Amazing Industar

[armphoto]

Take the back off the Fed2 with film out of course. Take the lens off & point the camera at a bright surface, TV screens are excellent. Trip the shutter at different speeds & watch the curtain travel. Pay attention at 1/ 60th. Fed 2s especially in my experience & what I've read are prone to show capping at 60th of second. Then shine a flashlight through the curtains to see any pinhole leaks. Good luck. Fed 2s are fine camera's.

Thanks but what's capping?

 

[bobby_novatron]

I also would guess that it's not the lens that's the problem -- it's probably the camera body. I have an Industar-50 that takes great photos, tack-sharp in fact. But the Fed-2 camera body that I use it with has uneven curtain travel. So I would start by looking at how consistent the curtain works at different shutter speeds. Just my two cents.

Here's a picture of my Industar-50 with Fed-2. Lovely combo -- when it works!

 

[wolves3012]

Thanks but what's capping?

Capping is where the curtains do not run at the same speed, so the 2nd curtain catches up with the 1st and closes part of the frame. Can be caused by 1st curtain running too slow or 2nd curtain too fast. If the curtains run at different speeds but otherwise work properly, you can get uneven exposure across the frame. The exposure slit may widen or narrow, depending which curtain is faster. Capping is an extreme form of it narrowing: it narrows to zero before the curtains complete their travel across the frame.

 

[armphoto]

I also would guess that it's not the lens that's the problem -- it's probably the camera body. I have an Industar-50 that takes great photos, tack-sharp in fact. But the Fed-2 camera body that I use it with has uneven curtain travel. So I would start by looking at how consistent the curtain works at different shutter speeds. Just my two cents.

Here's a picture of my Industar-50 with Fed-2. Lovely combo -- when it works!

Wow Bobby, that's one pimped out Fed 2 you got there! Lol. Seriously though it's a nice one. How did you achieve the looks? What material did you use for the vulcanite and for the black paint?