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Crutchfield Electronics

Soviet Camera Exhibition:

History of the Soviet Photographic industry 1930-1992

Kiev Street Fashions

 

 

Due to the current crisis situation here in Ukraine I'm now offering most cameras at cut down prices. You can make an offer on the rarer items.

If there's something you are looking for I can generally find it, though it can take some time to find items in good condition. All items sold are cleaned, tested and adjusted where necessary by former Arsenal factory technicians before being offered for sale. Damage or wear to paintwork, such as horizontal banding can be restored, if required, but since this involves stripping the camera in order to do a proper job you can expect a charge similar to repair costs. If you send me a camera for repair or cleaning / adjustment etc then restoration of paintwork can be done for €7.50 while the camera is dismantled. The same applies to any modification or replacement parts you might require. Minimum repair charge is 35 (maximum 65) and this covers cleaning and most repairs such as : replacement of shutter, fix self timer, rangefinder adjustment and shutter time adjustment. Some cameras are much more complicated than others (Droug, Almaz & Leningrad for instance) and may cost a little more, most repairmen don't want to attempt work on them,. All work and cameras etc have a 6 month guarantee. If you want flash sync added to a camera that doesn't have one, this can be done for most. Cameras can be recovered in a choice of original or interesting materials. Lenses can be polished and coated, recoated for around €35 for a Jupiter 8 or 11, to around €50 for a larger size. Most work will be completed within 14 days of receiving camera, longer if we have to search for parts. Horizonts can be cleaned, serviced and adjusted to remove 'banding'  €70.

I haven't published my address on site, if you wish to send something for repair or service you can contact me for address via e-mail or SMS.

We are happy to receive visitors from other countries, so if you are coming to Kiev for any reason and need help with finding accommodation or a guide to visit the markets or camera shops, find good restaurants etc.. We hope to soon be able to offer a complete and reasonably priced package for camera clubs or individuals who wish to have an interesting holiday in the Ukraine.

Postage: Postage for a single camera, worldwide, is €18, or €28 for monsters like the Kiev 60 or Salyut. Extra lenses etc add €7.

Postage generally takes 7-10 days (Europe) or 14-18 days elsewhere. Packages are almost always opened and inspected by Ukrainian customs and resealed, so can sometimes look a little poorly packed, but they all leave here well-packed and wrapped.

* All prices will be the stated price in Euros. Exchange for Western and Japanese cameras & lenses will always be considered.

payment via  MoneyGram  or Western Union  upon confirmation of sale. Moneygram is recommended for European customers as payments can be sent in Euros and the service is cheaper.

Paypal is also now available :

I am trying to arrange a secure credit card payment scheme. This will be a Netherlands based service as this site is on a Dutch server.

for contact use   napchop@gmail.com or you can telephone or SMS

+380-973370817

My own price guide is based on known production figures and availability

My price reference is a 2008 catalogue which gives prices for cameras in 'good' condition. If you wish to dispute prices I am open to more 'up to date' information. Cameras such as the Drug, Leningrad and Junost are expensive and very difficult to find here in Ukraine in good condition. Same applies to the Horizont, which is more common but always over priced for the condition of those on sale. Some cameras, such as the Vesna and Arfo etc.. do not appear in the price guides, so I base my prices on similar rare cameras. I try only to buy cameras that are either mint or excellent condition, and where possible with passport and original box. If you want a camera for everyday use you can tell me your requirements and price and I'll find you what you want. This won't always be pretty, but I guarantee everything will function perfectly. Some of my own street cameras look rough, but are all in perfect working order. I know that E-bay has cheaper cameras on occasions and people can have both happy and sad memories of E-bay transactions.

 So where I can replace, repair or restore a camera I will, to the point where you are satisfied. I cant give refunds since money transfer transactions are so costly, but will always try to find the best variation for mutual satisfaction. I don't do this as a business, it's more of a hobby that tries to provide access to good quality clean, working cameras for those who can't find them easily in their own countries. I also try to use every camera before I put it up for sale, if I find any defects I fix them.

A note on prototypes and pre production cameras: These are interesting for collectors but not for serious users since they often showed faults or problems that were later fixed on production run cameras. While rare and collectable I sell these without any form of guarantee, other than stated condition.

What I really want.. if anyone can help... is: Bessamatic lenses for my Zenit 4,

English manuals for any soviet cameras, or good quality scans of same, And any English publications of soviet camera reviews or advertisements.

Also a stereo viewer for the sputnik.

