Kiev III

{"overview":"The Kiev III is a Soviet-made 35mm rangefinder camera produced at the Arsenal plant in Kiev, developed from tooling and designs taken from the Zeiss Ikon Contax works after the Second World War. Because the sample is so small, today any single hammer price says more about the individual lot than about a stable market level, and buyers should treat headline figures with caution when judging what a Kiev III is worth.","buying_guide":"Inspect the cloth\/metal shutter ribbons and curtain travel carefully, as slow or uneven speeds are common on un-serviced bodies, and check the rangefinder for a bright, aligned patch since the vertical-travel Contax-style mechanism is awkward to repair.

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