Wovoka
Newbie
Hello, Rangefinder folks, I just joined up (sorry 'bout being a latecomer), having been a looong-time ex-camera collector but with gigabytes of camera-related info remaining up my organic hard drive...
So about 8 years ago, during a for the most part boring tour or Serbia, Romania & Bulgaria, I was wandering thru an open-air flea market and came upon this Fed camera. Was already familiar with these pieces and knew they went cheap (still do!) - but had never seen a green one.
I've had this FED packed away with other leftovers from my camera collecting days (I'm now into mid-19th century images such as daguerreotypes), and am still curious as to whether this might be a Russian military version?
So about 8 years ago, during a for the most part boring tour or Serbia, Romania & Bulgaria, I was wandering thru an open-air flea market and came upon this Fed camera. Was already familiar with these pieces and knew they went cheap (still do!) - but had never seen a green one.
I've had this FED packed away with other leftovers from my camera collecting days (I'm now into mid-19th century images such as daguerreotypes), and am still curious as to whether this might be a Russian military version?
santino
FSU gear head
I highly doubt that. Nontheless it has an interesting combination of colors. The leatherette seems to be real, the green color rather not.
You could contact Vlad Kern from ussrphoto.com - he knows things soviet!
You could contact Vlad Kern from ussrphoto.com - he knows things soviet!
ddutchison2
Well-known
It's been painted (rather well) over top of silver chrome, so this was done after it was made. Had it been a factory paint job, the paint would have been applied on the bare metal and most certainly this would have been the case if it was a government contract camera, there'd be no need for redundant and relatively expensive chrome plating,. Russians techs liked dolling up their export cameras - DVD-Technik was the Shueido of Russian cameras - it might be one of theirs
Wovoka
Newbie
You folks are almost certainly correct that it's not anything "military." Poor thing has been languishing at the bottom of one of my photographica boxes for years, and i think I'll purchase a cheap Industar (?) lens for it and bring it to my local camera club meeting to show around.
Had forgotten about FED's origins in Ukraine: that fack will interest them if the camera doesn't!
Had forgotten about FED's origins in Ukraine: that fack will interest them if the camera doesn't!