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Agreed, the Kiev 88 isn't reliable. A number of years back I ordered a Hartblei - they take new Kiev 88s and fix the obvious shortcomings, before applying any m
by cesaref 6y ago
Agreed, the Kiev 88 isn't reliable. A number of years back I ordered a Hartblei - they take new Kiev 88s and fix the obvious shortcomings, before applying any modifications you require.
My Hartblei is configured for Hasselblad backs and hoods, and takes Pentacon six lenses.
I use this with an Arsat 35mm fisheye lens as the hasselblad equivalent is very expensive by comparison. The result is a strange mixture of multiple parts, but it's kind of fun!
- stan_rogers 6y agoThe pentaprism finder, though, was an absolute bargoon, and there were probably more Kiev prisms on Hasselblads than there were on Kievs in my day. You could buy an awful lot of film with the literally hundreds of dollars you'd save over what 'Blad wanted for theirs. The only wedding photographers I knew who didn't have the Kiev finder were waist-level purists (who'd probably forgotten how to pan unflipped by that point).