Here I want to very briefly admire the genius of the German designers who created the Contax-III in 1936, for a second. I repeat, Kiev-4M was quite relevant in 1985 at the time of the end of production, and then - in the course of use by the owners. But there are not so many differences between Kiev-4M and Kiev-III. German designers have created a camera with a margin of half a century ahead. It's incredible.
Kiev-III was produced at the Kiev plant Arsenal from 1949 to 1955. The total production volume is about 120 thousand pieces.
The device for 35mm film, rangefinder. Rangefinder base 90 mm.
Shutter - curtain with vertical curtain movement.
The curtains are assembled from narrow metal links (blinds).
The shutter speeds are 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1250 and B.
Standard lens Jupiter-8 2/50. Early releases could be equipped with a ZK 2 / 5cm lens.
Mounting type - external and internal Contax-Kiev bayonet.
The camera is equipped with a self-timer, it has no sync contact.
Kiev-III belongs to the line equipped with a built-in non-coupled selenium exposure meter.
3/8 '' tripod socket.
The weight of my copy without the lens is 709 grams.