First FED 3b Photos

[Agnostic]

From my first roll with the FED 3(b) rangefinder (which appears to have a shutter problem at it's highest speed, 1/500th because it has strong vignetting on the left of some shots.) Fomapan 400 in Diafine.

 

[cweg]

Nice shots and welcome to RFF.

 

[Jack Ketch]

Agnostic, that dark spot on your first photo is actually a message from God proving to you that you need to get your shutter fixed.

 

[Agnostic]

Nice shots and welcome to RFF.

Thanks!

Agnostic, that dark spot on your first photo is actually a message from God proving to you that you need to get your shutter fixed.

:angel: Finally, a sign! 😛

I know, looks like shutter capping, I will see if cleaning and a bit of lubrication helps.

 

[planetjoe]

Agnostic, that dark spot on your first photo is actually a message from God proving to you that you need to get your shutter fixed.

Funny...I was thinking that the capping fit precisely into the composition of that image - it works!

I like these images; not bad for a roll for camera testing purposes.


Cheers,
--joe.

 

[Agnostic]

Funny...I was thinking that the capping fit precisely into the composition of that image - it works!

I like these images; not bad for a roll for camera testing purposes.


Cheers,
--joe.

Thanks! Actually I have another shot of the daughter of a friend of mine from this roll which I won't post on a public site, but there the vignetting also added a lot to the shot 🙂
Some accidents are good accidents!

 

[wolves3012]

Thanks!


:angel: Finally, a sign! 😛

I know, looks like shutter capping, I will see if cleaning and a bit of lubrication helps.

Looks like it's not quite capping but not far off. After a clean and lube normally comes "adjust" - there's a sticky in the FSU section on how to do this. You have too much tension on the second curtain or not enough on the first (assuming it IS running freely, which may not be the case).

It does actually work out on that first shot though...and another "welcome to RFF" here too.

 

[davelrods]

Yes that is typical of several of my Fed's and Zuki's. Seems to come with the shutter design whether you want it or not. I currently have three that are unusable because of it.

 

[wolves3012]

Yes that is typical of several of my Fed's and Zuki's. Seems to come with the shutter design whether you want it or not. I currently have three that are unusable because of it.

You need to blame Mr Barnack for it, it's his design that the FEDs and Zorkis are closely based on. Leica themselves had to do a bit of trickery to get the 1/1000th to work properly! The big problem is that the shutter has two, independent curtains and has to be persuaded for both to run in-sync, which is inherently not easily done.

 

[blazejs]

Very nice pictures🙂 Have you used Industar 61?