Now I read slowly the Maizenbergs book and watch your videos - I try to understand how everything works in Feds. About Kiev-4 - if one day you can understand everything and make a series of video it will be a very good day 🙂. I have tried to repair this camera several times, without any experience of course. And then I sent the cameras for repair to the master. But the good masters of these cameras are now a rarity, even the city of Kiev at the Arsenal plant that produced these cameras. Very often, these masters are already old and make mistakes or do the job not qualitatively. For example, one old man lost the rangefinder glass and said it were not. He also broke the setting of the rangefinder. Another master set up the shutter and a rangefinder for infinity. But on 1m - broke the setting. Earlier, the master refused to set up the rangefinder because, as he said, the "fodius" was deformed. But there is no such detail in the camera. And often the masters return the camera with contaminated glass. The master should clean the camera, right? I do not know why this happens. So it looks like you need to understand everything yourself if you want to use this camera. And now I learned how to set up rangefinder myself. But the shutter is a very difficult thing. And again thank you for your great job! For some reason, our masters do not want to share information about film cameras repair. And thanks to you, this knowledge continues to exist.
As always, very instructive! I also found that sleeping over a problem is a good approach towards finding a solution ;-) // I am still a bit worried about your slit width at 1/500. Normally it should be between 2 and 3 mm. But perhaps you have narrowed the slit to compensate for a slower travelling speed. // I look fwd to your Kiev series. So far my confidence hasn't stretched far enough to tackle this design -- especially in the absence of in depth guides, written or on video. Hopefully, that will change soon 🙂
@@atf2940 I agree, the slit is way to narrow but that allows indeed for slower traveling speeds (and thus smoother and quieter operation). But that's mostly because I didn't stick to the original position. As for the Kiev, my plan is to go ahead with one after I'm done with the cameras in the queue (4 or so pending)
I am very happy that you will do a series about Kiev. I have just had a virtual failure when trying to disassemble and assemble Kiev. I do not understand everything about this mechanism, specifically the synchronization of all the components. I am furious with myself. For now I have put it on the shelf, but I would really like to understand this camera. I have hope in your future videos. Thanks
@@arekguinness2342 I managed a couple of years to make a good one out of three broken cameras. But it was so tricky that in now probably have Kiev PTSD :))
@@gerogerogegege I'm still looking for a good, resilient painting protocol (other than Cerakote). The goal is to have a user camera, not just a pretty thing to put on a shelf. I'll certainly upload some videos when I get to that point and we can discuss it further. Thank you for your interest and stay tuned because custom painting is certainly in my to-do list :)
@@AlinCiortea Oh, I assure you it wouldn't just be a pretty display thing! I would just like something a little bit more sleek, a black matte paint with some white or red accents would be amazing. I'll eagerly await for your next videos. Also, I've been following your channel for months now and I previously commented on Topcon IC-1 cameras. Any plans for videos on those?
@@gerogerogegege I meant that the paint job needs to be strong enough to withstand handling without fear of peeling or rubbing off :) As for Topcons, I don't have any plans to work on any in the foreseeable future. I still have an UNI that I never managed to fix (it has a weird issue and I couldn't identify the cause). The IC1 is a bit simpler (more conventional). Maybe one day if I get a cheap one for my complete set of UV lenses...
Now I read slowly the Maizenbergs book and watch your videos - I try to understand how everything works in Feds. About Kiev-4 - if one day you can understand everything and make a series of video it will be a very good day 🙂. I have tried to repair this camera several times, without any experience of course. And then I sent the cameras for repair to the master. But the good masters of these cameras are now a rarity, even the city of Kiev at the Arsenal plant that produced these cameras. Very often, these masters are already old and make mistakes or do the job not qualitatively. For example, one old man lost the rangefinder glass and said it were not. He also broke the setting of the rangefinder. Another master set up the shutter and a rangefinder for infinity. But on 1m - broke the setting. Earlier, the master refused to set up the rangefinder because, as he said, the "fodius" was deformed. But there is no such detail in the camera. And often the masters return the camera with contaminated glass. The master should clean the camera, right? I do not know why this happens. So it looks like you need to understand everything yourself if you want to use this camera. And now I learned how to set up rangefinder myself. But the shutter is a very difficult thing. And again thank you for your great job! For some reason, our masters do not want to share information about film cameras repair. And thanks to you, this knowledge continues to exist.
As always, very instructive! I also found that sleeping over a problem is a good approach towards finding a solution ;-) // I am still a bit worried about your slit width at 1/500. Normally it should be between 2 and 3 mm. But perhaps you have narrowed the slit to compensate for a slower travelling speed. // I look fwd to your Kiev series. So far my confidence hasn't stretched far enough to tackle this design -- especially in the absence of in depth guides, written or on video. Hopefully, that will change soon 🙂
@@atf2940 I agree, the slit is way to narrow but that allows indeed for slower traveling speeds (and thus smoother and quieter operation). But that's mostly because I didn't stick to the original position.
As for the Kiev, my plan is to go ahead with one after I'm done with the cameras in the queue (4 or so pending)
I am very happy that you will do a series about Kiev. I have just had a virtual failure when trying to disassemble and assemble Kiev. I do not understand everything about this mechanism, specifically the synchronization of all the components. I am furious with myself. For now I have put it on the shelf, but I would really like to understand this camera. I have hope in your future videos. Thanks
@@arekguinness2342 I managed a couple of years to make a good one out of three broken cameras. But it was so tricky that in now probably have Kiev PTSD :))
Hello Alin! If I were to, say, send you a Zorki or a FED to be painted completely black, how much would that cost me? Thank you!
@@gerogerogegege I'm still looking for a good, resilient painting protocol (other than Cerakote). The goal is to have a user camera, not just a pretty thing to put on a shelf. I'll certainly upload some videos when I get to that point and we can discuss it further.
Thank you for your interest and stay tuned because custom painting is certainly in my to-do list :)
@@AlinCiortea Oh, I assure you it wouldn't just be a pretty display thing! I would just like something a little bit more sleek, a black matte paint with some white or red accents would be amazing. I'll eagerly await for your next videos. Also, I've been following your channel for months now and I previously commented on Topcon IC-1 cameras. Any plans for videos on those?
@@gerogerogegege I meant that the paint job needs to be strong enough to withstand handling without fear of peeling or rubbing off :)
As for Topcons, I don't have any plans to work on any in the foreseeable future. I still have an UNI that I never managed to fix (it has a weird issue and I couldn't identify the cause). The IC1 is a bit simpler (more conventional). Maybe one day if I get a cheap one for my complete set of UV lenses...