Kiev Camera 88 CM User manual

KIEV 88CM CAMERA
Instructions foruse

Contents
1. General
2. Deliveryset
3.Mainunitsandparts
4. Operatingprocedure
4.1. Preparingthecameraforloading
4.2. Filmmagazineloading
4.3. Preparingthecameraforshooting
4.4Shooting
5.Determiningtheexposuretimewiththeaidofprism
viewfinderTTL/SPOT
6.Unloadingthecamera
7.Replacementoflens
8.Flashphotography
9.Replacementofpowersupplysource
10. Care
11. Acceptancecertificate

1. GENERAL
TheKIEV88CMisa medium-sizereflex
camerawitha curtainshutterandinter-
changeablefilmmagazinesofsizes6x6
and6x4,5cm.
Thecameraisintendedforamateurpho-
tography.Witha properhandlingandcare
itwillenableyoutoobtainhigh-quality
slides,large-sizeblack-and-whiteorcol-
ourpictures.
Thecameraisdesignedforuseofa 61.5
mmwiderollfilm(type120or220).
Thecameracurtainshutteroffersexpo-
suretimesovera rangefrom 1/1000 to
1/2s andmanualexposure"B".
Theshuttercockingmechanismisinter-
lockedwiththefilmtransportmechanism,
thuspreventingdouble filmexposure.
Thecameraisprovidedwitha prism
viewfinderTTL/SPOTmeasuringtheex-
posureinintegralorspotmeteringmode.
ThecameracomescompletewithARSAT
C2,8/80witha multilayerantireflectioncoat-
ingwhichupgradestheimagequalityand
enhancesitscontrastduetobetterinte-
gratedtransparenceandreducedlightdis-
persion.
Thefocallengthofthelensis80mm,the
relativeapertureis 1:2.8, thediaphragm
settinglimitis22,thenearfocusinglimitis
0.6m.
Thesharpfocusingiscarriedoutwiththe
aidofa microrasterora rangefinderwedge
arrangedinthecentreofthefieldofview
andwiththeaidofa ground-glasssurface
ordistancescale.
Thecameradesignenvisagestheuseof
interchangeablelensesfittedona bayonet
of"PentaconSix"type.
Thehood-typeviewfinderenablesthepic-
turetobeviewedonthegroundglasswith

Thecameraoperateswithinterchangea-
blefilmmagazineswhichallowtoobtain
12picturesof6x6cmsizeor15picturesof
6x4,5cmsizeonfilmtype120aswellas
24picturesof6x6cmsizeonfilmtype220.
Theinterchangeablefilmmagazinesoffer
theopportunityforquickchangeintheproc-
essofphotographingfroma black-and-
whitetocolourfilmortoa moreorless
sensitive film. Thefilmmagazinemaybe
removedfromthecamerairrespectiveof
thenumberofthepicturestaken.
Thecameraisprovidedwitha synchroniz-
erforphotographingwithcableandcable-
lessflashlamps.
Thecameraoperatesinthetemperature
intervalfromminus15to45°C.
Beforestartingthephotographing, please
getacquaintedindetail withtheseInstruc-
tionsandyouwillknowallthepeculiarities
ofthecamera.
orwithouta magnifyinglens.Thefieldof
visionofthehood-typeviewfindermeas-
ures53x53mm.MagnificationoftheTILT
SPOTprismfindereyepieceis2,8X,the
fieldofvisionmeasures53x53mm.
Schematicrepresentationofthefieldof
visionwhenoperatingwiththeinterchange-
ableviewfindersisgivenintheFigure.

2. DELIVERYSET
CamerawithARSATC 2,8/80lenswitha cover,finderhood,
filmmagazine withspoolandinsert1
TTL/Spotprismviewfinder1
Eyecap1
Lenshood1
Shoulderstrap1
Packingbox1
InstructionsforUse1
NOTE. TheKIEV88CMcamerasetcanincludeoneortwomagazinesofsimilar
ordifferentframesizes.
Yourcameracompletesetisgiveninsection11"Acceptancecertificate".

3.MAINUNITSANDPARTS
1— lens;
2— lensfocusing ring;
3— distancescale;
4— depth-of-fieldscale;
5— diaphragmanddistancescaleindex;
6— diaphragmscale;
7— batteryseatcap;
8— prismfinder,
9— insulatingplate;
10— filmmagazine;
11— shutter;
12— strapfittingeye;
13— tripodsocketandguideof
attachinghandle;
14— synchronizerplugsocket;
15— flashlampyoke;
16— filmmagazinelockbutton;
17— exposurescaleindex;
18— finderhood;

19— bayonetclamping ring;
20— depth-of-fieldvisualchecklever;
21— exposurescale;
22— releasebutton;
23— shuttercockingandexposuretime
settingknob;
24— shuttercockingindicatorwindow;
25— filmexposureindicatorwindow;
26— picturecounterwindow;
27— filmtransportunlockhandle.

