Ferki or Zod?

[Dralowid]

Interesting variation on a familiar theme...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RUSSIAN-S...ography_VintageCameras_SM&hash=item20d1049b88

Surely the top is mostly Fed and the body Zorki?

Michael

 

[Aapo]

Would have fooled me without that rim. Since we don't know whether these two are even tried to match together could this tiny monster work at all? What...FED B or C model combined with late Zorki deco rim body

 

[Dralowid]

Yes it is a bit of a melange.

I like older Feds and even have a battered old spare body that might do the trick but not at these prices...makes you wonder what's inside too.

 

[B-9]

Looks to be a Zorki 1C body, I don't see why this wouldn't work!
Possibly a replacement of a damaged soft body? Or a Franken FED from a spare parts bin.

 

[locheeboy]

It's a FED 1, early but not uncommon. 😎

 

[Dralowid]

It's a FED 1, early but not uncommon. 😎

only the top. the body is Zorki with that moulding.

 

[locheeboy]

only the top. the body is Zorki with that moulding.

Apologies. didn't notice the moulding the first time. As B-9 said, probably a Z1c body.

🙄

 

[wolves3012]

The bodyshell does not belong on it, that's for sure. Probably explains why there are missing screws too. I think the FEDs had the screw-holes drilled by hand, so they don't end up in "standard" positions. Hence a Zorki crate might well not have the holes line up and they can't easily be fitted.

The main concern in swapping shells like this is that the mount-to-film distance may not have been re-set to match the lens.

Perhaps the seller is unaware that this is a franken-camera. He also, mistakenly, claims the lens is an exact copy of the Elmar, which it is not.