The white centre thing is sensor reflection on digital cameras. It can occur on vintage glass without anti reflective coatings on the rear element. Basically some of the light hitting the sensor (which has a way more reflective surface than film) reflects back to the lens causing a loss of contrast in the middle. Its most noticeable at smaller apertures.
That's what I already thought on my sony α with a 2/85mm sonnar from the fifties. On the pictures I noticed this substantial loss of contrast and foggy blob in the middle ruining my motives and making me feeling sad. but thanks for the confirmation on the reflection between sensor and rear lens. I'll have to check if this is more prominant in certain light situations and as you said with closed diaphragma. Best Albrecht
Could also be a reflection of shiny aperture blades at the front element - I experienced that myself at an Enna 240 (not really kind of great lens, without any coating). Simply check by stopping down and look into the lens with a light source near your head.
Thanks for your comment to the issue. There have been a few thought on it. I've never seen it before and I use many old lenses on digital, and as you say most noticeable at smaller apertures, which is what happened to me, maybe this is the answer.
this is not a camera made in Ukrai🇺🇦ne🤷. There was no such country until 1990. The entire design and implementation is Soviet-Russian thought. Ukrainians wouldn't even invent a hammer. Everything that was created in what is now Ukraine is the thought and work of the authorities from Mo🇷🇺scow👍
Thanks for the laugh this morning! That opening was truly funny. Love your channel. Probably because I’m also a middle aged bald guy dorking around with old cameras.
Arsenal made good cameras. Kiev 4, Kiev 60 and Kiev 88 are all interesting cameras too if you are curious. Kiev 4 is for all intents and purposes a Contax II clone, but built with Zeiss tools from after the war. Kiev 60 is a big medium format SLR camera with an eye level finder/pentaprism. Kiev 88 is an hassleblad-style mdeium format SLR. Not always the most reliable if they have not been serivced. But they are pretty impressive on their own.
I have a few film cameras including Canon A1 and this Kyiv-19. And surprisingly Kyiv is my favorite of them all. Got it 2 years ago new old stock, immediately sent for service because all the foam and seals went bad after 35 year s of storage. and now it works like new.
As always a good video that was both informative and entertaining. I've never had a Kiev 19. I have the Kiev 88 and the Kiev 4am. I used to have the Zenit as my first SLR. I bought that in Vienna while there on my Fulbright in 1971. My wife and I went over on a ship and train from NYC/Venice/Vienna. My Zeiss Contessa SE was stolen from my luggage by the doc employees loading. So, the Zenit was the cheapest replacement that a poor student could buy. I used it many years and then gave it to my brother in law who used it for some additional years. USSR cameras could be junk but if one got a good one then it could last forever. Never regretted any of my purchases. The Kiev 19 looks very interesting; additionally the use of the F mount really gives access to some wonderful glass.
Incidentally I made a book during the first lockdown, here in Ireland and called it 'Looking up' A similar idea to yours 😂 on digital ( mostly a Lumix GX9 and Nikon D7200 ) Cheers Rodger and best of luck putting your book together Finally these shots came out well 📷 👍
Hi , The Zenit E was my first SLR camera in the mid 70s it taught me a great deal about photography and was thought to ne as good as the Practica at the time. Film photography was so much simpler. But Digital if you put you mind to it has its positives. don't get wound up with the number of megapixels 12 is enough for most os us. Best wishes
I have a version of the Helios,quite a big fat one.I also have the Kiev 88 (say keev not ke-ef),a 6x6 format copy of the early Hasselblad.A beast of a camera................
Very interesting as always) I shot a good lens with an interesting picture on the Helios 44m-4 for a long time, but a good version is difficult to find, but somehow I found a treasure.)
Why would it be called "Kyiv" if it was produced on a soviet factory in a soviet state? There was no "Kyiv" back then. And since Kiev production stopped after the fall of the soviet union, you can't call it Ukrainian either. It is as Ukrainian as T-34 tank for example.
