Moskva-5

A sophisticated camera for any occasion, well almost...

I have used the Moskva for street shooting as well as for tripod photography.
I own 3 of them...I was going to make a 3-d set-up, with double Moskvas...

They are nice cameras. It's great to carry a 6x9 (or 6x6) medium format camera "in your pocket". The Moskvas are the russian cousin of the the Zeiss Ikontas. 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 haqe a lock). I have noticed the coating color varies from one Moskva to another. From blue to purple. Always impressed with that big coated lens though.

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