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− | After World War II, much of the tooling at the [[Zeiss Ikon|Zeiss]] factory was appropriated by the Soviets and installed in | + | After World War II, much of the tooling at the [[Zeiss Ikon|Zeiss]] factory was appropriated by the Soviets and installed in Ukraine, at a defense factory in Kiev known as '''Arsenal'''. Arsenal is best known for having cloned some notable cameras, including models by [[Hasselblad]], [[Zeiss Ikon]], and [[Pentacon]]. Most of them were not copied directly, but were instead simplified for production behind the Iron Curtain. Some, such as the [[Contax rangefinder|Contax]] clones, were quite good. Arsenal also created one of the most original of all cameras: the [[Kiev 10]]. Of all Soviet camera manufacturers, Arsenal also has the largest cult following, given their product complement of cheap yet usable [[medium format]] equipment. |
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The Arsenal factory produced all '''Kiev''' (cyrillic: '''Киев''') cameras. The most well-known camera produced at Arsenal is the [[Kiev 88]] (derived from the original [[Salyut]]), which shares origins with the original [[Hasselblad 1000 F]] and [[Hasselblad 1600 F|1600F]]. Who borrowed whose design is the subject of endless debate, which you can read about in a number of places. | The Arsenal factory produced all '''Kiev''' (cyrillic: '''Киев''') cameras. The most well-known camera produced at Arsenal is the [[Kiev 88]] (derived from the original [[Salyut]]), which shares origins with the original [[Hasselblad 1000 F]] and [[Hasselblad 1600 F|1600F]]. Who borrowed whose design is the subject of endless debate, which you can read about in a number of places. | ||
− | The Arsenal factory also made [[Mir]] and Arsat lenses, which were good [[Carl Zeiss|Zeiss]] copies. Their ubiquitous quality-control problems notwithstanding, the Ukrainian lenses are quite good, and some of them are outstanding | + | The Arsenal factory also made [[Mir]] and [[Arsat]] lenses, which were good [[Carl Zeiss|Zeiss]] copies. Their ubiquitous quality-control problems notwithstanding, the Ukrainian lenses are quite good, and some of them are outstanding. |
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* Kiev 17 M | * Kiev 17 M | ||
* Kiev 18 | * Kiev 18 | ||
− | * | + | * [[Kiev 19]] |
* [[Kiev 19M]] | * [[Kiev 19M]] | ||
− | * | + | * [[Kiev 20]] |
=== Fixed Lens === | === Fixed Lens === | ||
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== Medium Format == | == Medium Format == | ||
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* [[Kiev 88]] | * [[Kiev 88]] | ||
* [[Kiev 90]] | * [[Kiev 90]] | ||
+ | * [[Kiev 645]] | ||
* [[Salyut]] | * [[Salyut]] | ||
* [[Salyut-S]] (Salyut-C) | * [[Salyut-S]] (Salyut-C) | ||
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* [[Vega (subminiature)|Kiev Vega 2]] | * [[Vega (subminiature)|Kiev Vega 2]] | ||
{{br}} | {{br}} | ||
+ | == Lenses == | ||
+ | === Medium format === | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="standard collapsible" width="100%" | ||
+ | !Name || [[Focal length]] || f-number || Mount || Angle of view || Type | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Zodiac-8]]''' || '''30''' || '''3,5''' || C and Kiev-88 || 180° ||[[Fisheye lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Mir-26]]''' || '''45''' || '''3,5''' || C and Kiev-88 || 83° ||[[Wide-angle]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Mir-3]]''' || '''65''' || '''3,5''' || C and Kiev-88 || 66° ||[[Wide-angle]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Mir-38]]''' || '''65''' || '''3,5''' || C and Kiev-88 || 66° ||[[Wide-angle]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Industar-29]]''' || '''80''' || '''2,8''' || Kiev-88 || 44° ||[[Standard lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Volna-3]]''' || '''80''' || '''2,8''' || C and Kiev-88 || 44° ||[[Standard lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Vega-12]]''' || '''90''' || '''2,8''' || C and Kiev-88 || 47° ||[[Standard lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Vega-28]]''' || '''120''' || '''2,8''' || C and Kiev-88 || 31° ||[[Telephoto]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Kaleinar-3]]''' || '''150''' || '''2,8''' || C