Excellent video I have a penchant for the older manual cameras I have 2 Kiev 4’s (based on the Contax) purchased directly from Ukraine I might just have to source a Kiev 19 Helios lenses are amazing quality v price (I’ve found my lenses often fitted on Zenits and Praktica so I buy the camera essentially for the lens)
18:50 I think it is light reflection in the adapter . I had a bad Mamiya M 645 adapter for Canon . I got a very low contrast with every Mamiya M645 lens ????? on the Canon . It turned out it was reflection of light in the adapter . The adapter inside must be free of any reflection . I like your You Tube account . Keep up your good work . Peter from the Netherlands
I have the later ARSAT-H version of that lens and it is quite nice. It renders almost exactly the same as my Nikkor 50mm f2 AI. The Arsenal factory in Ukraine really put out some of the best glass of the Soviet makers. That haze is probably reflection off the aperture blades. The Helios-81H and 103 have issues with it. I get some really strong reflections with the Helios-103 on my Kiev 4.
@@francoismassin8649 I only have the lens. It must have been from a 19M as it is a 1995 serial number. Sadly, the Arsat version has a screw that interferes with the AIS pin on my F4 so it won’t mount. I need to sort out something for that: maybe 3D print a small cover for the screw head.
Thank you for this video with your beautiful photos and nice background music, and interesting Kiev 19 camera! What do you see when you press the depth of field preview button?
I should take more goat photos. We only have 20 of them. 😆 The biggest problem I have is that they always all run up to me when I'm trying to compose shots. Excellent video as always!
It still IS a defense factory :) It's just they had made cameras and some other "civil" stuff for some time. There was a Soviet-era anecdote about an Arsenal worker who tried to smuggle out a sewing machine one piece at a time and assemble it at home, but no matter how hard he tried, he got an AK-47 every time.
A great video with some great shots! I have a Kiev 15 TEE with a Helios-81 50mm/f2 lens and I haven't noticed any problems with fogging in the centre of the frame, although the lens mount for that one is different (I believe it's unique to the Kiev 10 and 15). I have found the 15 really temperamental when it comes to correctly loading film so it advances properly, but that might be because I haven't used it very much and I'm still trying to figure out all its quirks. When it arrived it came with a roll of Svema 100 film, which is excellent stuff!
Looks like a limitation of the coating like a veiling flare. I think it was a reflection of light bouncing from the sensor and back from the lens elements. The results looked respectable.
That camera looks a lot like my Practikas MTL5B, parts and everything which is not a surprise, if it´s anything like my Practikas it must be so good to use, incredibly light and easy to use and easy to maintain, sadly both of mine are broken now, someday I´ll try to fix them by myself, until then I´ve been having fun with my FT-N and Nettar 518/2, very good cameras, I suggest them to all the photography enthusiasts out there
This camera has Zeiss lenses that were made under Licence in USSR by KMZ, Arsenal and Belomo! They are very HQ! P.S. please test a HQ GDR Zeiss Tessar equiped folding camera called Certo Super Dollina II
Never seen anything like this on Helios 81, could you shine a flashlight through it? Perhaps there's some lubricant vapour condensed on one of the elements?
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I knew KIEV 4 is a Contax RF mount camera (that whole family being a straight copy of Zeiss Contax rangefinders following blueprint and using tools from East Germany). And I think (but I do not know for sure) that the Kiev 88 is somewhat compatible with Hassleblad hardware, but I had never heard of the KIEV 19!
I have a Kilfitt Makro Kilar that does the same darned white dot thing at smaller apertures when at MFD. Oddly, it does it more with some adapters than with others. Still a great lens, though.
Great video. Going to get the camera you used. I have a Russian copy, I think, of a Leica . The camera you have....Nikon F lenses. Yup ...Gonna get one.Thank you.
I noticed that the camera doesn't have the aperture linkage with the carbon track like on the Nikons. That explains why it still used stop-down metering like the old M42 bodies.
