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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Antispam question: Please provide registration password: Answer: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON New! Upload Image Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by treehorn[/i] [br]Hello, I'm wondering, in which year the last Kiev rangefinder cameras were produced at Arsenal? I've found different information on this topic: 1985: Ryshkov (Russian and Soviet Cameras) 1987: Princelle (Authentic Guide); www.sovietcams.com 1989: www.ussrcameras.ru I think I've never seen a Kiev camera later than 1984. There is not much attention of collectors to the late Kievs. I'm searching ebay for some weeks now and there are only a few cameras from 1984. Sometimes you can find a Helios-103 lens from 1985. There was a larger batch of Jupiter-12 lenses with Kiev Mount produced in the years 1986-88 at LZOS. You can find them a lot in mint condition. And not to forget the Menopta lenses from the 1990ies. But there seems to be no direct relation between lens and camera production in the command economy of the USSR. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.