Fed heaven

[jorisbens]

On the bay someone is selling a fed-S with the fed 50/2 collapsible!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15234&item=7521250971&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V This is my real dream-camera, if only I had the money for the perfect camera and the perfect lens :angel:

Joris Bens

 

[captainslack]

That's actually not a bad price, considering the rarity of the S. Of course, age doesn't appear to have been too kind to that one.

 

[jorisbens]

The body doesn't look in great shape, but I'm more interested in the lens and the lens looks very fine to me. It would be nice to have such a lens, but then again it'll cost (almos) as much as a collapsible 50/2 Leica

I hope that another fed-s will show up in a year or so and then I might be able to afford one

Joris Bens

 

[jorisbens]

I found a second one on the bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15234&item=7523742293&rd=1
This one looks better and is cheaper Well I'm getting some GAS-urges :bang:

Joris Bens

 

[dll927]

It's interesting that the Russian camera makes all seem to have a "C" model - which seems to stand for "S", since there is no "S" in Russian. Zorki had a "C" right after the original model and before the Zorki-2. I've also read in some places that the "S" stood for 'synchronization', even if the Russkis can't spell. (Yes, I know it has a different alphabet.)

I have a Zorki "C", but maybe the Feds are rare, as is the case with the Zorki-2. As for the collapsable lens, that's common on the early models of all the Russian RF's - is the FED one special??

 

[jorisbens]

Fed-s or fed-c (in cyrillic) is very rare, and the lens isn't just an ordinary 50/3.5 but a faster 50/2.0 and those also are rare. This is the first time i've seen two fed-s's at the same time on the bay, sometimes there is one, but mostly none can be found on the bay.

I'm an FSU rangefinder fan (actually all FSU cameras). And I would love such a lens. (second picture) I think it is absed on the Leica summitar (first picture), but I aint sure because I don't know a lot about Leica lenses.(Correct me if I'm wrong about the comparison)

Joris Bens

 

[rbiemer]

I found a second one on the bay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15234&item=7523742293&rd=1
This one looks better and is cheaper Well I'm getting some GAS-urges :bang:

Joris Bens

Nice looking but the seller says the curtains are bad. 50mm/f2 collapsable lens though, THATS appealing!
Rob

 

[einolu]

Fancy. That second fed has a 1/1000 shutter speed. Curious about the lens too, I too think its a copy of the summitar.

 

[jorisbens]

Fancy. That second fed has a 1/1000 shutter speed. Curious about the lens too, I too think its a copy of the summitar.

All fed-s's have a 1/1000 shutter speed setting, I thought it was some sort of fed-2 prototype that was never commercially built, but a few hundred were built and given to the rich-important soviets. (Now that aint real communism )

Joris Bens