The only Russian camera I have is my Zenit TTL, my first SLR in the mid 80s. Still own it and last shot during lockdown. I do like the Kiev rangefinders, and Zorki but yet to pick one up. 👍📸
I haven’t tried this lens on my digital Nikon yet but what I noticed that the aperture blades on my copy are not pitch black as in other lenses but a kind of golden brown and shiny and therefore the lens provides a little less contrasty pictures compare to Nikon lenses.
So, Cuz, did they forget to tell you about that Helios? It's all about the bokeh. You didn't share any of those. You gonna need to shoot that wide open and get some background. 😁
Mit einer Kiev (von Foto - Quelle: Revueflex) bin ich in die Fotografie eingestiegen. Nachführ - Belichtungsmesser, 30-stel Sek. Blitzsyncronzeit an X - Buchse, 500-stel als kürzeste Verschlusszeit, M42 - Objektivgewinde... Das Teil hat mir viel Spaß gemacht.
The Kiev 19 was released alongside the Kiev 17 - identical, but no meter. There WAS a Kiev 18, an attempt to produce a Nikon F copy, but it never got beyond the prototype stage, Unlike Lomo's notorious Almaz A 100 series (like the Nikon F, but with a Pentax K-mount) which proved to be an utter disaster.
Try to half press the shutter, for the light meter to work. It works that way on a Zenit. Be careful with the Helios 81 on nikon dslr, sometimes it can hit the mirror!
I made a definite decsion, NOT to use Nikon-F and Leica togther. The lens change opposite! If you want a slr with a Leica, go A series Canon!Everthing in same place and direction..
I have one and used it as my main (and only 😀) camera in nineties. It is a good camera as long as it works. Mine stopped properly synching flash. Fixed it once. After several months, the problem returned. Repair was so expensive that I didn't fix it again, and bought second-hand Nikon that is perfectly alive till today
This is a very basic Nikon. But it was one of the few cameras with an uncropped viewfinder and a working TTL exposure meter. Stop down metering though. Kiev 19m was with full aperture metering. Almost the highest level by Soviet standards, the most basic by Japanese ones
You're basically right. However he has an export version so it's understandable that he says B instead of V. The real question is: Why didn't KMZ translate the whole name ? They translated ЗЕНИТ to ZENIT (Sometimes ZENITH) but not the model letter. Same goes for the ЗЕНИТ-C wich never became ZENIT-S (Albeit the S stand for Synchronized - Синхронизированный)
There is no point in buying these cameras in the West. By the time they reach you, they will be no cheaper than other usual entry points to the Nikon AI system. But here in Ukraine, such a camera with Helios 81 is 2-3 times cheaper than the cheapest Nikon with 50 2. Guys, leave these cameras to us. Really. If you start promoting them and demand from the West increases, the price will go up.
By the time they reach you ? Latest camera took 14 days from Ukraine to Canada. And this during the holiday season with a strike impacting all carriers Explain the ukrainian vendors on the Bay to stop selling stuff LOL
It's kind of weird that you got the camera for free and didn't even figure it out, didn't inquire enough to understand that you're dealing with stop-down metering camera. There are manual in english, there is a camera wiki...
These russian cameras are quirky. Be cerfull while puting the helios on your nikon becouse you may change it fixed optics camera. Not joking. They are so poorly machined and they can get stuck. Also shutter mechanism is not reliable and known to break without a warning. Except maybe for early Kievs 4 all kiev cameras suffer from poor quality and assembly.
@user-wc6vb3fn1s it is. It was made in soviet russia(ussr) in 1990. Everything i said was from expirience (had 3 of them). They are rough as a tank track. I forgot to add problems with Lens coating as they often haze on back lens and have this strange "starfield" effect under front Glass sometimes. I had 50mm,100mm and 35mm also. Good lenses but with problems. Just normal soviet junk from that era.
