Kiev rangefinder manual

I have no connection with Kiev Co., On-line camera manual library This is the full text and images from the manual. Back to main camera manual page INTRODUCTION KIEV Cameras have been produced since by the ARSENAL plant (located in Kiev, Ukraine). They are exact copies of the prewar Ziess "Contax" www.doorway.ru Size: KB. The range finder in Kiev has the largest base of all Soviet devices. The rangefinder and viewfinder are spaced apart on different sides of the device. There is simply nowhere further. But because of this, the middle finger of the right hand constantly blocks the rangefinder window. You need to get used to correctly placing your fingers on the body.  · Kiev rangefinder navigation search The Kiev rangefinder cameras are derivatives of the pre-WW2 Contax rangefinder bodies, and were made after the War by the Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine. Contents 1 Unmetered models Kiev-2 Kiev-2A Kiev-4A Kiev-4AM 2 Metered models Kiev-3 Kiev-3A Kiev-4 Kiev-4M Kiev-5 .

Kiev II. While the FEDs and Zorkis are probably the best known Soviet rangefinders, the Arsenalna factory in Kyiv also made 35mm rangefinders. After WWII, the Contax production lines had been 'liberated' from the Carl Zeiss factory in Jena, East Germany and were rebuilt at the Arsenalna factory. This made the Kiev product substantially. Short movie about Kiev 4A, 1. Produced () Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine Film type (35mm) Picture size 24 x 36mm Weight oz (g) with Jupiter-8 ("white") Lens Jupiter-8 (Arsenal copy of Zeiss Sonnar) 50mm Focal range.9m to infinity Filter size mm threaded, 42mm slip-on Shutter metal curtain Read More.

The first Kiev rangefinders were relabeled Contaxes produced by the Karl Zeiss Dresden factory at the end of WWII. After the War the Soviet army transferred the machinery, parts and engineers from Dresden to Kiev to establish the production of the Russian Kiev rangefinders in the Arsenal factory. Rangefinder base 90 mm. The range finder in Kiev has the largest base of all Soviet devices. The rangefinder and viewfinder are spaced apart on different sides of the device. There is simply nowhere further. But because of this, the middle finger of the right hand constantly blocks the rangefinder window. This is a Kiev 5, a 35mm rangefinder camera made at the Arsenal plant in Kiev, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union between the years to The Kiev 5 was a heavily updated version of the Kiev III and 4, which were near identical copies to the Zeiss-Ikon Contax rangefinder. The Kiev 5 improved upon the earlier models with a much larger.