4.OPERATINGPROCEDURE
4.1. Preparingthecameraforloading
Takethecameraoutofthecase.Insert
shutter11asfarasitwillgo.Havingdis-
placedbutton16indirectionofthearrow
andhavingturnedfilmmagazine10as
shownintheFigure,removeitfromthe
camera.
Thefilmmagazinelockwillopenonly
withtheshutterpushedhome.
4.2. Filmmagazineloading
Themagazineisloadedwiththefilmin
daylight(preferablyina shade).
Removefilmmagazinecover28.Forthis
purposefirstturnlever30andthenshift
button29inthedirectionofarrows.
Takeouttransportmechanism34.Tearoff

thepaperlabelfromtheleaderend.Shift
plate32through90°,placethespoolwith
thefilmintotheseatandresetplate32tothe
initialposition.Inthiscasetheprotruding
centreoftheplateshouldenterthespool
hole.
Shiftplate33through90°andinsertthe
take-upspoolintotheseat.Setplate33to
theinitialpositionsothattheprotrudingcen-
treottheplatewillenterthespool hole.
Passthefilmleaderontheguiderollers,as
shownintheFigure,fittheleaderendinthe
take-upspoolandwindtheleaderbyrotat-
ingthetake-upspool.Besurethatthe lead-
erwouldbewoundwithoutskewingorcrum-
plingofitsedges.
Liftoneofhalvesofknob31byturning
through90°andbyrotatingitinthedirec-
tionofthearrowsetthearrowontheleader
oppositetheredindexonthetransport
mechanism.Insertshutter11intotheseat

asfarasitwillgo.Closefilmmagazine
cover28.Turnhandle31inthedirection
ofthearrowuntilitstops.TheFigure"1"
willbesetinpicturecounterwindow26
whichcorrespondstothefirstpicturein
thefilmandthewhitecolourindicatorwill
appearinwindow25.
4.3. Preparingthecameraforshooting
Cocktheshutterbyturningknob23untilit
stops. Fitloadedmagazine10onthe
cameracatchesand,turningthemaga-
zineattachittothecamerauntilthelock
operates.
Wheninstallingthefilmmagazine witha
partiallyexposed film, besurethatthe
colourofsignalsinwindows24and25
shouldbesimilarotherwisea doubleex-
posureora pictureomissionmayoccur.
Thestateoffilmisdeterminedbythe
colourofsignalsinthesewindows(ref.to
10
theTable).
Signal
colour
White
Red
Windowin
thefilmmagazine
Filminthepicture
windowhasnot
beenexposed
Filminthepicture
windowhasbeen
exposed
Window
inthecamera
Shutter
cocked
Shutter
released
4.4.Shooting
Theprocessofphotographingconsists
ofthefollowingoperations:
shuttercockingandfilmtransporting;
exposuresetting;
diaphragmsetting;

viewing;
focusing;
shutterreleasing.
Cocktheshutterandtransportthefilmby
turningknob23fully.Itisnecessarytoavoid
incompletecocking.
Atthebeginningoftheshuttercockinga
slightincreaseoftheforceappliedtothe
knobmayberequired.
Whentheshutterisbeingcocked:
-thefilmisautomaticallyrewound;
-thenextpicturenumberissetinwindow26;
thewhitesignalsaresetinwindows24and
25;
-themirrorisloweredtotheoperating posi-
tion;
-thelensdiaphragmapertureisfullyopened.
Settheexposuretimebyknob23whenthe
shutteriscocked.
Pulltheknobinthedirectionofthearrow
andturnitinanydirectionuntiltheexposure
timevalueonscale21coincideswith
index17arrangedonthecamerabody.
Lowertheknobinthispositionsothatit
wouldbefixed.
Setthelensdiaphragmbyturningring
6withthescaleuntilthechosendia-
phragmaperturevaluecoincideswith
theindex.Thescaleisfixedonall
markeddivisionsofdiaphragmaper-
tures.
Openfinderhood18forviewingby
shiftingbutton37inthedirectionofthe
arrow.Withtherepeatedshiftingofthe
buttonviewfindermagnifyinglens35is
settotheoperatingposition.
Ifthefilmmagazine6x4.5cmframe
sizeisattachedtothecamerathefram-
ingshouldbecarriedoutbythethick-
enedlinesinthefindersfieldofview.
Focusthecamerawiththeaidofthe
ground-gtasssurfacewitha micro-
11

