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[quote][i]Originally posted by Denn_kirov[/i]
[br][quote][i]Originally posted by Vlad[/i]
[br]Denn I saw you post this, is there a photo of the bottom of the camera? does it have a leg like III or it's flat like IV?
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Here it is. The camera was restored by me, as usual with such old copies long shutter speeds did not work or the braid breaks. It is my rule that everything that comes into my collection must work. I can say that inside it is a classic Kiev II/III of later releases, except for the exposure meter of course. It is known that the prototype Kiev 4 was introduced back in 1951. In almost 10 years of collecting and restoring film cameras, I have come across cases of these early Kiev IVs. Some of them had synchro contact. There is an opinion that in the beginning of production the cases from II/III models were used. It is not known what this is related to. Perhaps they did not have time to establish production of new cases, or their quantity was insufficient. I think we will never know.
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Vlad	Posted - Apr 05 2024 : 4:50:33 PM This i a very interesting Kiev 4 (?) camera wiki entry that warrants some discussion, first of all it has the "T"-shaped ridge on top of the light meter which is fairly atypical for the 1957 Kiev 4 and what happened to the flash sync contact? this is extremely weird. Denn I saw you post this, is there a photo of the bottom of the camera? does it have a leg like III or it's flat like IV?
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treehorn	Posted - May 30 2024 : 07:35:39 AM quote: Originally posted by Denn_kirov It is known that the prototype Kiev 4 was introduced back in 1951. Thanks, that info seems to come from DVDTechnik as it can also be found on sovietcams.com. Could you say more about the (internal) differernces? Lightmeter and feet are obvious. sovietcams.com also lists a Kiev 4a "type1" from 1956 with a food from a II/III and a Kiev 4a style rewind knob. I'm a bit sceptical as this could also be a later modification as the rewind knobs of the Kiev 4a and II are easyly interchangeable.
Denn_kirov	Posted - Apr 06 2024 : 03:40:34 AM quote: Originally posted by Vlad Denn I saw you post this, is there a photo of the bottom of the camera? does it have a leg like III or it's flat like IV? http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/642024_1.JPG Here it is. The camera was restored by me, as usual with such old copies long shutter speeds did not work or the braid breaks. It is my rule that everything that comes into my collection must work. I can say that inside it is a classic Kiev II/III of later releases, except for the exposure meter of course. It is known that the prototype Kiev 4 was introduced back in 1951. In almost 10 years of collecting and restoring film cameras, I have come across cases of these early Kiev IVs. Some of them had synchro contact. There is an opinion that in the beginning of production the cases from II/III models were used. It is not known what this is related to. Perhaps they did not have time to establish production of new cases, or their quantity was insufficient. I think we will never know.

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