Any of these items can be offered as part/exchange for items here on sale.

cameras and prices

Collectors Corner: rare items

German cameras:

Welta,

Beier Voran 1936

Kodak (pre war)post war

Zeiss Ikon,   Taxona,   Super Ikonta,  Contax II

Agfa: Super Silette,  Karat

King: Regula IIb

Voigtlander, Bessa 66 and Vito CD

Rangefinder 35mm:

Fed /Zarya:

Fed b NKVD

 Fed C, new addition,

 1939 Fed 1d NKVD, 1949  Fed 1f,    Fed 1g  ,

Fed 2aFed 2 (type b  F130) standard & Green, Brown

Fed 2 (type c F140) new addition with box & passportFed 2 (type d F150) , Fed 2e

Fed 3a , Fed 3L(F180) ,

Fed 3L 50 years Oktober revolution (F182),

Fed 4b ,

Fed 5   ,   Fed 5B ,    Fed 5C ,  

Fed 10A

Fed 11 Atlas

Zarya ,

Fed 35A,

Fed Micron 2

Kiev:

''' 1947 Kiev/Contax '''withdrawn

 1949 Kiev   new addition,

 Kiev 3 1950 (prototype no. 072, with original Zorki Lens)

 Kiev 2 1950,  1951 , 1953,   Kiev 2 1955

 Kiev 3 1953

 Kiev 2A , 1955, 1957

 Kiev 3A ,  1957, 1959

1963, Kiev 'No Name' *

(* no photos yet but offered from local collection with all paperwork and manual, only 6,000 made) sold

 Kiev 4   ,   1959, 1963, 1968, 1972 etc...

 Kiev 4A(type1) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1977

 Kiev 4A (type 2),1977, '79, '80

 Kiev 4M  , 

 Kiev 4M  Moscow Olympics commemoration 'limited issue', 1980

 Kiev 4AM ,  1980, 1981, 1982

 Kiev 5   original manuals available for all Kiev models repair manuals for 2,2A,3,3A,4,4A,4M,4AM

Gomz Lomo

Junost:    original manual available

Electra 112

Leningrad  new addition 1957 '2 screw' version      original manual available

Sokol: Sokol automat , Sokol 2  original manual available

KMZ

Drug   original manual available   review

Zorki / Mir: 

Zorki 1b,   Zorki 1c 

Zorki  ('Luftwaffen' Leica fake) sold

Zorki 2  new addition,

Zorki C new addition,

Zorki C ('Kriegsmarine' Leica fake)

Zorki 2C new addition

Zorki 3Zorki 3M ,   Zorki 3C  , 

Zorki 4(a1) , Zorki 4 (b) Zorki 4KMir

Zorki 5A  ,  Zorki 5b   ,  

Zorki 6original manual available for all Zorki models repair manuals up to Zorki 4

Zorki 10         english manual pdf    review

Leica fakes

some fake Leicas

Compact 35mm

Lomo LC-A

Lomo 135BC

Lomo 135M

Elikon Autofocus

Voskhod

Kiev 35A

Kiev Exxell (35A export version)

Kiev 35AM

Siluet Automat

Zorki 11

Fed 50 automat             english manual pdf

SLR 35mm:

Almaz 103

Zenit/KMZ

Zenit

Zenit-C          eng manual

Zenit 3

Zenit 3M (export)  ; Zenit 3M,

Zenit 4

Zenit 6 & Rubin Zoom lens, new! rus manual

Zenit -E       eng manual

Zenit TTL   eng manual

Zenit 10

Zenit Automat

Zenit 11

Zenit 19

Kristall        eng manual

Start,

Kiev:

Kiev 10 new addition  , Kiev 15TEE 

Kiev 15TTL         original manuals available for Kiev 10 & 15

Kiev 17,   Kiev 19,   Kiev 20

Half Frame 35mm :

 Agat 18  ,  Agat 18K,  Chaika,   Chaika 2   ,  Chaika 2M  

Chaika 3 ,

Zorki 12   Fed Micron  manual rus

Simple:

Vilia  ,   Vilia Auto  , Vilia Electro, Siluet Elektra

Elikon 535

Smena,   Smena 2Smena 3Smena M,   Smena 6Smena 7  Smena 8Smena 9

Smena 8M  Smena SL   Smena Symbol 

Smena 35

Medium Format:

Etude: Etude  :

Estafeta:  Estafeta

Lubitel:  

Komsomolets

 Lubitel,

Lubitel 2 ,

Lubitel 166B , Lubitel 166 ,

Lubitel 166 Universal

Moscow: Moskow 1, Moskow 2 new addition, Moskow 3 , Moskow 4,    Moskow 5 , original manuals available for Moscow 1,2,3 &5 repair manual for all models

Kiev: Kiev 6C,       Kiev 60TTL ,     

Kiev 88 TTL

Salyut:  Salyut,    Salyut C

Iskra:   Iskra ,    original repair manual available  

Iskra 2 new addition

Ionkor

Skolnik:  Skolnik

Sputnik (stereo 6x6): Sputnik ,   eng manual

Others:

Horizont: Horizont   *Russian manual

FT2   FT2a & FT2b

Tourist:   Tourist

Kiev Vega/ Kiev 30 miniature : 

Vega,   Vega 2 , 

Kiev 30,   Kiev 30M new addition   Kiev 303 ,  

JPS spy camera                     Narciss

Vesna: 

Vesna Vesna 2 ,

Fotokor : original repair manual available

Polaroid:

Foton:

Moment:

Cine Cameras:

Ekran:

Sport:

Quartz:

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