A Lucky Shot with a Kiev 60 – One Shot Story

The story behind this photo is, actually, the story of the others that I failed to take on this roll of Ferrania P30 film.

Having remembered that I had a number of mid-format rolls, I decided to spend a few times with my Soviet-era Kiev 60. My sample was, as many of this model, affected by issues with the film loading mechanism, which caused the single shots not being properly spaced. I fixed the camera by making a small hole in the back, which allowed me to see when the frame number was in the right position. In order to do this, it was necessary to cock the lever a few times before making the final pull.

That, at least, was the theory because in practice guessing the right way to perform this action proved to be quite difficult. Indeed, before I had a properly aligned film I wasted two rolls, and the featured photo is the only one I was able to get.

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