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05-01-2006
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2nd ugliest Kiev I've ever seen!
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05-01-2006
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That, my friend, is a Kiev only a mother could love.. er something. What is that on the back? A roller coaster? The Windows "Pipes" screensaver? Whew..
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How sad!
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give and take and make
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If there wasn't a lightmeter on it I'd think that it could look pretty nice on a shelf...
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05-01-2006
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I honestly believe it beats snake skin by miles.
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"The camera Kiev-4 is painted by a famous Ukrainian painter Alexander Tregub."
So we now have a name to put to these things?
I just googled the name and got hits for a high school track & field athelete and(different Alexander) a chemist(maybe) in California.
No "famous Ukranian painters" though.
I am afraid to ask but:
If this is only the 2nd ugliest, how awful is the 1st?
And, at least, this one wasn't painted with house paint and a roller  .
Rob
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I also looked at his/her other stuff. Seems like ok prices and decent pictures as well. If I were looking for any thing this guy has, I'd be tempted...
Rob
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Its sort of folk art. Might be popular with the Lomo crowd. Cool in its own way though.
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05-02-2006
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Well - the description says it has a removable back side. How many of us can say that?
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05-02-2006
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Yes it's a rollercoaster/waterslide that converges into a very painful ending. If you look closely, it's also the face of an old woman. So much wasted real estate though...that lens cap could have told a great story, come on man...
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05-02-2006
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Originally Posted by rbiemer
I am afraid to ask but:
If this is only the 2nd ugliest, how awful is the 1st?
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Pretty bad!
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05-02-2006
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I guess both cameras share 1st. place!!
Difficult to tell which is ugliest.....
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05-02-2006
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Originally Posted by captainslack
Pretty bad!
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I remember that one!
Not my #1 scariest but I won't re-inflict it on everyone. I think the thread was something like "Just in time for Halloween" if you're foolish enough to go looking.
At the very leat this one is one of a kind(I frevently hope  )
Rob
Edit: I just looked at the current Kiev and the price went up since I first looked yesterday I think? I thought the BIN price was $34 and it's showing now as $50.
Auction ended but no sale so maybe it'll be re-listed?
And, thanks to us at a higher price?
I feel so ashamed
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Last edited by rbiemer : 05-02-2006 at 17:06.
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05-03-2006
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Ya know, after my eyes averted from the "creative" paint schemes, I noticed that the Keiv is a nicely made camera. The one Captainslack posted 2nd looks brand new except for... I keep thinking "the artwork" (shiver)
I think I prefer the more traditional coverings 
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05-03-2006
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Originally Posted by captainslack
Pretty bad!
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Its ugly, but its the Ukrainian flag colors. |
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05-04-2006
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do people commit suicide after painting those kinds of... things??? Or are they sentenced for life-long jail?
And the scratchy paint-feeling... My 56 IIIa is sooo soft! Butter-feel leatherette (not leveret you dirty rangefinderer=)
Anyway, there's 1 million+ Kievs and sometimes, when you feel sad and lonely...
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05-04-2006
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a Committee for the Defense of Kievs' Rights must be set, and Sellertreasure (!) called for investigation.
Last edited by ruben : 05-04-2006 at 09:06.
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05-06-2006
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Massimiliano Mortillaro
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I find it to be cooler than those ugly leather skins I've seen on many venerable cameras who didn't ask for such an horrid outrage at their respectable age.
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