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Hello to all and a very big welcome to
the Kiev60SLR
website.
It is here that we publish information about the Soviet made Kiev60
camera.
All information here has been verified through repeatable tests , most
of which I show you on the following diy and help pages.
At Kiev60SLR we have just finished a HUGE rewrite of the website
totaling at least 100 hours of work. UGG.
When I initally set up the site I honestly didn't expect it to get so
big
and so hard to look after , it really was a tough lesson in doing
things
the right way from the start.
I was doing a little look at the sites statistics the other day and my
focus was brought to the large percentage of visitors from countries
that don't have easy access to broadband internet as yet.
In fact ,, I would estimate that perhaps only about 20% of my visitors
in the last 2 months have high speed access.
Also I must admit that when writing this site I didn't realize that the
images were SOO big and that pages would load at such a slow rate on
dial-up.
So to provide a better website for the majority I have rewritten it
with smaller images and in a cleaner browser friendly HTML.
I have not seen it done before but what I have done here is linked my
images to larger stored ones.
So if when looking at a page and you see a picture that you would like
a clearer view , just click on it and if a bigger pik is available it
will open up to full size.
If you don't need a detailed view .. don't click , its simple , this
way you
get fast loading pages when your searching and detailed views when you
really need them.
Its the best of both worlds ...
So that's what has been happening around here for the last few weeks
and
I got to say , my eyes are square form looking at the monitor so much
recently .:-) so the next month or so is going to be some rest and
relaxation time for me and of course time to do lots of photography
with the Kiev.
Unlike some other web site authors , I actually own and use my Kiev60
on
a regular basis so I can write from ongoing first hand experience.
Because of this I am very pleased to say that Kiev60SLR is the ONLY
Kiev60 website of its type that is actively updated and added to.
Perhaps this coming year I will need to move the site up onto a much
larger capacity web site server.
The site has grown to such a size that this free hosting on Geocities
has reached its limit of page capacity and supply.
Unfortunately moving to a new host is not free , in fact the charges
for a good service is considerable and although I would really like to
keep the Kiev60SLR website a free site and not a subscription service I
don't see it is possible to do so without help.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to support the
website through a money donation.
Details on how to do this can be found elsewhere on the site and a HUGE
THANK YOU goes out to the ones that have already donated.
It doesn't matter how big or small the amount , it is all truly
appreciated and used towards keeping this site alive.
As 2005 is now heading to it's close we are now making plans for 2006
and what
we can do to add to this site.
During 2006 we will have lots of DIY and HELP articles of course and
some other goodies.
Articles such as ...
- Replacing your back door light seals on a budget.
- Recalibrating your TTL prism meter precisely.
- How and when to use filters.
- How to do a CLA on your body (clean,lube,adjust).
- Check your shutter speed accuracy with a home made speed tester.
- Do you really need MLU (mirror lock up article with tests + PROOF).
- An simple alternative to the MLU device.
- Fix a stuck iris on a 80mm Vega Lens.
- What sort of tripod is suitable for the Kiev60 ?
- Home black and white processing and printing.
and more .....
All of these articles will be presented in the same , simple to read
format as is on the site now.
So these are the project goals for the coming year and as you can see
there is a lot of cool things coming to the site.
Kiev60SLR is here to stay and we look forward to bringing more easy to
follow help home to you wherever you are in this wide world.
Stay tuned for regular site updates.
Moi !
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