Kiev 88 "Hasselbladski"

The Kiev 88 is a real workhorse. An Ukrainian 6x6 medium format camera with a waist level viewfinder for 'on the go' and a TTL prism finder I find more usefull for portraiture in the studio. The TTL lightmeter does not function even with 3 LR44 batteries but in the studio there is no need for that anyway.

My lenses for the Kiev 88
Volna-3 2.8/80 mm MC standard lens
Mir-3 3,5/65 mm wide angle lens
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:3,5 f- 105 mm T converted to Kiev-88 mount
Zodiak 3,5/30 mm Fish-eye lens
The camera is a real joy to use however you will need to know a few tricks. Like only setting the shutterspeed after cocking the shutter. Apperently the mechanism can be seriously damaged if you don't. 
Also the film advance when winding the shutter is not that reliable. I always check if the next number on the film backingpaper shows in the window on the back of the filmholder. Mostly it needs a few manual turns to get it right.
Other than that my camera works fine and gives me great photos with distinctive negative borders. 
Below are some pictures made with the Kiev 88
Not checking if the film advanced propperly results in overlapping negatives
Not checking if the film advanced propperly results in overlapping negatives
Groep portrait using the Kiev 88
Groep portrait using the Kiev 88
Owl in a tree taken with the Hasselbladski
Owl in a tree taken with the Hasselbladski
Portrait of a falconer with owl
Portrait of a falconer with owl
Owl on a branch photographed using the Kiev 88
Owl on a branch photographed using the Kiev 88
Also my photo-series "End of the line" was shot using this camera.
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