Hi Guys,
Aidas, that's a very interesting Kiev-Vega. Thanks for sharing it with us.
In fact I think that the whole family of these Kiev-Vega/Kiev 30 cameras are interesting, and I have noted that within the last few months forum members, (mainly Aidas) have turned up some previously unknown variants of this camera.
In fact I have quite a lot of these cameras, probably in excess of forty, and I probably brought another fiteen or so back with me to give to fellow friends & collectors in the UK. I collected all these cameras in the mid to late nineties. At that time these cameras were plentiful and very cheap in the FSU.
Now I will have to check all the ones that I have at home to see if any of them are different from the norm, ie different shutter speeds, or unusual body cut outs, etc. I can't say that I noticed anything unusual about any of them, but you never know! It's certainly worth taking a closer look just in case.
I know that these cameras are Minox copies, but they seem to be well made, and the mechanism seems smooth and relatively trouble free. Perhaps that explains why they were so popular in their time. Plus of course the fact that they were also relatively inexpensive when compared with other cameras.
Best wishes, jim.
.. It's ok, I can tie it manually to a topic later, it's just a bit more complicated process.. and if anyone else needs any topics tied to wiki entries please ask me I will do it since it is how this site was designed to organize the information, Aidas is right, it seems to work really good I think.