infrequent
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As for the lack of Auto Focus it is a rather a phylosophical question weather such fast and sophysticated distance metering and focusing system could be improved by AF.
i suppose you haven't heard of the hexar af then? also their quiet shutters are a bonus...even without the silent mode.
i suppose you haven't heard of the hexar af then? also their quiet shutters are a bonus...even without the silent mode.
pinafore2
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My Kiev's
My Kiev's
I have two Kiev's, both 1963 samples.
I have been i contact with Ruben because one of my Kiev's suddenlu "lost" 3 frames in the middle of a film.
Amongst other problems Ruben suggested that the rewind-spool could be too hard running. I found that this could bee the problem and after lubricating the rew-spool i have decided to give it another try. I do not shoot as much as Ruben, so it may take me a couple of week's to make the test so i havent got any results by now.
A part from this i am deeply in love with the Kiev's and i couldnt agree more with Ruben's wiewpoints. I would only disagree on one point, i do not think a camera needs to have a built in meter to be considered a pro-tool. I think the CONTAX/KIEV was the pro-tool of it's age and i still consider it a wery god device for taking photographs today, but you got to know what you are dealing with. It is not possible to go from the mobile-phone camera to the Kiev without some degree of instruction.
I have been shooting for many years, starting with a Retina 1a and a handheld meter, moving to non-interchangeable lens RF, to an old threadmount SLR, and finally to a state of the art (in 1985) fully automatic SLR.
A few years ago i suddenly, for some reason, got sort of a "Lieca-fever". Ithought the old Leica-3 was the prettiest thing i had ever seen.
I do admit that this could maybe be a reaction to the common digital trend. I would really love to own a good digital SLR, but on the other hand i am very much attracted to the simplicity of the traditional film-based photography and terribly frightened with all the menu-systems, buttons and mumbojumbo that they place on those digital devices.
Since i have allways been interested in photo-history i became a member of a national "Photographic history society" and through their publications i bekame aware of the CONTAX, and it's brother the Kiev.
I found that this device sounded so very interesting that i decided to get one and this decision i have not regretted.
I bought the first Kiev from Camera-mate and it has been working flawlesly. The second i found on E-bay and when i got it i had to adjust the rangefinder, but ok then it worked fine until the lost frames.
I have never had any problems with shutters, both camera's have excellent speeds and exposures seems to be spot-on. The latter Kiev being a little bit smoother to wind.
The only thing i miss is maybe a larger selection of possible lenses, i can see that the LTM-RF may have an advantage of more possibilities here.
Thank's to Ruben for being an inspiration in the world of the Kiev's
Per
My Kiev's
I have two Kiev's, both 1963 samples.
I have been i contact with Ruben because one of my Kiev's suddenlu "lost" 3 frames in the middle of a film.
Amongst other problems Ruben suggested that the rewind-spool could be too hard running. I found that this could bee the problem and after lubricating the rew-spool i have decided to give it another try. I do not shoot as much as Ruben, so it may take me a couple of week's to make the test so i havent got any results by now.
A part from this i am deeply in love with the Kiev's and i couldnt agree more with Ruben's wiewpoints. I would only disagree on one point, i do not think a camera needs to have a built in meter to be considered a pro-tool. I think the CONTAX/KIEV was the pro-tool of it's age and i still consider it a wery god device for taking photographs today, but you got to know what you are dealing with. It is not possible to go from the mobile-phone camera to the Kiev without some degree of instruction.
I have been shooting for many years, starting with a Retina 1a and a handheld meter, moving to non-interchangeable lens RF, to an old threadmount SLR, and finally to a state of the art (in 1985) fully automatic SLR.
A few years ago i suddenly, for some reason, got sort of a "Lieca-fever". Ithought the old Leica-3 was the prettiest thing i had ever seen.
I do admit that this could maybe be a reaction to the common digital trend. I would really love to own a good digital SLR, but on the other hand i am very much attracted to the simplicity of the traditional film-based photography and terribly frightened with all the menu-systems, buttons and mumbojumbo that they place on those digital devices.
Since i have allways been interested in photo-history i became a member of a national "Photographic history society" and through their publications i bekame aware of the CONTAX, and it's brother the Kiev.
I found that this device sounded so very interesting that i decided to get one and this decision i have not regretted.
I bought the first Kiev from Camera-mate and it has been working flawlesly. The second i found on E-bay and when i got it i had to adjust the rangefinder, but ok then it worked fine until the lost frames.
I have never had any problems with shutters, both camera's have excellent speeds and exposures seems to be spot-on. The latter Kiev being a little bit smoother to wind.
The only thing i miss is maybe a larger selection of possible lenses, i can see that the LTM-RF may have an advantage of more possibilities here.
Thank's to Ruben for being an inspiration in the world of the Kiev's
Per
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infrequent said:
I have heard, Infrequent, but I will rather need to experience it. The mere word AF is not enough (of course this has nothing to do with the Hexars). The questions are which kind of AF, lagg, night, etc.
Cheers,
Ruben
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