rasteranda rangefinderwedgeorwitr
theaidofthedistancescalebyturning
ring2 withthescale.Thefocusingistobe
carriedoutonlywiththeshuttercocked
whenthemirrorisintheworkingposition
andthediaphragmisfullyopened.
Thedepthoffieldisdeterminedwiththe
12
aidofthedistancescale3 bymeans <
additionalscale4.
Thedepthoffieldcanbevisuallychecke
bytheimageoftheobjectcomponentsc
theground-glasssurfaceinthefieldi
viewoftheviewfinderafterpressingc
lever20fullydownwards.Inthiscasetr
lensisstoppeddowntotheearlierpresi
value. Whenreleased,theleverautoma
icallyreturnstotheinitialpositionandth
diaphragmisfullyopened
Theframingandfocusingover,remov
shutter11andreleasethecamerashu
terbypressingsmoothlyonreleasebu
ton22asfarasitwillgo.
Whenthecamerashutterisbeingn
leased:
-themirrorautomaticallyswingstotr
upperposition;
-thediaphragmapertureclosestotr

cocktheshutterofthecamera.The
handlewillreturntotheinitialposition
aftercockingtheshutter.
Theshootingover,foldthefinderhood.
Forthispurposepresstheviewfinder
magnifyinglens35tocap36untilitis
fixed, foldthesidewallsthentherear
wallandwhileholdingtherear wall,
closecap36untilitisfixedbya lock.
5.DETERMININGTHEEXPOSURE
TIMEWITHTHEAIDOFPRISM
VIEWFINDERTTL/SPOT
TheviewfinderTTL/SPOTprovidesa
directimageofthephotographedob-
jectatviewing.Itpermitstodetermine
theexposuretimeandthediaphragm
aperturewiththeaidofbuilt-inexpo-
suremeterandhastwoexposureme-
teringmodes:integralandspotmodes.
Theintegralmeteringmodeprovides
meteringinthebrightnessrangefrom
presetvalue;
-thefilmisexposed;
-theredsignalsaresetinwindows24and
25. Sincethemainoperationsatshooting
arepossibleonlywiththecockedshutterget
usedtococktheshutteraftershootingimme-
diately.
Attheexposuretimesover1/30s itisrecom-
mendedtocarryoutthephotographingfroma
tripod.
Withtheuseofexposuretimesfrom1/8to
112s thereleasebuttonistobereleased
afterthecompleteoperationoftheshutter.
Tripodsockets13inthecameraareprovided
withthread3/8".
Thecamerashuttercanbereleasedwiththe
aidofa straightthreadwhichisscrewedinto
threadedholeofreleasebutton.
Thefilmmagazine hasthedevicewhichper-
mitsdoublefilmexposure.Forthispurpose
sethandle27tothepositionand

2to16000cd/m2andthespotmode- from
8to16000cd/m2.Theexposuremeteris
activatedbypressingbutton39,operates
forabout20s andthenautomatically
turnsoff.Tochangethemeteringmodes
itisnecessarytopressthebuttononce
more.
Asa powersupplysourceoftheexposure
meterservesa batterywithinitialvoltage
of4-4.5V (diameterof11.6mm,lengthof
16.2mm),forexample,thebatterycom-
prisingthreeelementsofPX675,RM675
orMS76types.
Thepowersupplysourceensurestheex-
14
posuremeteroperationinthetempera-
turerangefromminus5 to45°C.
Whenpreparingtheprismviewfinderfor
operationsetthefilmsensitivityonits
calculatorbyturninghandle 42untilthe
filmspeedvalueinISOunitsappearsin
window43.
Setonthecalculator thevalueofthelens
speedbyturningscale41untiltheappro-
priatevaluecoincideswithindex.
Thelensspeedisa numbercorrespond-
ingtothemaximumrelativeaperture.For
example,itis2.8forMCARSATC lens.
Whenswitchingthespotmeterinqinthe

viewfinderfieldofviewappearsthesignal
©.
Whileviewingintheeyepiece,aimthe
cameraattheobjectsothatitsimage
wouldbearrangedwithintheviewfinder
meteringzone.
Dependingonthebrightnessoftheobject
beingphotographed,intheupperpartof
thefieldofviewoftheviewfinderyouwill
seetheluminescenceofoneofthesig-
nals.
Slowlyturningring40ofthecalculator
achievesimultaneousluminescenceof
bothsignals.
Withthecalculatorinthisposition,choose
the"exposure-diaphragm"pairrequiredfor
photographing,e.g.exposure1/30s in
oppositediaphragmvalue2.8,1/15s is
opposite4,1/8s isopposite5.6,1/2s is
opposite11.
Thechosenvaluesofexposureanddia-
phragmsetonthecameraexposurescale
andonthelensdiaphragmscale.
Note: Theeyepiecedesignmakesitpos-
sibletoemploydioptriclenses.Formount-
ingthedioptriclensitisnecessarytoun-
screwtheclampingringofeyepiece44,
15