Master, a small correction. These are not Ukrainian cameras. These are SOVIET (Soviet Union) cameras. At the time these cameras were created (Zenit, Kiev) there was no such country as Ukraine. This country was created on August 24, 1991. Greetings from Poland. 👍👍👍
this is not a camera made in Ukrai🇺🇦ne🤷. There was no such country until 1990. The entire design and implementation is Soviet-Russian thought. Ukrainians wouldn't even invent a hammer. Everything that was created in what is now Ukraine is the thought and work of the authorities from Mo🇷🇺scow👍
This is not a camera made in Soviet-Russia🤷. There was no such country until 1991. The entire design and implementation is Ukrainian thought. Soviet-Russians wouldn't even invent a hammer. Everything that was created in what is now Russia is the thought and work of the engineers from Germany and Japan.
The white centre thing is sensor reflection on digital cameras. It can occur on vintage glass without anti reflective coatings on the rear element. Basically some of the light hitting the sensor (which has a way more reflective surface than film) reflects back to the lens causing a loss of contrast in the middle. Its most noticeable at smaller apertures.
That's what I already thought on my sony α with a 2/85mm sonnar from the fifties. On the pictures I noticed this substantial loss of contrast and foggy blob in the middle ruining my motives and making me feeling sad. but thanks for the confirmation on the reflection between sensor and rear lens. I'll have to check if this is more prominant in certain light situations and as you said with closed diaphragma. Best Albrecht
Could also be a reflection of shiny aperture blades at the front element - I experienced that myself at an Enna 240 (not really kind of great lens, without any coating). Simply check by stopping down and look into the lens with a light source near your head.
Thanks for your comment to the issue. There have been a few thought on it. I've never seen it before and I use many old lenses on digital, and as you say most noticeable at smaller apertures, which is what happened to me, maybe this is the answer.
"Monks doing monkey things" cracked me up. 🤣
Came here to type that 🤣
Had the exact same thought 😂.
Looks like a peaceful place, there is a Benedictine monestary not far from where I live in the Netherlands.
I literally paused with no clue what they do. I'm sure they are busy
Hi from Ukraine)
Hello from the UK... :)
Hi from Quebec, Canada ))
Hello from California (not the burning part)
this is not a camera made in Ukrai🇺🇦ne🤷. There was no such country until 1990. The entire design and implementation is Soviet-Russian thought. Ukrainians wouldn't even invent a hammer. Everything that was created in what is now Ukraine is the thought and work of the authorities from Mo🇷🇺scow👍
Hi, I'm collecting Sovjet Union cameras. It's a beautiful camera. Nice review.
Soviet cameras are so amazing and so affordable!
A Kiev 5 beats most Leicas!
Thanks for the laugh this morning! That opening was truly funny. Love your channel. Probably because I’m also a middle aged bald guy dorking around with old cameras.
I'm 29. Just look older 😉
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss😂
🤩love the vintage vibe and unique character of the Kiev 19 Camera-Ukraine really made a cool and impressive camera!
Arsenal made good cameras. Kiev 4, Kiev 60 and Kiev 88 are all interesting cameras too if you are curious.
Kiev 4 is for all intents and purposes a Contax II clone, but built with Zeiss tools from after the war.
Kiev 60 is a big medium format SLR camera with an eye level finder/pentaprism.
Kiev 88 is an hassleblad-style mdeium format SLR.
Not always the most reliable if they have not been serivced. But they are pretty impressive on their own.
Киев 88 и Киев 60 никогда не отбивают выдержки правильно. Их приходится долго настраивать для корректной работы. Оптика - отличная.
@@ДмитрийВоронов-ы4юthey are interesting cameras. One of those days I am curious to maybe track a working 88 kit.
I have a few film cameras including Canon A1 and this Kyiv-19. And surprisingly Kyiv is my favorite of them all. Got it 2 years ago new old stock, immediately sent for service because all the foam and seals went bad after 35 year s of storage. and now it works like new.
