Fed-2

[sqjaw]

Need help understanding the rangefinder camera, Now with a 50mm F-2.8 the focus systems is fine for use but when you change lenses like going to a 135mm F-4 lens or 85mm lens will the rangefinder focus still work, or should one rely on meter scale on the lens : Thanks folks:

 

[pschauss]

The rangefinder should work with the other focal lengths.

 

[payasam]

Any lens that is coupled to the range-finder can be focussed just like your 50mm. While it is safe to scale focus a wide angle lens, that cannot be done with an 85mm or a 135mm. The view-finder of the camera is good only for 50mm, so for other focal lengths you will need an accessory finder.

 

[payasam]

Here are two pictures taken with a Jupiter-9 lens on a FED-2 body. The first is by natural light at f/2, the second is by a single on-camera flash at f/5.6.

 

[sqjaw]

Payasam: will this turret work for me on the FED-2 [Leica VIOOH Accessory Finder Ernst Leitz 35-135mm] thanks a lot:

 

[payasam]

Yes, the VIOOH will work. It is not a turret finder, though: its mask size changes for different focal lengths, which means that for longer focal lengths you get small images. The KMZ turret finder, which has different objectives for each focal length, can probably be had for a lower price.

 

[sqjaw]

Payasam: I took wild gamble and got it for under forty dollars B-4 shipping in the USA : all the KMZ I looked at were over 45.00 plus shipping from overseas : Hey I am Cheap: