Moskva Picture Gallery

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Gallery for pictures taken with the KMZ Moskva camera.

I bought a Moskva 4 and shot a test roll of film Saturday. I am quite happy with the pictures. Both pictures are from a roll of Arista EDU 100, F/16 at 1/100th sec. R09 1:50 for 7 minutess

A picture of the Tenant and Farm Houses at the Historic Oak View County Park in Raleigh NC:
Moskva4_HistoricOakView-101 by Steven Wagner, on Flickr


The Farm House.

Moskva4_HistoricOakView-102 by Steven Wagner, on Flickr
 
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A test shot from my "project" Moskva 5:

Moskva 5 - Roll 1T - Fomapan 100 (8) - FINAL EDIT.jpg
(shot on Fomapan 100, developed in Rodinal)

There was a lot of rust inside this thing, the focusing helical was almost totally seized, and all the optics were filthy. It's cleaned up lovely and there's no light leaks. However, I can't get the shutter to latch reliably, so getting into the shutter mechanism is my next task. After that I might treat it to some Aki Asahi replacement leather... I think it deserves it.
 
Impressive image quality, pretty consistently! I've toyed with getting one of these, but have been burned many times with FSU equipment; the one exception is my Iskra, purchased from Fedka fully reconditioned and functioning flawlessly. If I should take the plunge, is there a particular model that is recommended, and why? I do realize that condition is more important than age, and a thoroughly CLA'd camera would be mandatory, of course.
 
Retro-Grouch said:
Impressive image quality, pretty consistently! I've toyed with getting one of these, but have been burned many times with FSU equipment; the one exception is my Iskra, purchased from Fedka fully reconditioned and functioning flawlessly. If I should take the plunge, is there a particular model that is recommended, and why?
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To be honest... I don't think you can really go wrong with a Moskva (assuming it isn't totally battered, of course).

Soviet camera equipment all started to drop in quality in the mid-1970s as their economy started to collapse under Brezhnev. The Moskva, on the other hand, didn't make it past 1960 - so quality is still relatively high.

The 1 and 3 don't have rangefinders; the 2, 4 and 5 do. The 4 & 5 can both do 6x6 as well as 6x9 if you have the right frame for it (my Moskva 5 didn't come with the 6x6 frame, sadly).

Whatever you go for, make sure you get one set up for roll film, not plates. Oleg's had a Moskva 3 in stock for ages - but it's one of the plate models, and who wants to deal with glass plates in 2024?
 
Coldkennels said:
To be honest... I don't think you can really go wrong with a Moskva (assuming it isn't totally battered, of course).

Soviet camera equipment all started to drop in quality in the mid-1970s as their economy started to collapse under Brezhnev. The Moskva, on the other hand, didn't make it past 1960 - so quality is still relatively high.

The 1 and 3 don't have rangefinders; the 2, 4 and 5 do. The 4 & 5 can both do 6x6 as well as 6x9 if you have the right frame for it (my Moskva 5 didn't come with the 6x6 frame, sadly).

Whatever you go for, make sure you get one set up for roll film, not plates. Oleg's had a Moskva 3 in stock for ages - but it's one of the plate models, and who wants to deal with glass plates in 2024?
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Thanks for the info, most helpful!
 
My new Moskva 2, Foma Retropan 320, yellow filter, reduced to 15%
Merrymeeting Bay looking West from Stony Island toward the Androscoggin River entrance. Freshwater low tide with this year's new growth of wild rice and rushes000016690006S.jpg

Merrymeeting Bay looking North from Stony Island towards the Kennebec and Cathance river end at low tide, which is an average 6 foot range.
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