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The Kiev 88 is the most well-known of the Kiev cameras. Produced by the Arsenal factory in Ukraine, the Kiev 88 was a slight revision of the Salyut which in turn was a copy of the Hasselblad 1600 F.
The Kiev 88 is best known as an inexpensive entry-level medium format SLR. Quality control is generally understood to be rather poor on these cameras.
There are, however, some very high-quality lenses available for Kiev-88 cameras at very low prices. The most well-known is the Arsat 30mm f/3.5 fisheye lens, available for around $200, whose nearest rival bears a price tag closer to $6000.
The Kiev 88 originally used a screw thread but was later modified to take the Pentacon Six mount. This version is called the Kiev 88СМ. This version is also more reliable due to redesigned shutter .
Arax makes customized variants of the camera.
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External links[]
- Kiev 88 upgrading process by ARAX.
- Dave Haardt's Kiev 88 page
- Kiev 88 TTL page at Antique Russian Cameras
- Kiev 88 manual and information at Kiev88SLR
- Kiev 88 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- JM Burtscher sovietcamera website : Sovietcamera french website
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| Germany | | | Ukraine |
| Exakta 66 | Pentacon Six | Praktisix | | | Kiev 6C | Kiev 60 | Kiev 88СМ | Arax |