As always a good video that was both informative and entertaining. I've never had a Kiev 19. I have the Kiev 88 and the Kiev 4am. I used to have the Zenit as my first SLR. I bought that in Vienna while there on my Fulbright in 1971. My wife and I went over on a ship and train from NYC/Venice/Vienna. My Zeiss Contessa SE was stolen from my luggage by the doc employees loading. So, the Zenit was the cheapest replacement that a poor student could buy. I used it many years and then gave it to my brother in law who used it for some additional years. USSR cameras could be junk but if one got a good one then it could last forever. Never regretted any of my purchases. The Kiev 19 looks very interesting; additionally the use of the F mount really gives access to some wonderful glass.
I love the tonal range in your black and white photos. Practice makes perfect? 👍
Thanks.
Nice video. Always fun to see a new to us film camera! Thanks to those in Ukraine that shared this with you.
Cheers. Yes very kind of them!
Incidentally I made a book during the first lockdown, here in Ireland and called it 'Looking up'
A similar idea to yours 😂 on digital ( mostly a Lumix GX9 and Nikon D7200 )
Cheers Rodger and best of luck putting your book together
Finally these shots came out well 📷 👍
Thanks Eltin. I'm sure you have many lovely photos in it.
Hi , The Zenit E was my first SLR camera in the mid 70s it taught me a great deal about photography and was thought to ne as good as the Practica at the time. Film photography was so much simpler. But Digital if you put you mind to it has its positives. don't get wound up with the number of megapixels 12 is enough for most os us.
Best wishes
Absolutely. 12mp is enough for most photography without having to blow a print up the size of a bus.
I have a version of the Helios,quite a big fat one.I also have the Kiev 88 (say keev not ke-ef),a 6x6 format copy of the early Hasselblad.A beast of a camera................
I've never seen the 66 Kiev. One day I may!
Kiev 19: A Nikon F mount camera that takes some getting used to.;) I see it as a "Soviet sorta-Nikkormat FT2."
Kiev 19 was my first camera, i only had the 35mm for it and it was awesome camera. Ran so many rolls through it.
The Kiev 19 is a real good performer! The Almaz is also nice!
Nice to hear! Cheers.
Very interesting as always) I shot a good lens with an interesting picture on the Helios 44m-4 for a long time, but a good version is difficult to find, but somehow I found a treasure.)
Sometimes it doesn't matter the lens if the photograph is interesting. Cheers Vadim.
Love your videos, been watching for a couple of years and kinda got inspired to do a few videos of my own, keep up the good work
Cheers Andrew. Good luck to you.
Another great vid.
❤ the Arsenal bit
Glad you enjoyed COYG
Maybe I add 19 to my Kiev (sadly not Kyiv) collection. I already have 4 and 6C. But I'm looking for 19M version
Why would it be called "Kyiv" if it was produced on a soviet factory in a soviet state? There was no "Kyiv" back then. And since Kiev production stopped after the fall of the soviet union, you can't call it Ukrainian either. It is as Ukrainian as T-34 tank for example.
20:08 “Is there anything strange here?” 🤔😂😂😂
'..doing monky things..' - brilliant. Gorgeous place and a thoroughly enjoyable video.
Yes it is a nice quiet place to visit, especially in the summer. You can go inside too.
Roger, @10:44 The (un)screw rotation is different from usual suspects. Here you need to turn clockwise to unscrew the lens. You show it even at 0:00
Yes you do Francois.
Excellent video I have a penchant for the older manual cameras I have 2 Kiev 4’s (based on the Contax) purchased directly from Ukraine I might just have to source a Kiev 19 Helios lenses are amazing quality v price (I’ve found my lenses often fitted on Zenits and Praktica so I buy the camera essentially for the lens)
Yes the M42 lenses are well known for compatibility with other cameras. Makes finding an old M42 camera exciting.
18:50 I think it is light reflection in the adapter . I had a bad Mamiya M 645 adapter for Canon . I got a very low contrast with every Mamiya M645 lens ????? on the Canon . It turned out it was reflection of light in the adapter . The adapter inside must be free of any reflection . I like your You Tube account . Keep up your good work . Peter from the Netherlands
I'll have to check that. Cheers.
