Is the Kiev-60 SLR good?

[DVDM]

Hello =)
Ordered Kiev-60 from Russia and Seagull from China =) Two experiments ! Also ordered Kaleinar 150mm for Kiev.

[ulrauko]

good luck. these cameras can be really good. get yourself a decent lightmeter and be prepared for nice results. BTW, got myself a nice kiev-60 with Zeiss Biometar 80/2.8. Looking for weather and time to try it out.

[DVDM]

Originally Posted by ulrauko

good luck. these cameras can be really good. get yourself a decent lightmeter and be prepared for nice results. BTW, got myself a nice kiev-60 with Zeiss Biometar 80/2.8. Looking for weather and time to try it out.

Thank you ! I have my studio flashmeter, hope it will help =) Also waiting for Kaleinar 150mm =) Some ppl says it's not worse than Sonnar =)
Wanna see your results, please share when you get it !

[DVDM]

LOL ! Sold that soviet tractor today =) Have no time to adjust all ! Too much problems... Ordered Bronica SQ-Ai =)

[ulrauko]

I kak sq-ai? Nikak ne doedu k vam za plenkoi

[spystyle]

I'm not able to run that through Google translate ...

[ulrauko]

sorry. i asked dvdm if he likes his bronica more. We talked on some other message board not so long ago.

[DVDM]

Originally Posted by ulrauko

I kak sq-ai? Nikak ne doedu k vam za plenkoi

Sq-Ai is great =) Will do global tests as soon as sun will shine =)

[DVDM]

Originally Posted by spystyle

I'm not able to run that through Google translate ...

Sorry, I will always write English in future ! He asked me about my new Bronica Sq-Ai - did I like it =)

[ulrauko]

sorry. my fault, i'll use english as well. Spystyle, how is your MF studies? Did you shoot anything good? I still have to send my first kiev roll to the lab.

[DVDM]

Ulrauko: and you also need to remind me - what films are you need =)

[ulrauko]

ectacolor 5 rolls if you still got it

[DVDM]

Originally Posted by ulrauko

ectacolor 5 rolls if you still got it

They are waiting for you =)

[lazycatstudios]

WOW, I'm to late in this tread
I hope you got decent camera body. Now if you can track down some original Zeiss Jena glass!
I liked Pentacon Six enough to buy Pentax 67.
Heavy as a brick... it is good for 1/30 w/o blur!
BTW, I'm bias to Illford film... Oh I miss my Pentax

Have fun with medium format

[ulrauko]

Originally Posted by lazycatstudios

WOW, I'm to late in this tread
I hope you got decent camera body. Now if you can track down some original Zeiss Jena glass!

I got biometar MC 80/2.8 and flectogon non-MC (zebra) 50/4. Tried both and I do like,what I saw.

I liked Pentacon Six enough to buy Pentax 67.
Heavy as a brick... it is good for 1/30 w/o blur!

What did you buy Pentax for? Are they compatible? I thought that pentax 67 glass is almost as good as it gets. Why use DDR lenses?

BTW, I'm bias to Illford film... Oh I miss my Pentax

Black and white is what i use for my small Olympus XA rangefinder. MF is more for big color photos.

[lazycatstudios]

To be brief: I used Pentacon and Practica many years ago.
From Japanese cameras Pentax 67 replaced Pentacon and bunch of Nikons (FM2, N90) replaced Pratica. Glass was very close to Zeiss, bodies better.
Pentax was my choice after using Bronica. For my self I have been shooting B&W, for work color (and used 4X5).

[Zardoz17]

I was hoping to see some pictures by now, hope the OP is OK. ;o) I would love to own
an Iskra, if I could find one in good nick.

[DVDM]

Zardoz17: It's always a lottery =)

[ulrauko]

Originally Posted by Zardoz17

I would love to own
an Iskra, if I could find one in good nick.

check out film counter condition first - thatś what iskras are infamous for. Optics and leather are okay, but film counters brake often, so lots of iscras have self-made red windows in the back.
Anyway Iskra is a copy of agfa isolette, maybe you should look for this one instead?

[Zardoz17]

Originally Posted by ulrauko

check out film counter condition first - thatś what iskras are infamous for. Optics and leather are okay, but film counters brake often, so lots of iscras have self-made red windows in the back.
Anyway Iskra is a copy of agfa isolette, maybe you should look for this one instead?

The Iskra is a copy of an Agfa Super Isolette which go for a chunk on ebay.
And lacks the coolness factor an Iskra has since there are not that many (working copies) around in the US.

I'm waiting to try this when the lens arrives from being professionally cleaned:



Voigtlander 6x9 Bessa RF, 1937 and has a coupled rangefinder, too.