light leaks ?... a common problem with the soviet stuff... needs foam...and
patience to get rid of...
I also own a working Lenningrad (39mm leicathread) with that very special
viewfinder (35 to 135 bright lines and mirrors alignment finder) and
mechanical winder... very noisy...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Berry" <k.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Rangefinder? (OT)
> Skip Williams wrote (re Kiev rangefinder cameras):
> > The RF baseline is indeed longer than the longest M camera, the M3. But
> you
> > have to use the "claw" technique to hold the thing. Your natural right
> hand
> > position will almost always cover one of the rangefinder windows...
>
> If you put your index finger on the shutter release and your second finger
> on the focus wheel and infinity lock release, the problem sort of goes
away.
> I don't like the sharp d/a stop against my third finder though, so I
always
> try to use the case, the bottom half anyway (having replaced the rivet by
> press studs) - more comfortable and it provides another defence against
> light leaks.
>
> >...This
> > camera was an exact copy of the Contax II/III, and the post-war Contax
> > revisions (the IIa/IIIa) solved this problem by decreasing the baseline
> and
> > moving the RF window closer to the center of the camera. They are a LOT
> > easier to hold....
>
> They did the same with the Kiev 5, presumably for the same reason.
>
> More Kiev info on my website - www.keithberry.telnco.co.uk/kiev-4.htm and
an
> on-line manual too.
>
> Keith Berry
> (Kievs 3a, 4, 4a, 5, 4m, 4am)
>
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