General view of ARAXCM/MLU (Kiev88CM) camera YouTube

Arax Cm. Used Cars for Sale on Arax's 88CM-MLU body is $399, while Hartblei's is $305, but Hartblei does charge extra for a focusing screen upgrade and black color (which would raise the price to $350) After the failure of the third from four Pentacon Six bodys I own (all serviced about 5 years ago for hundreds of €) I'm done with this ****

General view of ARAXCM/MLU (Kiev88CM) camera YouTube
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This camera has been individually upgraded by hand from new original cameras and tested by the best technicians They also list cloth shutter as an option, although I'm pretty sure that the 88CM's come with a cloth shutter from the factory so that might be a typo, unless they take brand.

General view of ARAXCM/MLU (Kiev88CM) camera YouTube

With a small Chinese adapter from eBay I could use the screw mount lenses on the ARAX-CM which was my main camera body to use. This camera has been individually upgraded by hand from new original cameras and tested by the best technicians The Arax system is basically the 88cm with a few mods

Arax 88 CMMLU serialforeigner.photo. It is a fully mechanical 6x6 medium format SLR camera with breech-lock lens mount redesigned and upgraded by ARAX The ARAX-CM has a P6 lens mount (Pentacon 6)(accepts lenses from my 6×6 Pentacon 6 TL camera) lens mount whereas Kiev 88 accepted screw mount lenses

General view of ARAXCM/MLU (Kiev88CM) camera YouTube. The ARAX CM is an awesome piece of kit - yes it has it's idiosyncracies and you really must handle it with care and attention, but for the money you get a very flexible and capable bit of kit with access to some wonderful lenses - there are many scare stories out there about the Kiev 88, I cannot speak for the original model but so far I've. The Arax system is basically the 88cm with a few mods