Much Appreciated.Īll of my photographs are under copyright ©. HIT THE 'L' KEY FOR A BETTER VIEW! Thanks for the favs and comments. For example, when you are focusing for a tightly composed portrait, you see a clear difference when the nose or the eyes are in perfect focus. One of the excellent things about this Kiev is its long rangefinder base: 9 cm.
There are reports of models with the original Contax nameplate behind the new Kiev shield. Early models are said to have been made from original Zeiss Ikon stock the Soviets had taken with them. In Kiev Zeiss Ikon's Contax production line was set up again and quickly started production under the Kiev brand name. Soviet forces had "relocated" equipment and personnel from the Zeiss Ikon factories in Germany.
The Kiev rangefinder cameras were developed after WW II in the Arsenal factory in Kiev (Ukraine). also I wonder what version this one is? many variations between them. so they should be still the original "couple". It was available only in Contax mount for Kiev rangefinders.Ī variation of Jupiter-8 lens was the usual standard lens on many Zorki and Kiev cameras, making it a pretty common lens even today.
The only difference between the two versions is that the modified version had click-stops on the aperture ring. The lens is a standard M39 mount.Īdditionally, there existed a modified version of this lens, called the Jupiter-8M. The latter one can be used on all Contax rangefinders, with the former usually needing to be adjusted to properly work on non-Soviet rangefinders using Leica thread mount. It was made for two different camera mounts, the Leica thread mount used on Zorki, FED, and some other Soviet rangefinders, and the Contax mount used on Kiev rangefinders. It is derived from the Zeiss Sonnar design. The Jupiter (Russian: Юпитер, "Jupiter") series of lenses are Russian camera lenses made by various manufacturers in the former Soviet Union.
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