A Kiev 80 Camera£120
22 Jul 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 263 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Kiev 80
camera
The Kiev 80 has 2 recorded sales: £120 (22 Jul 2025, Special Auction Services) and £140 (18 Oct 2019, Flints Auctions). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
A Kiev Arsenal Kiev 80 Medium Format Camera£140
18 Oct 2019 · Flints Auctions · lot 356 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicinepremium removed
+ lens
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Other recorded sales All 3 →
A Kiev 80 Medium Format SLR Camera Outfit£160
20 Jun 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 206 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
awaiting classification · not in the price+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"The Kiev 80 is a Soviet-made medium-format single-lens reflex camera that takes 6x6cm frames on 120 roll film. Today the model remains a budget entry point into 6x6 shooting, and what a Kiev 80 sells for at saleroom level depends heavily on whether the body is paired with a working lens and film back.","buying_guide":"Shutter reliability is the main concern: the cloth focal-plane mechanism is known for tapering, capping or uneven exposure, so test every speed before buying. Inspect the film back's dark slide and frame counter, check the mirror returns cleanly, and look at the screw-mount lens for haze and aperture oil.
Generated summary, 24 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Kiev 80 a good buy at this price?
At this price level it is one of the cheapest routes into 6x6 SLR shooting, but the value depends on the shutter being accurate, since repair costs can exceed the camera's market price.
Facts
- Maker
- Kiev
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 18 Oct 2019
- Latest sale
- 22 Jul 2025
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kiev 80: 2 recorded sales, 2019–2025; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kiev/80/