fed2 light meter

[JT2007]

Hi,

what type of light meter system does the fed2 have? How does it look in the viewfinder?

Thanks!

 

[BSchall]

The FED 2 does not have a light meter.

 

[wolves3012]

The FED 2 does not have a light meter.

Blunt but accurate!

 

[wolves3012]

The only FSU cameras with a lightmeter are the Kiev 3, 3a, 4, 4M (and 5??) plus the FED 4 and 5, which came in versions with and without meter. All of those had uncoupled meters with a scale that is not in the viewfinder.

 

[JT2007]

Hahaa, no problem. Learning to photgraph without a lightmeter will be worth the effort. Could you revommend any internetsite links with some advices for learning to take pictures without the ligtmeter (for example some tables for recommended speeds/apertures and estimated lighting conditions (cloudy, sunny, angle of the sun etc).

Thanks!

 

[nzeeman]

this is very useful thing
http://expomat.tripod.com/
in most situations you wont need anything more than this.
good luck and welcome to rff!!!

 

[rxmd]

The only FSU cameras with a lightmeter are the Kiev 3, 3a, 4, 4M (and 5??)

And 5.

plus the FED 4 and 5, which came in versions with and without meter. All of those had uncoupled meters with a scale that is not in the viewfinder.

That's, of course, listing only interchangeable-lens rangefinders.

In that category, the only FSU camera with a meter readout in the finder that was actually produced in any numbers is, to my knowledge, the FED-11 "Atlas", of which about 23.000 or so were made. It's a leaf-shutter camera with an interchangeable Industar-61 lens. No other lens was apparently ever produced for the camera, so the value of having interchangeable lenses is a bit questionable. You can change between your favourite I-61s, of course, or hack a Jupiter-9 on the camera. I've seen it once here in Tashkent, and while it's an interesting camera, it apparently has a reputation for capriciousness and wasn't worth the $70 or so the seller was asking. (I guess I could have sold it on for more, but then there would have been trouble with exporting it and having to answer for the quality of a camera from an Uzbek flea market.)

If you don't need interchangeable lenses, there were a number of fixed-lens rangefinders with meters (Sokol, Voskhod, Zorki-10, plus several Siluets, Vilias and Elikons, to name just a few), most of which had some kind of exposure indication in the finder. SLRs are another story altogether again, of course.

Philipp

 

[Solinar]

No working meter today? Then the Sunny 16 Rule should get you started if you are outside shooting in daylight.

The 16 rule relates to setting the exposure to f/16 with the shutter set to the reciprocal of the film speed when out in the open on a perfectly sunny summer day. How often does that happen?

So the Sunny 16 rule is a starting point. You definitely need to modify the rule when shooting in the northern hemisphere during the winter months, or dealing with side lighting of back-lit subjects.

This time of year, with the sun sitting low on the horizon, I use a Sunny 11 rule.

Beyond Sunny 16 - you'll have to memorize your exposure settings for certain situations both indoors and out.

 

[wolves3012]

That's, of course, listing only interchangeable-lens rangefinders.

I should have made that clearer!

 

[Zyk]

Sunny 16 rule is very nice, but old light meter is nice too.

 

[dazedgonebye]

I have one of the Fed-2s with the recessed cold shoe.
Any idea if the voigtlander VCII meter will fit? I'm thinking it'll be a problem.