Kiev 88 CM TTL/SPOT Medium Camera full set in box NEW + CLA

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Price: $409.95    

Product Feature

• Constructed from die-cast aluminum alloy
• Unique Bayonet lens mount
• Hot shoe with synchronous center contact for flash mounting
• Ten programmable shutter speeds
• Includes Arsat 80mm f2.8 lens, TTL prism finder, Two 6x6 cm 120 type new style film backs and more.

Product Description

Kiev 88CM Medium Format camera is a classic Soviet medium format camera. The film camera
is constructed from die-cast aluminum alloy, making it rugged and resistant to scratches, scuff marks, etc.
The Kiev 88CM also has a hot shoe with synchronous center contact for flash mounting.
The medium format camera's ten programmable shutter speeds,
give you control over the precise exposure. For ease of operation,
the Kiev 88CM features a waist-level finder with anti-reflection, a pop-up hood and a 2X fine-focus magnifier.

Die-cast aluminum alloy camera body
* Polished chrome trim
* 1/8-inch threaded socket for tripod
* Hot shoe with synchronous center contact for accessories.
Waist-level finder with anti-reflection, pop-up hood and 2X fine-focus magnifier
* Laterally-reversed, 53x53 mm upright ground glass display
* High-intensity Fresnel lens to illuminate matte viewing screen
* 14 mm center spot with horizontal split-image rangefinder and surrounding
Interchangeable eye-level pentaprism viewfinders with and without built-in full aperture TTL/SPOT exposure metering
* Center-weighted averaging measurement with LED readout zone metering at frame center
* Laterally-correct, 53x53 mm upright ground glass display
* 45 � sighting angle
* 3X magnification
Precision, black cloth focal plane shutter
* Ten programmed speeds from 1/2 to 1/1000 second, plus Bulb
* FP-X electronic flash synchronization with open curtain from 1/2 to 1/30 second
* PC socket for flash cord
* Flag to signal status of shutler wind.

Content:
Camera body
Arsat 80mm f2.8 lens
TTL prism finder with switchable spot and center-weighted metering
Folding waist level finder
Two 6x6 cm 120 film backs
Rubber lens shade
Front lens cap
Rubber eye cup for prism finder
Camera strap

Kiev 88 CM TTL/SPOT Medium Camera full set in box NEW + CLA Review

This camera system can be a good choice for an amateur who wants to shoot medium format film using a modular-system camera and doesn't want to shell out for far more expensive alternatives such as the Hasselblad (but it is not robust enough for hard professional use). The design actually is a rip-off from an early model Hasselblad. Like a Hasselblad, the Kiev 88 has replaceable film backs, replaceable viewers (including both a waist-level viewfinder and a pentaprism finder with a through-the-lens exposure meter), and interchangeable lenses. All are mounted on a boxy aluminum body.

The principal difference from modern Hasselblads is that the Kiev 88 used a focal plane shutter in the camera body. Hasselblads employ leaf shutters in each lens. There are advantages to the Hasselblad arrangement, but it makes each lens much more expensive. There are many fine lenses, mostly used, available for the Kiev 88 including German-made Zeiss lenses in various focal lengths, for a small fraction of the cost of comparable lenses for a Hasselblad. As a result, you can assemble a multi-lens Kiev 88 system much more cheaply than a Hasselblad one. This model Kiev 88 comes with a Russian-made lens designed to the same specs as the Zeiss Planar 80mm lens that is standard on a Hasselblad. In my own experience, the Russian lens produces excellent results.

Quality control at the Ukrainian factory making these cameras was not up to Western standards, but an after-market developed to bring the cameras up to spec and make some other improvements. This camera appears to have the upgrade, performed by a Ukrainian outfit named Hartblei.

There is a learning curve in operating this camera, but the same is true of other film cameras without automatic features, such as automatic focus and exposure control. You need to know your way around film cameras generally to take this one on. Operating it is a much different experience from operating some all-automatic digital model.

But for amateurs who are still attached to film and aren't afraid of manual camera operation, this could be a good choice especially if you want a modular system. Medium format film can produce very fine images -- much superior to 35mm film because the larger negative (or transparency) records much more visual information.

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