and Kiev-88 || 28° ||[[Telephoto]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Jupiter-36]]''' || '''250''' || '''3,5''' || C and Kiev-88 || 19° ||[[Telephoto]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Telear-5]]''' || '''250''' || '''5,6''' || C and Kiev-88 || 18° ||[[Telephoto]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[Tair33]]''' || '''300''' || '''4,5''' || C and Kiev-88 || 15° ||[[Telephoto]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |'''[[ЗМ-3]]''' || '''600''' || '''8,0''' || C and Kiev-88 || 7,5° ||[[Mirror lens]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Kiev-Automat === | ||
+ | {| class="standard collapsible" width="100%" | ||
+ | !Name || [[Focal length]] || f-number || Type | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Mir-20 Automat]] || 20 || 3,5 || [[Ultra wide angle lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Mir-1 Automat]] || 37 || 2,8 || [[Wide-angle]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Helios-65 Automat]] || 52 || 2,0 || [[Standard lens]] for early «Киев-10» | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Helios-81 Automat]] || 50 || 2,0 || [[Standard lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Jupiter-9 Automat]] || 85 || 2,0 || [[Portrait lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Jupiter-11 Automat]] || 133 || 4,0 || [[Telephoto]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Rubin-2 Automat]] || 45~80 || 3,5 || [[Zoom lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | | [[Granit-11]] Automat || 80~200 || 4,5 || [[Zoom lens]] | ||
+ | |- bgcolor="#F0FFFF" align="center" | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{br}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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* Alfred Klomp's page of [http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/logos/ Soviet logos] | * Alfred Klomp's page of [http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/logos/ Soviet logos] | ||
* [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Kiev-Arsenal/ Kiev Cameras Price Guide] at [http://collectiblend.com/ CollectiBlend] | * [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Kiev-Arsenal/ Kiev Cameras Price Guide] at [http://collectiblend.com/ CollectiBlend] | ||
− | * [http://www.rus-camera.com/camera.php?page=kiev Kiev pages at Antique Russian Camera] | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200225044113/http://www.rus-camera.com/camera.php?page=kiev Kiev pages at Antique Russian Camera] (archived) |
− | * [http://www.commiecameras.com/sov/35mmrangefindercameras/cameras/kiev/index.htm 35mm Kiev rangefinders at Communist Cameras] | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190210110106if_/http://www.commiecameras.com:80/sov/35mmrangefindercameras/cameras/kiev/index.htm 35mm Kiev rangefinders at Communist Cameras] (archived) |
− | * [ | + | * [https://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/759 Arsenal page] at [https://www.collectiongeven.com/ Collection G. Even's site] (in French). |
* web site of the [http://www.kievaholic.com Kievaholic Klub] | * web site of the [http://www.kievaholic.com Kievaholic Klub] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeK_imagettes.php#Kiev Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French) | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeK_imagettes.php#Kiev Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French) |
Latest revision as of 06:27, 21 November 2023
Kiev 80 and Kiev 88 image by bottledog (Image rights) |
After World War II, much of the tooling at the Zeiss factory was appropriated by the Soviets and installed in Ukraine, at a defense factory in Kiev known as Arsenal. Arsenal is best known for having cloned some notable cameras, including models by Hasselblad, Zeiss Ikon, and Pentacon. Most of them were not copied directly, but were instead simplified for production behind the Iron Curtain. Some, such as the Contax clones, were quite good. Arsenal also created one of the most original of all cameras: the Kiev 10. Of all Soviet camera manufacturers, Arsenal also has the largest cult following, given their product complement of cheap yet usable medium format equipment.
