ARRGH! Dratted Russians!

[1750Shooter]

First, it was a nice Kiev 4A. Bought it, shot a bit, liked it. Sudddenly, there's 2 FED5's, a Zorki 4, a Zorki 5, a Moskva, a Kiev 2, & they keep multiplying like rabbits. Is there no cure? Help!

 

[Mauro]

Welcome to te cameras addict club!

 

[Ken Smith]

Ask the guys from the former Eastern Bloc countries - took them a few years but they finally got rid of them😀

 

[Ezzie]

Ask the guys from the former Eastern Bloc countries - took them a few years but they finally got rid of them😀

Hysterically funny!

 

[wolves3012]

First, it was a nice Kiev 4A. Bought it, shot a bit, liked it. Sudddenly, there's 2 FED5's, a Zorki 4, a Zorki 5, a Moskva, a Kiev 2, & they keep multiplying like rabbits. Is there no cure? Help!

The only possible cure is when you have at least one of each model. After that, of course, there's maybe one from each year of production for each model? Or each body covering, the commemoratives, lenses etc 😉

 

[shadowfox]

Da! No cure! Keep buying.

😀

 

[xayraa33]

Enjoy them, there are worse habits and vices in life.

 

[dexdog]

Enjoy them, there are worse habits and vices in life.

And as far as vices go, FSU cameras are fairly inexpensive. 😉

 

[btgc]

Ask the guys from the former Eastern Bloc countries - took them a few years but they finally got rid of them😀

For toy cameras like Lomo LCA there were choosen strategy based on Western marketing, sent agents to Prague and created plot like they "discovered" LCA 😀

 

[stratcat]

I'm under the same spell. Right now thinking of taking the plunge and buying a couple FED 2 and a Moskva.

I promise they will be the last ones, I promise, I promise....

 

[VictorM.]

What, no Iskra?

First, it was a nice Kiev 4A. Bought it, shot a bit, liked it. Sudddenly, there's 2 FED5's, a Zorki 4, a Zorki 5, a Moskva, a Kiev 2, & they keep multiplying like rabbits. Is there no cure? Help!

 

[Ezzie]

What, no Iskra?

Nor Leningrad, nor Zenit....

 

[Brian Legge]

I'm afraid the only solution is to start buying german cameras, japanese cameras or building a darkroom. 😉

 

[julio1fer]

If you build a darkroom you will soon find that there is no more time for buying cameras. But paper gets expensive quickly!

 

[stratcat]

I just gave in and ordered the FED 2!

 

[Elmar Lang]

Building a darkroom?

...with Russian, Czech or Polish pre-1989 enlargers, tanks etc. of course!

I've started in the mid '70s with a Kiev 4A, and I'm not yet tired or fed up...

Well, actually, an USSR camera collector/user, could be ФЭД up...

Best wishes,

Elmar Lang

 

[Zorkiiglaza]

There is no cure!
Try spending 2 years east of the Urals and going to flea markets every weekend.
I am a bit embarrassed about how many cameras and lenses I acquired

 

[David Hughes]

Still, credit where it's due: they've dumped the cameras on us and blamed the Russians for them...

Regards, David

 

[Vobluda]

Well, that is quite a few single use cameras 😀

First, it was a nice Kiev 4A. Bought it, shot a bit, liked it. Sudddenly, there's 2 FED5's, a Zorki 4, a Zorki 5, a Moskva, a Kiev 2, & they keep multiplying like rabbits. Is there no cure? Help!

 

[Steve M.]

Funny, I had the opposite experiences. Nothing EVER worked right, so getting away from FSU cameras was a relief! The lenses, that's another story. Great glass, very iffy cameras.