insertthelensof^23mmindiameterinthe
mountingseatandfixItwiththeclamping
ring.
6.UNLOADINGTHECAMERA
Theshootingcanlastuntilletter"K"(end)
appearsinthepicturecounterwindowin-
dicatingthatthefilmhasbeenfullyused.
Afterthisfullyinsertshutter11andre-
movethefilmmagazinefromthecamera
havingmovedbutton16inthedirectionof
thearrow.Usinghandle 31rewindthe
remainedpaperleaderontotake-upspool
(attheendofrewindingtheforceapplied
tothehandleshouldbereduced).
Openthefilmmagazinecover.Remove
transportmechanism34.Turnplate33,
removethespoolwithexposedfilmand
gluetheleaderwitha paper*"label.
Returnplate33totheinitialposition,
installthetransportmechanism34intothe
magazinebodyandclosethecover.
7.REPLACEMENTOFLENS
Designofthecameraenvisagestheuse
ofinterchangeablelenses.
Toremovetheiensturnwitha guideclap-
ingring19ofthebayonetcounterclock-
wiseuntilitstopsandremovethelens.
Whenfittingthelensinsertitonthecam-
eraina suchmannerthata guidepinof
lenswouldentertheslitonthecamera
ring. Thenbyturningbayonetring19clock-
wiseclampthelensfully.
TheinterchangeablelensesARSATC for
thecameraKIEV88CMarereleased.
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Description,
ARSATC
3,5/30
3,5/45
PCS4,5/55
3,5/65
2,8/80
2,8/120
2,8/150
3,5/250
5,6/250
5,6/500
Focallength,
mm
30
45
55
65
80
120
150
250
250
500
Angleof
vision,
mm
180
83
69784"
66
45
36
29
19
18
9
Maximum
relative
aperture
1:3,5
1:3,5
1:4,5
1:3,5
1:2,8
1:2,8
1:2,8
1:3,5
1:5,6
1.5,6
Filterthread,
mm
M38xO,5
M82xO,,75
M72xO,75
M72xO,75
M62xO,75
M62xO,75
M82xO,75
M82xO,75
M62xO,75
M95x1
*- withoutshift
**- withshift
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8.FLASHPHOTOGRAPHY
WhenphotographingwithKIEV88CM
youcanusedifferentflashlampsforwhich
attachmentthecameraincorporatesahot
shoeinyoke15andplugsocket14.This
allowstouseflashlampswiththehot
shoe(cablelessconnection)andflash
lampswithplugsocket(cableconnec-
tion).
Whenoperatingthepulseflashlampthe
minimumexposureis1/30s.
Beforeinstallingtheflashlampintoyoke
15youhavetoremoveinsulatingplate9
fromtheyoke.
9. REPLACEMENTOFPOWER
SUPPLYSOURCE
Thepowersupplysourceoperatingis
18
checkedbylightingsignalswhichlightup
inthefieldofviewoffindereyepiece.Ifthe
signalsareabsentwiththepressedbut-
ton39itmeansthatthepowersupply
sourceistobereplaced.
Toreplaceorinstallthepowersupply
source,unscrewbatteryseatcap7 and
observingthepolarity("+"ofthepower
supplysourceshouldbearrangedfrom
theendofchuck"-"symbolisengraved
onthecap)installitintotheseat.
10. CARE
Protectthecamerafromdust,moisture,
snow,harmfulvapours,jerks,jolting,
impactsandsharptemperaturevariations.
Handlethecamerawithcare,donotexert
theexcessiveeffortsinhandlingit,keep
thecameraclean.
Donotremovethelenswithoutan

utmoustnecessitysincethismayresultin
dirtanddustgettingintothecamera.
Cleanthecameraregularly.Removethe
dustfromitsexternalandinternalsurfaces
witha softbrushorblowoffthedustwith
theaidofa rubberbulb.Thoroughly
protecttheopticalcomponentsfrom
gettingdustyordirty,trytoavoidtouching
themwithfingers.
Havingbroughtthecamerafromthefrosty
weatherintothewarmpremises,donot
openitimmediately,letitbecomegradually
warmedupfor2-3hours.
Whensomedefectsorfaultshavebeen
discovered, donotcarryouttherepairon
yourown.Therepairandadjustment
shouldbecarriedoutbythequalified
specialists.
11. ACCEPTANCECERTIFICATE
ItisherebycertifiedthatcameraKIEV88
CM, SerialNo.
withlensNo.,
prismviewfinderNo.,
magazinesNo.
and
complieswiththerequirementsofthe
engineeringdocumentationandisfound
fitforservice.
Dateofmanufacture
19