INTRODUCTION

The Kiev 4A is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made in Ukraine between 1958-1980. It is a copy of the early Contax rangefinder.

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PERSONAL NOTES

Over the years, I had many Leica and Contax. All of them were great. I also had many russian or ukrainian copies. Even if these copies look the same, let me tell you that they are not at all!

I probably had a dozen Russian or Ukrainian cameras. Each of them developped all sorts of issues, then they -all- died.

CONCLUSION

Forget about russian copies of Contax or Leica, they are so unreliable that you will end up paying more than the real thing on the long run.

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