Willys
Newbie
Hi,
i had a little question.
What is the better FED-1 to use, a pre or a postwar type?
Regards
Christopher
i had a little question.
What is the better FED-1 to use, a pre or a postwar type?
Regards
Christopher
Dralowid
Michael
In my opinion the pre war cameras are better made but remember that early Feds do not have a mount that is compatible with Leica. Also, they are obviously older...and the very early ones are starting to fetch quite high prices.
I'm sure others will explain about the mount, it is to do with thread 'pitch' I believe.
I'm sure others will explain about the mount, it is to do with thread 'pitch' I believe.
wolves3012
Veteran
I agree with Dralowid. Pre-war bodies are more hand-made and better quality, although not by much. The post-war ones make better users, late ones have a single-piece cast chassis so they're a bit stronger (Leica also made that step) and they will take most LTM lenses.
If you buy a pre-war one you may or may not get lucky on the mount-registration and thread. Pre-war examples are, in effect, a fixed-lens camera unless you can pick up the pre-war lenses and have them adjusted for the body. Neither practical nor cheap!
The very late examples of the FED 1 also have very thin film guide-rails, which can mean your film slips out of them (mine does this). At worst, you'll get some slightly skewed frames and sprocket holes in your picture. You just need to put in a spacer to raise a modern film cassette up to stop it
If you buy a pre-war one you may or may not get lucky on the mount-registration and thread. Pre-war examples are, in effect, a fixed-lens camera unless you can pick up the pre-war lenses and have them adjusted for the body. Neither practical nor cheap!
The very late examples of the FED 1 also have very thin film guide-rails, which can mean your film slips out of them (mine does this). At worst, you'll get some slightly skewed frames and sprocket holes in your picture. You just need to put in a spacer to raise a modern film cassette up to stop it
Willys
Newbie
Ok,
i think the better model to use is a post war.
But which model F or G?
Is it true that the most G modells have coated lenses and the F modells not.
i think the better model to use is a post war.
But which model F or G?
Is it true that the most G modells have coated lenses and the F modells not.
goamules
Well-known
The later pre-war ones are good, all but the earliest use the Leica standard thread, and the focal length has worked fine for me too with Leica and Canon lenses. But the Russian lenses were good too, so just find one with a good lens! I like the 100mm Fed lens better than the 50/2.0 "summar type" which flares.