The advantage of this camera is the structure of the shutter, which can be easily removed from the body for repair and maintenance
Just purchased your composition book - it looks very good
Thanks very much. I hope you enjoy it and it gives you some inspiration.
I have the later ARSAT-H version of that lens and it is quite nice. It renders almost exactly the same as my Nikkor 50mm f2 AI. The Arsenal factory in Ukraine really put out some of the best glass of the Soviet makers.
That haze is probably reflection off the aperture blades. The Helios-81H and 103 have issues with it. I get some really strong reflections with the Helios-103 on my Kiev 4.
Must be a 19M then ?
@@francoismassin8649 I only have the lens. It must have been from a 19M as it is a 1995 serial number. Sadly, the Arsat version has a screw that interferes with the AIS pin on my F4 so it won’t mount. I need to sort out something for that: maybe 3D print a small cover for the screw head.
I must admit when I put it on the video camera I was surprised at the quality!
Thank you for this video with your beautiful photos and nice background music, and interesting Kiev 19 camera! What do you see when you press the depth of field preview button?
The meter comes to life inside and the viewfinder shows the scene at that aperture. So dark at f16.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thank you!
I should take more goat photos. We only have 20 of them. 😆 The biggest problem I have is that they always all run up to me when I'm trying to compose shots. Excellent video as always!
Just as I got a focus they would move! Wasn't the easiest with manual focus!
before making cameras, Arsenal was a defense factory. Could explain why their cameras are built like tanks
It still IS a defense factory :) It's just they had made cameras and some other "civil" stuff for some time.
There was a Soviet-era anecdote about an Arsenal worker who tried to smuggle out a sewing machine one piece at a time and assemble it at home, but no matter how hard he tried, he got an AK-47 every time.
Apparently so.
Quirky little camera lovely to receive in the post. Interesting it takes Nikon glass which you rarely see on older cameras.😊
Yes, I thought that was great as I can use my Nikon lenses on it.
Got a soviet Prinzflex for a 10er, nice lense and case too, god knows what it will produce but looking forward to just having a laugh with it tbh
Thats the main thing with all this old gear. Just enjoy it for what it is. And sometimes it may surprise.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBossoh wanted it since I was a kid, some how managed to keep a lid on my kit buying
For now
Didn't know Nikon had licensed Kiev to use the F mount. Great shots Rog.
It did surprise me too! A nice surprise!!
A great video with some great shots! I have a Kiev 15 TEE with a Helios-81 50mm/f2 lens and I haven't noticed any problems with fogging in the centre of the frame, although the lens mount for that one is different (I believe it's unique to the Kiev 10 and 15). I have found the 15 really temperamental when it comes to correctly loading film so it advances properly, but that might be because I haven't used it very much and I'm still trying to figure out all its quirks. When it arrived it came with a roll of Svema 100 film, which is excellent stuff!
I didn't notice it happened on the Kiev camera, only on the digital, so maybe, as others mentioned, could be the adapter.
Looks like a limitation of the coating like a veiling flare. I think it was a reflection of light bouncing from the sensor and back from the lens elements. The results looked respectable.
Thanks Chris.
❤ thanks for your review
Thanks for watching!
That camera looks a lot like my Practikas MTL5B, parts and everything which is not a surprise, if it´s anything like my Practikas it must be so good to use, incredibly light and easy to use and easy to maintain, sadly both of mine are broken now, someday I´ll try to fix them by myself, until then I´ve been having fun with my FT-N and Nettar 518/2, very good cameras, I suggest them to all the photography enthusiasts out there
This camera has Zeiss lenses that were made under Licence in USSR by KMZ, Arsenal and Belomo! They are very HQ! P.S. please test a HQ GDR Zeiss Tessar equiped folding camera called Certo Super Dollina II
Never seen anything like this on Helios 81, could you shine a flashlight through it? Perhaps there's some lubricant vapour condensed on one of the elements?
