Kiev 88 SLR Medium Format Camera
Photo courtesy of Yuri Boguslavsky
Kiev 88 SLR Medium Format Camera
Photo courtesy of Yuri Boguslavsky
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To avoid doing serious damage to the camera, the following precautions MUST be observed.
1: NEVER adjust the shutter speed with the shutter uncocked.
2: If the camera has a mirror lock up device, NEVER turn the shutter speed setting knob counter-clockwise, as this will seriously damage the the shutter.
3: NEVER pull out on the film advance/ shutter cocking knob, or crank while advancing the film/ cocking the shutter, as this will damage the camera mechanism.
4: ALWAYS wind the the shutter cocking/ film advance knob or crank fully, by turning it CLOCKWISE until it LOCKS.
5: NEVER touch, or allow anything to come into contact with the shutter curtains while the film magazine is dismounted from the camera.
6: NEVER try to dismount the film magazine without the darkslide inserted.
7: NEVER FORCE ANYTHING.
8: When using a Kiev 88 (or Kiev 60) with a cloth shutter outdoors in bright sunlight, ALWAYS cock the shutter immediately after making an exposure. This will prevent the lens from focussing the sunlight on the shutter curtain and burning a hole through it.
FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE ABOVE PRECAUTIONS WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE CAMERA.
VER 1.1
11/11/99
K.K.