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Feb 20, 2018 · Looking not a million miles away from a Nikon F, the camera featured a more traditional shutter and a shutter speed selector on a dial in the front, much like the Cosina Hi-Lite or the Olympus OM-10. Strangely for a 1970s SLR, the 17 didn’t have a meter.
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It’s a manual exposure single lens reflex camera that uses the Nikon F mount and was built with durability in mind. Earlier versions of the 19M had metal top plates but the company later switched to plastic to make the camera lighter. Aesthetics-wise, the 19M had its own totally unique look.
Oct 16, 2018 · This is a Kiev-19, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera made by the Arsenal Factory in Kiev, Ukraine between the years 1985 to 1994. It was a replacement to the earlier Kiev-17 which was the first Soviet camera to use Nikon’s F bayonet mount.
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Then there’s the Kiev 35mm series. Made in Kiev by Arsenal (hence the name) the Kiev series weird goes from the Kiev 5, a Contax style rangefinder, to the likes of theKiev-60 medium format SLR and the Kiev 80 & 90Hassleblad type medium format cameras. And Arsenal are well regarded for the work they did with those medium format numbers. But for 35mm...
The Kiev 19 (in Cyrillic Киев-19 ) is a relatively rudimentary SLR. It has a Non AI Nikon F mount and uses stop down metering essentially in theory allowing you to use almost any Nikon F mount lens from the 1960’s up to current day (note the in theory bit for the moment. Whilst it gains the TTL metering it weirdly loses shutter speed compared to th...
And of course this camera really does feel like a much older camera. To put it into context 1985 was the year that Nikon launched th F-301, the manual focus camera that would be the basis for Nikon’s first AF SLR (not counting the F3-AF weirdness). the F-301 is seen as consumer SLR below the likes of the FM2, FE2 and FAprosumer models, and boast al...
The Helios 81-N (Cyrillic гелиос-81н– don’t ask me why the H becomes an N) is a bloody good lens optically but it isn’t exactly 100% F mount compatible in the same way as the Kiev isn’t exactly 100% compatible. Beginning with the Kiev. Yes i could mount a range of Nikon lens from my Nikkor-S 50mm 1:1.4 pre AI right through manual focus AI lenses to...
Wide( despite only going out to f/2) you get a lovely swirly Bokeh. Not quite as good as the Helios-44 but still pretty mouth watering. Close it down and things go sharp, Aperture is in Half stops and the lens can focus down to 0.5m. It has 6 aperture blades and is a double guass construction with 6 lenses in 4 groups. The glass is apparently lanth...
I got mines in unused condition in original box with all the expected gear including case from a Ukrainian seller for a penny less than £35. Postage took that over £50. And it is pretty immaculate and works as should. For the same money you can easily pick up a Nikkormat FTn with a lens. That’s a more capable camera but will be more likely in need ...
There are 3 reasons you should consider buying this camera. the first is the lens and it’s likely you’ll struggle to source one for much cheaper than buying a kit with the body. As a prime lens thet you can use with Nikon bodies it is well worth hunting down although it isn’t 100% compatible and may need modification to work with your body. If you’...
As mentioned both Mike Eckmanand lensbeam have reviewed this camera as has Alex Luyckx. Kosmo Foto carry a handy review of the Kiev 19M for comparison. Sovietcams as ever are a great starting point for information on this (as well as other soviet cameras). The wonderful Mike Butkushas the english manual for the 19M on his site but only the Spanish ...
Aug 8, 2012 · The Kiev-19 is 35mm SLR camera as produced between 1985-94 by Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine. This camera came with a Helios-81H MC 50mm f/2, but you can use any Nikon lenses with this camera. The mount system is Nikon Bayonet mount .This lens have aperture up to f/16 setting, ring and scale on the lens.
Feb 27, 2023 · As on previous models, Kiev-19 has an Nikon F-mount, which allows you to use Nikon lenses without any adapters. The standard lens for these cameras was Helios-81H f2.0/50, which, in our opinion, is one of the best lenses produced in the Soviet Union.
