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I was checking my archive and stumbled over this picture I made in 2017 in my hometown Kiev (where I was born in 1972.) It was the last time I was there, and it was on a very sad occasion...
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This picture has no political meaning and really no relation to any current - of course very tragic - events. I simply like this photo thus it reflects my current mood. So, if you want to comment - please, please, no politics and no hate, our world has enough of it... and at least, we all want peace...
This was taken near the middle of Kiev, Ukraine. The storm missed us but gave some beautiful light for photography.
An attractive city with many spires.
Not very touristy. All road signs in Cyrillic but few in Roman. My map was in both. Fortunately I am able to read the Cyrillic letters and enjoyed finding my way around.
Inside the refectory church at Kiev Lavra. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Ukraine/kiev.htm
Binnen in de refectory kerk in het Lavra holenklooster van Kiev. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/oekraine/kiev.htm
St.-Volodomyr cathedral. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Ukraine/kiev.htm
St.-Volodomyr kathedraal. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/oekraine/kiev.htm
The cathedral was built in the second half of XIX century in Neo-Byzantine style and dedicated to the prince of Kievan Rus who converted the country to Orthodox Christianity. Several cathedrals and churches dedicated to St. Vladimir were built in the Russian Empire to mark 900 years of St. Vladimir's baptism, with the main event of the countrywide celebration in 1888 taking place in Kyiv; unfortunately, the cathedral was not quite finished and was officially consecrated 8 years later.
Владимирский собор был построен во второй половине XIX века в нео-византийском стиле. Несколько соборов и церквей в честь Св. Владимира было построено в Российской империи к празднованию 900-летия Крещения Руси в 1888 г., и именно в Киеве это событие должно было отмечаться особо торжественно, но собор не успели завершить к празднику, и он был освящён лишь спустя 8 лет.
St.-Michael's cathedral in the snow. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Ukraine/kiev.htm
De St.-Michaelskathedraal in de sneeuw. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/oekraine/kiev.htm
I took this near the Motherland Memorial in Kiev. These are from Pechersk Monastery. The sun was glistening off the spires as the storms clouds rolled in.
The Lavra cave monastery. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Ukraine/kiev.htm
Het Lavra holenklooster. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/oekraine/kiev.htm
Kiev = Киев
Manufactured by Arsenal Factory (=Zavod Arsenal Завод Арсенал ), Kiev, Ukraine, former USSR
Model: 1980, type 4, produced between 1979-80
Kiev-4M produced between 1977-85, and all Kiev-4 produced between 1947-87
** Distinctive feature of the type: a plate on the back of the camera "Made in USSR" with Latin letters as to Alexandr Komarov
35 mm film Rangefinder camera
Lens: Jupiter-8M (ЮРИТЕП-8M), 53mm f/2, special Contax bayonet mount, releases by a lever behind the lens, silver finish, w/ DOF scale, Filter size: 40.5mm threaded, 42mm slip-on, serial no.81 00622, (this lens is the Arsenal copy of Zeiss Sonnar)
Aperture f/2 - f/22
Focus range: 0.9m to infinity
Focusing: Match the rangefinder images in the finder, by lens ring or via a wheel in the right-front of the top plate, locks on infinity,
unlocking via a small knob just behind the focusing wheel
Shutter: focal plane slotted type with hinged metal curtains, vertically travelling
Cocking knob: also winds the film, it should be turned as far as to lock,
speeds: 2-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the cocking knob, pull-out and turn, (shutter releasing whisper quiet)
Shutter release: a button in the center of the winding knob, w/ cable release socket
Frame counter: a window beside the cocking knob, advance type, manual setting via a small wheel just behind the window, on the back of the top plate
Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder / rangefinder, the extreme distance (9 cm) between the windows on the front side, allows for very accurate focusing and makes the camera one of the most accurate rangefinders ever
Eye-peace: large and very bright
Re-winding lever: folding crank type, left top side of the camera, turns when winding
Re-wind release: turn the left back cover lock key to opposite red mark
Exposure meter: uncoupled high-sensitive small-size selenium photo-electric exposure meter, w/ a lid on its light taking window
Exposure setting: matching needle and black diamond mark in the window, w/ 2 and 4 EV multiplier numbers, adjusts via a complex dial knob around the re-winding lever, shows GOST (ROCT) scale & aperture & speed scales,
Flash PC sync. socket: on front left side of the camera, flash sync. 1/25 or slower
Hot-shoe
Self- timer: auto working lever (set shutter speed before switching the self-timer lever)
Back cover: removable, with the base plate, opens via the lock keys on the base plate
Strap lugs
Tripod socket: modern 1/4"
Weight: 771g with Jupiter-8 white
Serial no. 80 21269 (in the hot-shoe, the first two digits show the production year)
+ leather ever ready case and strap
The design of the Kiev-4 is firmly based on that of a classic pre-war German camera Zeiss Contax III. Kiev-4M is the modernized model of Kiev-4.
Arsenal: Zavod Arsenal (= Завод "Арсенал"), Kiev,Ukraine. Arsenal is one of the oldest and most famous industrial factories in Soviet Union and later Ukraine. It is well known due to the famous Kiev cameras. The factory mainly specialized in optical components for the Soviet military and space programs. The factory also produced the professional grade photographic cameras but civil production played only a minor role in factory output.
More info: Fotoua by Alexandr Komarov, SovietCams by Aidas Pikiotas, Camerapedia
continuing my gear fetish, i bought a new crackpipe today. a kiev 88. its a soviet-era clone of a hasselblad. its a respectable enough step towards eventually owning a hassy one day. i got two 120 backs and a the TTL prism viewfinder with it. loading up with some velvia E6 now! laters, gotta go shoot
St.-Sophia cathedral. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Ukraine/kiev.htm
St.-Sophia kathedraal. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/oekraine/kiev.htm