Kiev 88

[@thegroove2000]

If I was going to collect something it would be vintage cameras. They do look rather impressive. Well done to all those clever minds in the past who worked on such wonderful bits of machinery.

[@comfortablyblind6853]

It's addicting. 4 years ago my addiction started with a 13 dollar Canon AE-1 Program. I now have over 200 cameras. While I don't have a Kiev, I do have 3 very nice Bronicas.

[@irondiver2034]

I bought this camera brand new in the 90s. There was a company that would import them and change a few things to make them more reliable. KievUSA, I think they were called. I bought it with the pentaprism with the meter. I used the hell out it. Seriously you want to talk hundreds of rolls of 120. I then bought a mamiya RZ67, 645 and Nikon F5. I had that equipment up until 2004. When I finally sold everything. The 90s were the pinnacle of film photography. I have sealed boxes of negatives and slides that I need to scan. Oh the one con of the kiev88 is the slow flash sink. I think it was 1/30 or 1/60.

[@robscovell5951]

Looks like a great camera. Thanks for the review. I really enjoy your channel.

[@cecilsharps]

i pulled a kiev 60 last weekend and shot a roll. Developed the roll this morning. It has all the positives of shooting a big negative with good glass. and frame overlap. i guess i'll have to find some fuji 120 rolls again.

[@JonnyEnglish-gu1cs]

If you can find a good one they are fun they have some issues that’s what has always put me off prices are getting silly for them still would like to shot one for a few rolls thanks for sharing

[@robertcuny934]

prices are definitely becoming sillier each month despite economists predicting a reduction in consumer spending this year.

[@craigkingshott3610]

Love your you tube channel. I have started a collection of tlr cameras which I use. We're do you find your cameras?

[@beforedigital]

Thank you for watching! The cameras come from a very large range of sources, car boot fairs, camera fairs, auctions and kind friends lending me cameras.

[@craigkingshott3610]

@@beforedigital great to meet you this evening, keep up the good work. Your you tube channel is very informative.

[@abaraj991]

I don't understand why some people don't understand this. I don't understand English very well but I'll try to explain. This is not a Russian or Ukrainian camera. This camera is made in the USSR. And Ukrainians, Belarusians and Ukrainians are Slavs, such simple information is on Wikipedia and we are the same! This is not the USA where there are no Americans, but there are simply former Europeans, with very different Germans, Spaniards, French, Greeks, for example. Since the plant was located after the collapse of the USSR on the territory of present-day Ukraine, they continued using the plant's capacities to produce the same Kyiv 88 under the ARAX trademark. Some batches of these cameras are unreliable, it's true. I prefer Salute. Many choose Kyiv 60 or Kyiv 6C.

[@robscovell5951]

I agree. It's a Soviet camera made on the territory that is now the capital of independent Ukraine. It doesn't make any sense to call something a "Ukrainian" product that was made in any period of history before 1991. But in times of war, such distinctions get lost.

[@Shpekalo]

Yeah, Kazakhstan is slav country too, actually In soviet manufacturing( or architecture for example) there are some unique things which can identify the actual part of USSR where it was made. And talking about russian or ukrainian product from ussr is just normal, cause it was mostly made by russians or ukrainians on their land without connection to "ussr" which was just a prison of nations, just like present russia is. And as ukrainian i don't need russian Krasniy Oktyabr piano, but i have our Ukraina piano which was maiden in my city Chrenihiv.

[@donball9777]

just got one.

[@robertcuny934]

I view the Kiev 88 as a much more affordable alternative to buying a seventy-year-old Hasselblad 1000F.