Thank you RFF for Kiev timeline .

[dee]

Checking my posts , I started actually using my Oleged K4 and K4m in mid 2008 .
Now I seem to have around 15 , with one gone walkabout .

I have been pulling out the Kievs as potential fund raisers for the current Fuji Fascination . Especially replacing the funding for a Fujifilm X-Pro2 which is great , but way above my ability grade !

The problem is that I can't bring myself to list any of them , even the most common K4 , so the magic may not have faded as much as `i imagined !

Times have changed post retirement and the sales of expensive Dinky Toys have long gone , so no more wasting funds on Soviet outcasts .

Respect
dee

 

[p.giannakis]

They are good cameras indeed
No first hand experience but it is well documented on the net. I do catch myself looking on that auction site from time to time but never pulled the trigger on one (yet?).

 

[nzeeman]

kiev is my favourite camera-im still sad i sold kiev from 1950 with collapsible prewar sonnar here on rff.. it was such a lovely camera.. but i needed money and i have few others.. now when i think back i would love to find the buyer and buy it back if he maybe doesnt use it..