I checked the glass only with my eye and window light and it looked clean. Might be worth getting a torch in there to eliminate. Cheers.
Happy New Year Roger
Thankyou!
I was not aware they made cameras and lenses compatible with the Nikon mount
I must admit I wasn't either.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I knew KIEV 4 is a Contax RF mount camera (that whole family being a straight copy of Zeiss Contax rangefinders following blueprint and using tools from East Germany). And I think (but I do not know for sure) that the Kiev 88 is somewhat compatible with Hassleblad hardware, but I had never heard of the KIEV 19!
Is that Kiev a full mechanical camera from the 1990s? Would be great.
I have a Kilfitt Makro Kilar that does the same darned white dot thing at smaller apertures when at MFD. Oddly, it does it more with some adapters than with others. Still a great lens, though.
Someone else mentioned the adapter too! I will have to investigate it! Thanks for that.
Great video. Going to get the camera you used. I have a Russian copy, I think, of a Leica
. The camera you have....Nikon F lenses. Yup ...Gonna get one.Thank you.
Sounds great!
I noticed that the camera doesn't have the aperture linkage with the carbon track like on the Nikons. That explains why it still used stop-down metering like the old M42 bodies.
Kiev 20 did, as well as 19m. 19 was simplified as much as possible to be affordable, it's basically a Zenit, but actually usable
The only Russian camera I have is my Zenit TTL, my first SLR in the mid 80s. Still own it and last shot during lockdown. I do like the Kiev rangefinders, and Zorki but yet to pick one up. 👍📸
It's great you still have it from the 80s. I hear of so many that sold their film cameras
e namo, se monta come nelle Nikon, ma che ce vole tanto?
I haven’t tried this lens on my digital Nikon yet but what I noticed that the aperture blades on my copy are not pitch black as in other lenses but a kind of golden brown and shiny and therefore the lens provides a little less contrasty pictures compare to Nikon lenses.
I'll check that. Interesting thought.
great video as well
Glad you enjoyed it
I always want one of these charming Soviet cameras. Problem is they're getting pricey, and I think the novelty won't last long enough for me.
All the cameras seem to be getting pricey now Dane. Folders seem to stay well priced though.
Simple reason behind this “dog preview activates light meter” feature is that light meter works properly only if lens is stopped down
Are we allowed to refer to them as Soviet / Russian cameras now?
Just call them commie cameras I guess?!🤷♂️👍📸
So, Cuz, did they forget to tell you about that Helios? It's all about the bokeh. You didn't share any of those. You gonna need to shoot that wide open and get some background. 😁
Not sure the Helios used here has the same characteristics as the famous 44-2.
I read it does have some Bokalicuous aspects.
That haze in the middle of the frame could be due to balsam separation. Enhanced by diffraction at f16. Just saying. But what do I know... 🤗
More than me Tom! I've no clue why it happens! Someone mentioned the converter I was using. But it's fine when the aperture is opened up! Strange one.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Yep, strange one...
Mit einer Kiev (von Foto - Quelle: Revueflex) bin ich in die Fotografie eingestiegen. Nachführ - Belichtungsmesser, 30-stel Sek. Blitzsyncronzeit an X - Buchse, 500-stel als kürzeste Verschlusszeit, M42 - Objektivgewinde... Das Teil hat mir viel Spaß gemacht.
The Kiev 19 was released alongside the Kiev 17 - identical, but no meter.
There WAS a Kiev 18, an attempt to produce a Nikon F copy, but it never got beyond the prototype stage, Unlike Lomo's notorious Almaz A 100 series (like the Nikon F, but with a Pentax K-mount) which proved to be an utter disaster.
lovely review as always! 💙💛
Thank you! Cheers!
Try to half press the shutter, for the light meter to work. It works that way on a Zenit. Be careful with the Helios 81 on nikon dslr, sometimes it can hit the mirror!
I did try. Nothing happened.
I made a definite decsion, NOT to use Nikon-F and Leica togther. The lens change opposite! If you want a slr with a Leica, go A series Canon!Everthing in same place and direction..
