Found Pentacon Six, Kiev 60 or equivalent camera body

[blee1996]

Hi, I'm looking for a clean working camera body in Pentacon-Six mount. It could be Pentacon Six, Kiev 60 or equivalent. The main requirement is that the shutter is working properly, and the film spacing is decent. Either waist Level Finder or Prism Finder is fine. I don't really need any lens. I'm based in SF Bay area. Thank you!

 

[loccdor]

Just my anecdotes in case they are useful:

I tried 3 Pentacon Sixs. The first one worked perfectly (rare), the next two both had really big frame spacing issues and film counter issues, sometimes with an overlap that changed it to 6x3, more likely around 6x4.5. This persisted even after a CLA, the repairer told me film spacing can't be adjusted on them.

I tried a Kiev 60 which had mild frame spacing issues until it was serviced from Kiev USA. After that point it was flawless. That was 15 years ago, they may have retired.

I bought a Kiev 6C from somebody here on Photrio last year and it's been working well for 120 and 220 film. Before that I was using the Pentacon lenses mounted on a Mamiya 645. That worked fine, though auto-aperture is lost and it's a smaller format.

 

[blee1996]

Just my anecdotes in case they are useful:

I tried 3 Pentacon Sixs. The first one worked perfectly (rare), the next two both had really big frame spacing issues and film counter issues, sometimes with an overlap that changed it to 6x3, more likely around 6x4.5. This persisted even after a CLA, the repairer told me film spacing can't be adjusted on them.

I tried a Kiev 60 which had mild frame spacing issues until it was serviced from Kiev USA. After that point it was flawless. That was 15 years ago, they may have retired.

I bought a Kiev 6C from somebody here on Photrio last year and it's been working well for 120 and 220 film. Before that I was using the Pentacon lenses mounted on a Mamiya 645. That worked fine, though auto-aperture is lost and it's a smaller format.

Thanks for the tip. That was also the reason I would prefer to buy from real users like on this forum instead of eBay.

 

[1957ExaktaVarexIIa]

This spring I've bought a 1980 Kiev-6C from Photo Skoda in Praha, Czech Republic. Sure it's the opposite of a fine Leica , but it works well with my Zeiss Jena Flektogon, Biometar and Sonnar lenses.

I've sent it to a CLA at ARAX in Kiev, Ukraine, afterwards and got it back 2 weeks ago. My first test film is yet inside the camera but it seems to me that ARAX has done a good job. I'd recommend it.

 

[blee1996]

Quick update, I eventually bought a Pentacon Six kit off eBay from a reliable vendor with CLA. Look forward to playing with the 30mm fisheye!