(One of the) coolest Kievs ever seen

[Carburo]

😎
Isn't it one of the coolest Kievs you've ever seen?
😎

 

[taffer]

Well, it certainly has many numbers to be so ! 😎

 

[back alley]

it's all over now, baby blue...

hey, i'm getting a kiev this week!
maybe i'll order some new clothes for her.

where did you get the blue cover?

joe

 

[Carburo]

I've bought it here:
http://www.cameraleather.com

 

[back alley]

i wondered. i have the site bookmarked already and will have to take a look later on in the day.

this may be my opportunity to have a red camera.

oh boy...🙂

joe

 

[rbiemer]

Very pretty! I like seening that leather on your kiev

 

[Oldprof]

Beautiful camera, but I prefer the traditional black covering.

 

[sockeyed]

Nice work!

How hard was that on a scale of 1 to 10? It looks like you didn't have to do much more than remove the self-timer lever.

 

[Designer]

Interesting! Maybe a "LV" or "Guggi" version is coming. 😀

 

[Carburo]

Nice work!

How hard was that on a scale of 1 to 10? It looks like you didn't have to do much more than remove the self-timer lever.

I think: 3

I didn't remove the self timer lever at all...

 

[garryl]

You didn't go for the Cobra skin? :dance:

 

[wlewisiii]

I got the red snake style cow leather from www.aki-asahi.com. Great looking and really easy to put on.

William

 

[supermarcel23]

No it is not the coolest Kiev

No it is not the coolest Kiev

The prettiest is one of Mine :
And this picture is taken BEFORE transforming it in a Kiev IIa...

This link to my Galery don't know why the Official link is broken..
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php/ppuser/2183/cat/500

And there are others...

 

[Carburo]

The prettiest is one of Mine :
And this picture is taken BEFORE transforming it in a Kiev IIa...

This link to my Galery don't know why the Official link is broken..
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php/ppuser/2183/cat/500

And there are others...

NOPE!
😡
Mine is matchlessly cooler...
😀
The lens it has on trashes down yours...
😀

 

[FrankS]

Oh yeah? Well my big brother can take your big brother!

 

[matu]

At least they are not talking about largeness.

Pablo

 

[supermarcel23]

What ?????

What ?????

Well well well, did you use dear Carburo the Helios 103 really ?
This lens is MC, was drawn by engineers in the eighties, has click stops... Even if the Sonnar is a desirable lens, (in a big part because it is written Zeiss on it) it is nearly the same as the Helios...
I think what is important is to take pictures, nice looking cameras are just photographer's vanity...
Helios 1/30s f1.8 on XP2super

 

[Carburo]

Well well well, did you use dear Carburo the Helios 103 really ?
This lens is MC, was drawn by engineers in the eighties, has click stops... Even if the Sonnar is a desirable lens, (in a big part because it is written Zeiss on it) it is nearly the same as the Helios...
I think what is important is to take pictures, nice looking cameras are just photographer's vanity...
Helios 1/30s f1.8 on XP2super

yes, I have an Elios 103, and it's a nice lens, but IMHO nothing compared to the sonnar if used with BW films.

Btw, your Kiev is beautiful 😉
But I don't like lighmeters on rf kievs. Just aesthetic considerations.

 

[supermarcel23]

Niark Niark Niark

Niark Niark Niark

Now it is better ! And here is the prettiest Kiev on earth ! (waiting for a 1952 J-3)...