The Kiev III rangefinder camera is a near carbon copy of the pre-war German Contax III camera. The Soviets seized The Zeiss Ikon plants in Dresden and Jena totally intact at the end of the war. Some of the Zeiss manufacturing equipment was shipped to the Soviet Union. Production of the Kiev III began in 1948 with a lot of "liberated" German parts.
Produced: 1948-1958
Name: „„Киев“
Producer: Arsenal
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Jupiter-8 2/50.
Shutter: 1/2s, 1/5s, 1/10s, 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/125s, 1/250s, 1/500s, 1/1250s + B.
Quantity: ±120.000 units (unconfirmed).