Thanks mate!!!Welcome to APUG!
This is the Kiev with built-in light meter (meterless is Kiev 4A - love mine except for the squinty VF). It won't affect your picture-taking, but you will not be able to use the light meter to arrive at a adequate exposure for the scene, you will have to rely on "sunny 16" or an external light meter.
Maybe someone tampered with it and assembled it incorrectly? It can certainly happen with the shutter speed selector on the right knob.
The aperture control that really matters on these is on the front of the lens itself.
Here's a manual for the Kiev 4:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/russian/kiev-4/kiev-4_kiev-4a.pdf
Btw, what's that button to do with the shutter speed selector on the right knob? Because I messed around with it lolWelcome to APUG!
This is the Kiev with built-in light meter (meterless is Kiev 4A - love mine except for the squinty VF). It won't affect your picture-taking, but you will not be able to use the light meter to arrive at a adequate exposure for the scene, you will have to rely on "sunny 16" or an external light meter.
Maybe someone tampered with it and assembled it incorrectly? It can certainly happen with the shutter speed selector on the right knob.
The aperture control that really matters on these is on the front of the lens itself.
Here's a manual for the Kiev 4:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/russian/kiev-4/kiev-4_kiev-4a.pdf
Alright thanks! The knob doesn't move beyond the "B mark".There are exactly 8 screws on the shutter speed selector dial knob. 3 hold the "cover", 3 more hold the part that can get out of synchronization, and 2 hold the base where all the parts of this knob mount on to the top casting. They are rather tiny indeed. Make sure you get some good screwdrivers to work here, especially since the soviet steel (if it is really steel) seems soft.
The meter is completely uncoupled from the shutter winding and film advance knob. Have you messed with the speed selector/film advance knob? It's not hard to put it back to where it belongs, at most it will require a bit of trial and error. I have no experience disassembling the meter controls as I own the meterless version.
Does the knob moves beyond the "B" mark when you raise it to adjust the shutter speed? That is a surefire way to know it is assembled incorrectly.
And always, always cock the shutter before trying to change shutter speeds. Failure to do so may damage the internal mechanisms.
This site has basic info on the disassembly of the Kiev 4, I am posting a link to the page that most likely interests you:
http://www3.telus.net/public/rpnchbck/the basics top casting removal.html
But only proceed if you are comfortable with messing with tiny screws and the like.
Some people make it sound like there are a a gazillion pieces inside this thing - which is not the case indeed. I almost completely disassembled mine for a quasi-CLA, runs pretty good now. Even I was amazed, considering the fit and finish is quite lacking, and mine being a 1964 example, probably sitting neglected for the past 30 years or so.
That's what I though! ThanksYou should turn it till it locks. it is a very positive lock. This actually varies with the speed selected previously; with the slower speeds it is noticeably longer.
Yea, might have to take it to someone and let them fix it. Thanks btw!From the way you describe it, the meter controls on the left knob have been messed with. I have no experience fiddling with these, but I would expect it to be harder to fix. You would need basic knowledge of electronics as well.
As it is, you will need an external light meter, or "sunny 16" rule. There are a few smartphone light meter apps out there, though I suspect they are less reliable than "the real deal".
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