I have one and used it as my main (and only 😀) camera in nineties. It is a good camera as long as it works. Mine stopped properly synching flash. Fixed it once. After several months, the problem returned. Repair was so expensive that I didn't fix it again, and bought second-hand Nikon that is perfectly alive till today
Breathe man - I zoned out with the constant talking.
This is a very basic Nikon. But it was one of the few cameras with an uncropped viewfinder and a working TTL exposure meter. Stop down metering though. Kiev 19m was with full aperture metering.
Almost the highest level by Soviet standards, the most basic by Japanese ones
Boss
Not even a camera video can get away from Moscowit propaganda bots...
Τhat exists in your paranoid imagination....
ЗЕНИТ - В, В - this is a Russian letter V, not B! B - Б
You're basically right. However he has an export version so it's understandable that he says B instead of V. The real question is: Why didn't KMZ translate the whole name ? They translated ЗЕНИТ to ZENIT (Sometimes ZENITH) but not the model letter.
Same goes for the ЗЕНИТ-C wich never became ZENIT-S (Albeit the S stand for Synchronized - Синхронизированный)
j'en ai eu un, c'est très fragile
There is no point in buying these cameras in the West. By the time they reach you, they will be no cheaper than other usual entry points to the Nikon AI system.
But here in Ukraine, such a camera with Helios 81 is 2-3 times cheaper than the cheapest Nikon with 50 2.
Guys, leave these cameras to us. Really. If you start promoting them and demand from the West increases, the price will go up.
By the time they reach you ? Latest camera took 14 days from Ukraine to Canada. And this during the holiday season with a strike impacting all carriers
Explain the ukrainian vendors on the Bay to stop selling stuff LOL
It's kind of weird that you got the camera for free and didn't even figure it out, didn't inquire enough to understand that you're dealing with stop-down metering camera. There are manual in english, there is a camera wiki...
These russian cameras are quirky. Be cerfull while puting the helios on your nikon becouse you may change it fixed optics camera. Not joking. They are so poorly machined and they can get stuck. Also shutter mechanism is not reliable and known to break without a warning. Except maybe for early Kievs 4 all kiev cameras suffer from poor quality and assembly.
It's not a russian camera, it's not unreliable and the lenses aren't poorly machined lmao
@user-wc6vb3fn1s it is. It was made in soviet russia(ussr) in 1990. Everything i said was from expirience (had 3 of them). They are rough as a tank track. I forgot to add problems with Lens coating as they often haze on back lens and have this strange "starfield" effect under front Glass sometimes. I had 50mm,100mm and 35mm also. Good lenses but with problems. Just normal soviet junk from that era.
@@ninjastronghold saying ussr is russia is like saying all UK is England
@@39exposures soviet russia is still russia. It was made there so its russian. Idk why it is so hard to aknoweledge.
@@ninjastronghold I didn't say soviet russia wasn't russia
Master, a small correction. These are not Ukrainian cameras. These are SOVIET (Soviet Union) cameras. At the time these cameras were created (Zenit, Kiev) there was no such country as Ukraine. This country was created on August 24, 1991. Greetings from Poland. 👍👍👍
this is not a camera made in Ukrai🇺🇦ne🤷. There was no such country until 1990. The entire design and implementation is Soviet-Russian thought. Ukrainians wouldn't even invent a hammer. Everything that was created in what is now Ukraine is the thought and work of the authorities from Mo🇷🇺scow👍
This is not a camera made in Soviet-Russia🤷. There was no such country until 1991. The entire design and implementation is Ukrainian thought. Soviet-Russians wouldn't even invent a hammer. Everything that was created in what is now Russia is the thought and work of the engineers from Germany and Japan.
You mean the designs were stolen from eastern Germany... Nice try though.
@palcente
Who cares this😁. But this 📷 is not made by 🇺🇦🤷
@ you care :)
@@palcente yes, they tried and did their best. I didn’t mean DDR and you know it.