Found myself an old Kiev 88

[Nineshadow]

 

So I was digging through some old stuff when I came across a peculiar box. Surprisingly or not, in it I found an old medium format camera, a Kiev 88. Mine is from 1990 and after some quick google searches and finding an user manual, voila, it still works perfectly. It's quite fascinating how it works, really, quite different than the digital cameras of nowadays. It's really heavy and it feels like a tank. Nevertheless,  I want to shoot some pictures with it but it's not so easy to find 120mm film. 

 

Anyway, it's just something cool to be sharing with you guys.

 

Here's an album with images (not taken with the Kiev, but pictures taken of it) :

http://imgur.com/a/yJfjr

 

And a video of the exposure/shutter because why not? It makes one hell of a sound.

 

On another note, I'm impressed by the camera quality on my OnePlus 3. I haven't really had a chance to put it up to any test so far, but I have to say it's pretty good.

 

[AkiraDaarkst]

6 minutes ago, Nineshadow said:

 

Go to a dedicated photography store with the camera, they should carry medium format film.  Are you sure it has to be exactly 120 film and will not accept 220 film?

[Nineshadow]

53 minutes ago, AkiraDaarkst said:

Go to a dedicated photography store with the camera, they should carry medium format film.  Are you sure it has to be exactly 120 film and will not accept 220 film?

Yeah, I will. Just need to find one, but that shouldn't be too hard. And 220 film could probably work as well. I'll see for myself

[PhantomChevron]

Damn that is cool, been awhile since I have seen a USSR medium format, good luck with finding 120 film