howd'ya justify...

[Pherdinand]

...your second Kiev?

(Background info: I spotted a deal on a Kiev 2A, meterless, from 1955, with a Jupi-12; looking quite used but said to bel working good except the self timer, and 1.5 y ago it was serviced "in Kiev by a factory technician". With leather case. ASking 50 euro for it. And i'm very tempted, although i have a Kiev 4 already, with 50/2 and 85/2.)

 

[wlewisiii]

Buy it for the 12... Go ahead, you know you want to ... you _need_ that wide angle...

:angel:

😀

William

 

[captainslack]

You want one? Isn't that enough? :angel:

 

[rover]

Well, you don't have a 35 yet.

You of course say that you will resell the body, or use it in a trade, or use it as a door stop if it doesn't work. You wouldn't want to the papers on your desk to blow away in windy Netherlands right? Without a self timer you can say that it is a therapy tool to cure your habit of taking self portraits (you may have to smash a couple mirrors to pull this on off).

How am I doing?

 

[Pherdinand]

Yeah, i want it... But i hardly use the first Kiev! 🙁
There should be a law forbidding a person having more than one camera.
OK, maybe 2 should be allowed...

 

[Pherdinand]

Rover, you should be a sales guy. (Are you?) Windy Netherlands, LOL!

Reselling?? You are joking, right? I just passed on a very good offer of a Minolta AF kit. Only ONE item would have really interested me, but the rest were so good (better than the stuff I have), that I am sure I would never have sold it! And it was e800.

 

[popitz]

how about buying it and giving it to me? 🙂
that way, you won't feel guilty of having 2 Kievs.
i'll be the one suffering in FSU RF Hell for you.

 

[Pherdinand]

Even if you volunteer, I would not have the heart to sacrifice you for athe cause, popitz... Thanks anyway!

 

[rbiemer]

Is spending the 50 Euros going to leave you hurting for anything important? If not that seems like an OK price for the J-12(not sure what the exchange rate is).
The other wayto look at this: If you pass on this one, how much time are you going to spend missing it and/or looking for another one? Time that could be put to better use--like finding a really good J-9 to go with it 😀 .
Plus, if it is working well, you'd then have a camera for COLOR and B&W...
Rob.

 

[Pherdinand]

Rob... I already HAVE a J-9 😀
But you are right about colour and BW
i could look again like THIS , just with two Kievs
I could be the Crrrrazy Rrrussian Photogrrrapher of the city
I would attract all the crows and the dogs would bark at me
All the guys sitting at the bars would tell to their dear love:"See i'm still okay! Look at HIM!"
Mothers could scare their naughty children with me
Oh what a temptation! What a diabolic temptation!

 

[rbiemer]

Rob... I already HAVE a J-9 😀
But you are right about colour and BW
i could look again like THIS , just with two Kievs!

AND, You might be able to get the camera in time for the 1 year anniversary of that shot 😀
Plus the "bricks" are smaller if not any lighter...
I am actually getting a second Kiev for my self, so I'm not going to be the voice of restraint here 😀
My reasoing is:
1-I like them.
2-I have some "extra" money.
3-I want a second camera to have a second lens on--as you know they are interchangeable-- BUT I want to have one body for 50mm and a second for 35 or 90mm(haven't decided which yet)
4-it is much quicker to pick up another camera than to change lenses.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 🙄
Rob

 

[varjag]

Well, for me a second body (with a different focal length lens mounted) would be quite convenient when shooting protests. It would also help the usual problem with film ending right at the moment of interesting action. 🙂

 

[r-brian]

You need to have two bodies so you can have B&W loaded in one and color in the other. At least that's the excuss I use on my wife. I like having a back-up body for all my systems. I have 2 FEDs (a 3b and a 2d, which needs worked on as soon as I find a 2d parts body), 2 AF Nikons, 2 manual Konica SLRs, even 2 Bronica SQa. You never know when a body will malfunction.

Brian

 

[stephen_lumsden]

Get it, even if it is just for the J-12.

rgds

Stephen

 

[dll927]

Yeah, i want it... But i hardly use the first Kiev! 🙁
There should be a law forbidding a person having more than one camera.
OK, maybe 2 should be allowed...

There's an old saying - one is to use, two is a spare. Three - you're a collector.

 

[pangkievrange]

kiev 2a alone will cost $60 at least on ebay.

pangkievrange

 

[taffer]

You're right Pherdi, having 2 Kievs is a very VERY bad thing.

That's why I have 3 😀

 

[reagan]

There should be a law forbidding a person having more than one camera.

Fat chance that's gonna get an Amen in this crowd, but me? I couldn't agree with you more, Pherdo. In fact, I would personally volunteer to sacrifice my time to be the Camera Cop committed to tracking down and arresting the greedy vermin that would dare hoard more than one shooter. I would immediately confiscate the illegal contriband and hold it without hope of ever being returned to it's rightful owner..... uh....... I mean...... those rascalian criminals!!

"Honey, where's my tin badge and Red Rider BB gun?!!" Okay guys, please PM me your addresses and a list of all possibly illegal photo takers in your possession.

 

[Pherdinand]

I'm innocent.

 

[ray_g]

I'll help you out Pherdi... sounds like you need a J12. I'll split the package with you -- and you can send me the Kiev 2A. How does that sound? 😉