Contents
The Arsenal factory produced all Kiev (cyrillic: Киев) cameras. The most well-known camera produced at Arsenal is the Kiev 88 (derived from the original Salyut), which shares origins with the original Hasselblad 1000 F and 1600F. Who borrowed whose design is the subject of endless debate, which you can read about in a number of places.
The Arsenal factory also made Mir and Arsat lenses, which were good Zeiss copies. Their ubiquitous quality-control problems notwithstanding, the Ukrainian lenses are quite good, and some of them are outstanding.
35mm
Rangefinder
image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
SLR
image by nachopicapiedra (Image rights) |
- Kiev 15 TTL
- Kiev 17
- Kiev 17 M
- Kiev 18
- Kiev 19
- Kiev 19M
- Kiev 20
Fixed Lens
- Kiev 35
- Kiev 35A
- Kiev Exxell Automatic
Medium Format
image by Martin Taylor (Image rights) |
SLR
16mm Subminiature
Kiev 303 image by Siim Vahur (Image rights) |
Lenses
Medium format
Name | Focal length | f-number | Mount | Angle of view | Type |
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Zodiac-8 | 30 | 3,5 | C and Kiev-88 | 180° | Fisheye lens |
Mir-26 | 45 | 3,5 | C and Kiev-88 | 83° | Wide-angle |
Mir-3 | 65 | 3,5 | C and Kiev-88 | 66° | Wide-angle |
Mir-38 | 65 | 3,5 | C and Kiev-88 | 66° | Wide-angle |
Industar-29 | 80 | 2,8 | Kiev-88 | 44° | Standard lens |
Volna-3 | 80 | 2,8 | C and Kiev-88 | 44° | Standard lens |
Vega-12 | 90 | 2,8 | C and Kiev-88 | 47° | Standard lens |
Vega-28 | 120 | 2,8 | C and Kiev-88 | 31° | Telephoto |
Kaleinar-3 | 150 | 2,8 | C and Kiev-88 | 28° | Telephoto |
Jupiter-36 | 250 | 3,5 | C and Kiev-88 | 19° | Telephoto |
Telear-5 | 250 | 5,6 | C and Kiev-88 | 18° | Telephoto |
Tair33 | 300 | 4,5 | C and Kiev-88 | 15° | Telephoto |
ЗМ-3 | 600 | 8,0 | C and Kiev-88 | 7,5° | Mirror lens |
Kiev-Automat
Name | Focal length | f-number | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Mir-20 Automat | 20 | 3,5 | Ultra wide angle lens |
Mir-1 Automat | 37 | 2,8 | Wide-angle |
Helios-65 Automat | 52 | 2,0 | Standard lens for early «Киев-10» |
Helios-81 Automat | 50 | 2,0 | Standard lens |
Jupiter-9 Automat | 85 | 2,0 | Portrait lens |
Jupiter-11 Automat | 133 | 4,0 | Telephoto |
Rubin-2 Automat | 45~80 | 3,5 | Zoom lens |
Granit-11 Automat | 80~200 | 4,5 | Zoom lens |
Notes
Bibliography
- Princelle, Jean Loup (2004), The Authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras ('Made in USSR'), Le Reve Edition. ISBN 2952252106; or the earlier edition: Hove Foto Books, 2nd edition, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 1874031630. Paperback.
Links
- Arsenal company homepage
- ARAX company upgrades and sell worlwide the Arsenal production
- Arsenal Cameras at USSRPhoto.com
- Wikipedia's Arsenal company history
- Rick Denney's Kiev camera page
- Alfred Klomp's page of Soviet logos
- Kiev Cameras Price Guide at CollectiBlend
- Kiev pages at Antique Russian Camera (archived)
- 35mm Kiev rangefinders at Communist Cameras (archived)
- Arsenal page at Collection G. Even's site (in French).
- web site of the Kievaholic Klub
- Cameras and User manuals at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
- Russian camera instruction manuals including Fed, Kiev, Zenit and Lubitel
- 35mm SLRs on Photohistory.ru illustrates many Kiev SLRs (in Russian)
- Red Salyut at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.