grifon
Member
Hi everyone,
My '61 kiev 4AM (as described) but it looks more like kiev 2A (form what i've seen on other websites) arrived yesterday from ukraine. Compared to my Zorki 4, it is a beast, Zorki feels like a tin toy after
The problem that i'm having with this kiev is... the slow speeds seem a bit odd, especially 5 and slower ( from what i've read, theres two "sets" of slow speeds, one with just one escapement, and second with two) which moves sooo slooow, i can see the shutter curtains crawl down, one after another. Is it a normal Kiev thing? or is something asking to be cleaned?
Also I cant seem to find any websites which would detail the disassembly process of a kiev.
thanks!
PS I think i'll still run a roll through it, just to see if 1250 is there
My '61 kiev 4AM (as described) but it looks more like kiev 2A (form what i've seen on other websites) arrived yesterday from ukraine. Compared to my Zorki 4, it is a beast, Zorki feels like a tin toy after
The problem that i'm having with this kiev is... the slow speeds seem a bit odd, especially 5 and slower ( from what i've read, theres two "sets" of slow speeds, one with just one escapement, and second with two) which moves sooo slooow, i can see the shutter curtains crawl down, one after another. Is it a normal Kiev thing? or is something asking to be cleaned?
Also I cant seem to find any websites which would detail the disassembly process of a kiev.
thanks!
PS I think i'll still run a roll through it, just to see if 1250 is there
That is normal. They walk across the film. It drove me crazy, but the exposures were good.
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
No worries about this it's normal! enjoy your Kiev
it's normal! enjoy your Kiev Stu W
Well-known
Even after a cla, the curtains make this wild mechanical noise as they crawl along on the real slow speeds. Bulb is really wild. Before you burn a roll of film, you can get an idea if your exposures are somewhere in the ballpark with a simple method that Rick Oleson describes on his site. You'll never see 1/1250 out of these cameras, maybe 1/800 at best. I find that most of my shooting is done at 1/125 anyway. Stu
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
I'm usually between 1/30 and 1/250 with the Kiev-2A, never had any problems