Does anybody need a quick laugh?......

[kievman]

I thought I had seen everything in the way of fake leicas, but ths takes the cake!!! My friend sent me this link http://cgi.ebay.com/Perfect-camera-...hZ005QQcategoryZ15234QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

He was considering buying IT I have yet to tell him its a fake, maybe he already knows ( I hope!!! chuckle chuckle....) He used to work in a camera store where they still sell Leicas.... I must say this Fed 5b does look good in black, but for that price, even in black, it's a ripoff!!! I think I paid all of $12.00 for my Fed 5b with a 61l/d and the lense is really what I wanted!!!! - Michael
P.S Fed 5s are really great cameras if you want something that's bulletproof and you won't cry if it gets stolen or falls in the river, plus if you can't find your hammer they make a great substitue 😀 - M

 

[kmerenkov]

I think that he knows it's a fake - at least it says "Made in Russia" on ebay page.
Ripoff - well, it indeed is ripoff if you are buying just fed. But this camera is the redesigned fed, somebody had to do this special work and make camera look like that. Maybe that's what you are paying for 🙂

P.S. God why on earth I am advocating fakes

 

[bolas]

From time to time such a modificated Russian RF appears on ebay. I've seen some Kievs with Contax signatures, sometimes black ... same with FED's or Zorkij ... usually as Leicas.

Sample Zorkij S as a Kriegsmarine Leica :

 

[Soeren]

Wauv a Russian Leica. I knew some where made in Canada but Russia? That must be a bargain 😀
Kind regards

 

[Ronald_H]

Wauv a Russian Leica. I knew some where made in Canada but Russia? That must be a bargain 😀
Kind regards

Seen that before. Does it have an M mount? 😀

Pity that mt FED5's finder is so bad, but it does nicely with a CV wide angle on it.

 

[rolleistef]

it does look like a leica M5 if you don't watch too close...

 

[xayraa33]

at least he could have used a Fed 5c as the basis for his " Leica M" mock up.

 

[chris91387]

that is one of the funniest things i've seen in a long time.

definitely a good laugh on a lousy monday morning.

 

[capitalK]

That thing is so ugly it's beautiful. Maybe if it says things like "Leica", "Leitz" and "Wetzlar" enough times it will come true 😀

 

[wolves3012]

Presumably the supply of FED and Zorki 1 cameras is drying up. It would be interesting to see how a naiive owner might cope when trying to fit an M lens!

 

[freeranger]

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There is a sucker born every day!!!

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

😆 Freeranger, that is freaking hilarious! Did you do that? Right down to the printing on the lens. Beautiful. For a minute there, I had no idea what I was looking at...

The M8 totally needs a selenium meter...

 

[freeranger]

😆 Freeranger, that is freaking hilarious! Did you do that? Right down to the printing on the lens. Beautiful. For a minute there, I had no idea what I was looking at...

The M8 totally needs a selenium meter...

😱 saw an opportunity for a cheap laugh 😱

 

[xayraa33]

I wonder if there is a market for Fed 5c with selenium cell pic stick um strips for M8 owners? 🙄

 

[kievman]

this is turning out to be one of the funniest thread I have read on rangefinder forum in a long time. Nice art work- Freeranger, maybe you should work for those folks in Russia who are cranking out those Feicas!!!! Chuckle Chuckle....... - M

 

[kuzano]

Actually more interested in the watches shown...

Actually more interested in the watches shown...

I have been looking for a Russian Rolex for a long time now.

 

[dll927]

That "Leica" has to be fake. I've never before seen one that looked quite like that.

 

[RedSoldier]

THere is actually a fairly large industry in Russia and the FSU for turning FEDS, Zorkis and KIEVs into thier more expensive counterparts, usually to be sold to tourists who don't know better.

 

[dll927]

Has anyone ever wondered if the Germans engraved any cameras with Cyrillic characters? What a turn-around that would be!!

 

[bolas]

Another nice "Leica":
Ebay no. 160264652889:

What is it ? Zorkij ?