Kiev II Light Leak

[gdmcclintock]

I have a very nice Kiev II with a terrible light leak. The camera has been worked on by two reputable Russian camera repair experts yet the camera still leaks light. One of the repairmen said that some Kievs just cannot be fixed; the other plugged all the holes he could think of but did not charge me for his effort. As is, I'll never use the camera again.

What to do?

 

[xxloverxx]

Buy another one.

 

[pschauss]

I had a similar problem with my second Kiev IV. I took it apart several times and followed all of the suggestions that I could find for sealing the light leaks. I finally gave up and bought a third one. The other two are great cameras.