Plus, Peter Hennig's take on the KIEV*
ttp://www3.telus.net/public/rpnchbck/zconrfKiev.htm*
Which I think someone posted previously.
Rick
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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