Recent content by Kievmarc

Unfortunatly I run out of grandmothers, last one sold for when I bought my used car 🤣 Probably no, except for the idea of the analogic object.

I think anyone who buys a 907x is essentially buying a Hasselblad with a digital back and a medium format sensor to use the new lens lineup, and that can be paired with the old 500 C/M or 202 that's gathering dust in the attic. I think few people would buy the CFV system and still spend $7,000...

It all started precisely when I saw the union of old and new with Hasselblad, because I myself find this concept fascinating, the ability to use things from the past with new technologies. Since the 907x+CFV system is out of my budget, I tried, certainly with a good dose of arrogance, to create...

@B.S.Kumar there we go. Here's a solution for shooting digitally with a Kiev 88; we'll call it the "Kiev 88 digital large format hybrid." A few words before continuing. The basic idea behind this project is to emulate the Hasselblad CFV, thus seeking, as far as possible, to combine the...

Don't worry, after a whole day of thinking my brain is steaming, but I think I'm close to a "solution," or at least a list of actions to take to achieve it. Tomorrow I'll try to write down my thoughts coherently, and if you want, you can evaluate them, without you having to work twice for...

Since I'm still digging into this, there is actually a way to get around this problem, and that is to use a self-cocking shutter, such as the Prontor Professional 01S. This shutter starts with the aperture closed, opens it when it shoots and then closes it again; it also has three connections...

Thanks for the advice loccdor! I will keep it in mind if doing the mount conversion of the Kiev body (or also if is possible to mount those lenses on external shutter)

Sorry for the delay, but I had to catch up because I didn't know many things. So if I understand correctly, you put a shutter like the Shanel or Prontor attached to the camera body with an adapter (which could actually also be the reinforced camera cap), then the adapter of your production...

Thanks Sirius!

Thanks Andrew!

Maybe also the experties of @flavio81 can help with this thread

Thank you Terry!

Yes, in the late Kiev 88 (those most commonly found) have a X-sync port on the left side of the body, as show in the picture below However the first production of the Kiev 88 had also a FP-sync module, so through a switch you could select both the old contact for the bulb flashes and the more...

Let's hope to find a good one. So it depends from one digital back to another if it syncs with the flash? What do you mean to use barrel lenses? Since you said you have Sinars with a Hasselblad V adapter, I assume you connected the digital back to an analog Hasselblad. What are your thoughts...

Thanks for the reply. I'm aware that Soviet cameras, and especially the Kiev, don't enjoy a great reputation, particularly for their reliability. However, it's also true that these defects are due more to a lack of final quality control and maintenance than to design (they copied the Hasselblad...