kiev 5 question

[zhang xk]

Hi Zhang,

I am very curious about how a mind like yours didn't attempt to dismount the Winding knob and lever, and mount it in a Kiev 4am/m...

Yet instead of apologizing you could give me the size measures of the Kiev 5 body.

Cheers,
Ruben

Hi Ruben,

It is 141mm wide, 96mm high, and 84mm thick including a Helios 94 lens.

Do you think it is the ugliest camera of the Contax-Kiev line and the most complex rangefinder ever made?😉

Cheers,

Zhang

 

[varjag]

One little-known piece about the 5: the earliest manufacture samples had vertical-parallax compensation on accessory shoe for external VFs. Then it was discarded as the camera was already quite complex to produce.

 

[zhang xk]

One little-known piece about the 5: the earliest manufacture samples had vertical-parallax compensation on accessory shoe for external VFs. Then it was discarded as the camera was already quite complex to produce.

The early Kiev 5 also has a flash socket under the rangefinder window. I have a leather case for an early Kiev 5.

Princelle also mentioned a Kiev TTL made in 1962. This is also a more complex camera.

 

[rxmd]

One little-known piece about the 5: the earliest manufacture samples had vertical-parallax compensation on accessory shoe for external VFs. Then it was discarded as the camera was already quite complex to produce.

Probably also because of the changed viewfinder magnification and the addition of a 85mm frame to the viewfinder, which was parallax-corrected already, so anyway you wouldn't need an external parallax-corrected finder anymore.

Philipp