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BERRY alain
mermoz37

France
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Posted - Nov 23 2007 :  09:26:50 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
does anyone explain to me , what means , on a kiev II, in accessories shoes, this inscription :

"A+xxxxx (serial number)"

no more indication like serial number including first two digit for the year.
thanks by advance
Alain

Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
973 Posts
My Collection

Posted - Nov 23 2007 :  12:11:06 PM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Dear Alain,

we have discussed about "A" prefix in our previous topics, but the situation is still blurred. A lot of Kiev-3 cameras from period 1951-1955 comes with "A" prefix. Very few of them came with Cyrillic "B" in 1954. Beside this, even some of Kiev-3A had "A" markings in 1956 only. But I personally never met Kiev-2 or Kiev-2A with such markings ... Our forum friend from UK said that all his Kiev cameras, starting from 1948 has "A" prefixes (!!?) So how to find the sense in such rebus, i don't know ...

Regards,
Aidas
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Michel
France
217 Posts
Posted - Nov 28 2007 :  12:23:04 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi folks,

I do not know if this may help:
I have a Kiev III with the "A" : A 511347.
AND the setting knob is engraved in DIN (not Gost)

Regards,
Michel.
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection

Posted - Nov 29 2007 :  12:13:26 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
hmm... based on this info, is it possible A numbers indicated export cameras?
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zhang
Kievuser
310 Posts
Posted - Dec 17 2007 :  01:46:41 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,

FYI, I have a Kiev 3 with a B prefix, s/n 542683, and two Kiev 3 with A prefix s/n 548217, and 551036. I can't find any difference between them.??
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