Moskva-5

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Moskva-5 Medium Format

A Sophisticated Medium Format Camera

I have used the Moskva for street shooting as well as for tripod photography. I own 3 of them...I was aiming to make a 3-d set-up, with double Moskvas and a double cable release... They are nice cameras. It's great to carry a 6x9 (or 6x6 with a removable mask) medium format camera "in your pocket". The Moskva is the Russian cousin of the the Zeiss Ikonta. 

The Moskva is a bit slow to operate because of non-coupled film advance, It is impossible to do multiple exposures because of the lock mechanism. This is too bad. To fix this situation you can disengage the mechanism or buy a Moskva-2 (it doesn't have a lock). I have noticed the coating colour varies from one Moskva to another. From blue to purple. Always impressed with that big coated lens though.

If you intend to buy this camera, inquire about the mask, they are quite frequently lost!




ManufacturerKMZ Krasnogorsk
NameMoskva
Model5
Year1955-1959
TypeFixed-lens rangefinder
Film120 (6x9 or 6x6 with mask)
LensIndustar-24, ƒ3.5,105mm
Shutter speedsB-1/250 + self timer, Moment-24S shutter
Aperturesf 3.5 - f 32
Light meter no

Moskva-5 on left and Moskva-4 on right





Sample photo - A 24x36 inches poster of a fireworks event
produced from a long exposure on 6x9cm negative
cropped vertically (only the centre part of the negative was used)
The full Moon is seen in the sky and the heads of the people in
the crowd are seen at the bottom



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