http://m.ebay.com/itm/ZENIT-412-Russian-SLR-Camera-MC-Zenitar-M2S-/252284218446 (Posting from eBay because it's where I'm looking. I don't get referral kickbacks or anything) I've been taking apart my Kiev 4 to see what I could do about fixing the light meter. What I've found out is that I would probably have to buy another complete camera with a working light meter to cannibalize if I want to replace the parts, so I guess there's not much hope. Maybe I could get it to work with a calculator solar cell or something and calibrate it. Either way, I'll post some pictures of it later. Interesting that another poster mentioned not receiving a lens they ordered. I placed an order with Hartblei for another kiev-60 (my arax met a sad fate) almost a month ago, and besides an email saying they were processing my order I have heard nothing. I'm hoping it will show up on my doorstep in the next week, but I'm beginning to wonder. Similar situation with the FED 2 I ordered off ebay a couple of weeks ago. That one I got a tracking number for, and the seller sent me a YouTube video showing the camera in action. I confirmed that I wanted to buy it, but since then the tracking number has never been recognized by the Ukrainian postal service website. Ordering stuff from Eastern Europe is certainly a crapshoot. I've never had to get refunds via PayPal before, and I hope this doesn't end up being the first time.
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How is FED pronounced in the motherland? Like Cliven Bundy ranting about the "fed's", like Baron Harkonnen addresses his dear nephew "Feyd" (like "fade"), or (and I don't have a reference for this one) "fee ed" I really need to learn how to read the international phonetic alphabet if I'm going to be such a shut-in reading about things on Wikipedia.
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OK so here's a completely idiotic question. Do conventional (horizontal, cloth, focal plane) shutter curtains move at variable speeds? After spending way to long watching the shutter action of my old kiev-60, trying to figure out what to do about its shutter capping at 1/1000, I'd want to say that the curtains always move at a constant (very fast, near instant) rate, and it's only the timing of the second curtain's release that causes variation in exposure time.
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May 20, 2016 20:41
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Heh, I did the exact same thing. Hell, a lot of MF cameras don't even have 1/1000 shutter speeds (the venerable Fuji GW690 for example). Although the Kiev I ordered from Hartblei, except for the first roll of film I ran through it, has shown very good performance across all tested shutter speeds... So far. Have been tooling around with my sovcams recently. Will have a post about what I've managed to fix and what I've probably hosed up even worse sometime soon. With pictures.
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May 21, 2016 02:21
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Are there are recreational rifle/shooting ranges in Ukraine? If so, bring it out to one and take a bunch of pictures of targets. Once the film is developed, go back to the range and show everyone how good your aim was. Be completely serious the whole time.
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Sep 20, 2016 20:43
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One of the twist locks on the removable back of my 79' Kiev 4 broke. "No problem, I'll use the back from this broken 72' Kiev 4" Nope. So much for standardization and interchangeable parts. And these are, I think, from the same factory.
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Oct 1, 2016 15:18
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I have a question that I can't seem to find the right Google keywords to unlock the answer to. Did the Soviet Union manufacture its own color film? Was it decent or did professional Soviet photogs import Kodak & Agfa? Assuming that it existed, what happened to it? I would think that since the SU had a big motion picture industry that they also had a domestic (or East German, Yugoslav, etc.) source of color film. I have a roll of 64GOST Svema that came with an eBay purchase, but that's black & white.
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That's cool. I'll have to go digging for some examples now. By the way, you mentioned using ND filters to avoid the need for 1/1000 on your Kiev 88. (The same thing that I did with my 60 until I had it cla'd by a local East European camera specialist) I'm curious if your 88 has the metal shutter upgrade. I've been thinking about the boxy hasselblad SLR style 6x6 lately, and how cool the 88 looks in particular, and have been considering if the metal curtains really are more accurate.
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