You might find this Zeiss article interesting:
http://www.zeisshistorica.org/sample.html
Rick
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rick wrote
> >
> > The KIEV is one of my favorite RF cameras. I have two - an early KIEV 4,
> > and a "close to the original Contax" KIEV II; once described by an
> > authority on German cameras as, "Not a Russian camera, but a German
> camera
> > built in Russia." Great shooters, both of them.
> >
> > BTW, how could you go wrong with a Zeiss Ikon clone for $100?
>
> I need to get my feet back on the ground and touch base with reality;
> thanks
> all for your comments and advice
>
> Yes, it IS a nice camera. But today I had to go through all my gear to
> find a
> mis-placed lens, and truth to tell I have so many film bodies - mostly
> Olympus - that even though I dream I would shoot B&W film with that Kiev,
> in all probability I would not. I *did* find the lens. :-)
>
> BTW, it is a *Contax* clone, not a Zeiss Ikon.
>
> I already have a Contaflex, with I used for a couple of decades. Yes, I
> know
> it is not the same. it still works, with the Tessar 45/2.8
>
> Boris is right; for me at the moment, it has to be regarded as a nice toy.
> If
> the price drops by 1/3 I might bite.
> Re the auction price, to get US dollar equivalent, make it 80% of the NZ
> dollar.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Brian Swale
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