The most affordable professional camera in the USSR, created based on the Pentacon SIX. It was produced for a long time, the Kiev-6C model 1971-80 and the Kiev-6C model TTL 1978-86. Despite the budget, Kiev-6S could afford to buy a photo studio, enterprises (factories), as well as journalists and photographers assigned to a serious publication (for example, Pravda) - the price of 690 rubles for the beginning of the 80s was too high .

This camera is relevant today, amateur photographers who want to get acquainted with the medium format are not diminishing, and from year to year there are more and more of them. As a rule, this acquaintance begins with the most affordable options, such as cameras like Kiev.

Specifications:

SLR film camera.
Type of film 120 or 220.
Bayonet - "B" Pentacon SIX.
TTL metering with LED indication not paired with the camera.
The shutter is slotted, 1000-500-250-125-60-30-15-8-4-2 and "B".
Prismatic viewfinder prismatic TTL - 70.1%.
The shaft viewfinder is 78%.
The standard lens is Vega-12B.