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Post by John Farrell on Dec 20, 2023 23:53:16 GMT
 It's been sitting in its case for years, and smells a bit funky, but the rangefinder and shutter both work, and the meter reacts to light. The rangefinder and lens could do with a clean, but overall this is a nice unmolested camera, from 1962. Now, I'm considering transplanting the shutter from my other, newer Kiev, which has a non working rangefinder, into the Contax II I bought recently. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2023 10:14:14 GMT
Hi John,
The Kiev 4 has slightly thicker shutter ribbon than the Contax II. There are issues with trying to use Kiev escapement gears in the shutter escapement assembly as the gear tooth cutting is slightly different, and at some point Arsenal altered the number of teeth so they will no mesh with the Zeiss originals. Most of the body and back castings can be interchanged, however not so for the Kiev 4 as the back design was altered and the tripod bush moved to the camera body rather than the camera back.
However a Contax mechanism will fit a Kiev 4, as will all the chrome parts, to make a 'Kievtax' 4.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 22, 2023 19:06:03 GMT
Hi John, The Kiev 4 has slightly thicker shutter ribbon than the Contax II. There are issues with trying to use Kiev escapement gears in the shutter escapement assembly as the gear tooth cutting is slightly different, and at some point Arsenal altered the number of teeth so they will no mesh with the Zeiss originals. Most of the body and back castings can be interchanged, however not so for the Kiev 4 as the back design was altered and the tripod bush moved to the camera body rather than the camera back. However a Contax mechanism will fit a Kiev 4, as will all the chrome parts, to make a 'Kievtax' 4. If I go ahead, I'll be fitting the whole shutter assembly, wind gears and all, to the Contax. I could, of course, try to repair the Contax shutter - but as well as the ribbons and side straps being broken, I suspect that someone has been into it before, and upset the timing of the shutter gears. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 2, 2024 19:36:23 GMT
Yesterday, I cleaned up the lens on this camera. Its quite simple, as there is no focus helical involved. The old grease on the diaphragm setting mechanism had turned into a claggy wax. The only fiddly part was replacing the roller which provides the click for diaphragm setting. I followed the instructions on the archived Kiev Survival Site (this lens is not quite the same as mine).
Today, I cleaned the camera inside and out, using window cleaner on cotton buds. It has now almost lost the smell of ancient camera cases.
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 2, 2024 20:21:41 GMT
Here is the latest Kiev, with its relations.  The Contax has a wrecked shutter, and the newer Kiev (on the right) has a faulty rangefinder. |
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Post by gray1720 on Jan 2, 2024 23:02:46 GMT
Just to pre-empt Zou, I've poked Ed Trzoska about my Contax III.
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Post by steveandthedogs on Jan 3, 2024 9:22:21 GMT
He can be a bit slow.
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Post by gray1720 on Jan 3, 2024 9:43:15 GMT
He's also semi-retired now, so probably going slower. Luckily I don't need it, it's a toy! |
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Post by zou on Jan 3, 2024 12:29:30 GMT
Harsh! Oh, you mean Ed? Carry on. |
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Post by Ivor E Tower on Jan 28, 2024 20:42:44 GMT
I feel so tempted, with my wicked sense of humour, to post a response thread entitled
"The chicken pixies brought me another Kiev"......
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 28, 2024 21:35:56 GMT
I feel so tempted, with my wicked sense of humour, to post a response thread entitled "The chicken pixies brought me another Kiev"...... Go ahead...be my guest. |
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Post by Ivor E Tower on Jan 28, 2024 22:36:17 GMT
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Post by don on Feb 16, 2024 11:16:29 GMT
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Post by spinno on Feb 16, 2024 11:19:28 GMT
Only if you bring the wine... |
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Post by don on Feb 16, 2024 22:41:11 GMT
Only if you bring the wine... That’ll be easy my wife tells me that I wine a lot but she spells it whine |
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