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Kiev 60: a strange problem in the shutter

Gero Giambrone

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Good morning. I have a strange (but important) problem with my Kiev 60: when I cock the shutter the lever does not move back and the mirror remains slightly raised from its correct position. If ( once the lens is removed) I push the mirror down with my finger it locks in its correct position, the cocking lever springs back and I can shoot normally. How can I fix it? Thank you very much for your answers.
 
Perhaps sending it to https://araxfoto.com/ would solve your problem.

Tell me, how was your experience with this camera?
 
I've uploaded the repair manual in Russian. You can translate screenshots of the pages with AI.

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See if the mirror bumper foam has deteriorated into goo and is blocking the latch. You may need to remove the old mirror bumper foam, clean that area, and replace it. The other easy thing to try is a couple drops of lighter fluid on the mirror hinge and the small lever to the right of the mirror box (mirror return lever, #34).
 
baachitraka said:
Perhaps sending it to https://araxfoto.com/ would solve your problem.

Tell me, how was your experience with this camera?
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Thank you for your link but I want repair the camera myself if possible.
I love this camera very much. Even though it's heavy and bulky, the waist-level viewfinder is very bright and the lenses are excellent. A bit fragile, I learned to repair them myself. When the first one broke, I bought a second, then I repaired the first, the second broke, and I bought a third. Today I own three Kiev 60s and two Kiev 6cs, so five in total. Three are in perfect working order, and I use them all.
 

Perfect that you have experience in repairing cameras. Hope you could also fix this and make it run for another decade or two.
 
If you are not familiar, the site "Kievaholic" might have additional resources for your repair job. Good luck, the gear stack is a frighteningly complex thing...

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