Label on FED 3 Box

[David Hughes]

Hi,

There's a price label printed on the base of my FED 3 box and one word I can't make sense of; it says (with my interpretation):-

Фотоаппарат ФЕД 3Л - Camera FED 3L

(курковй) - (Kurkova)

Цена 47 руб - Price 47 Roubles

The question is, what does Kurkova mean?

It looks like a reference to a town or surname to me but why...

Can any one help, please?

BTW, it was first sold on the 27th June 1969 and I've the original receipt etc, quite fascinating.

Regards, David

 

[radi(c)al_cam]

The question is, what does Kurkova mean?

It's the Czech model and actress without belly button?

😛

 

[David Hughes]

You've blown it now. How will I explain it to my wife?

Regards, David

PS Now I shall have to retype the entire thread in Russian to disguise it...

 

[Mr_Flibble]

My money would be on the 'town' .

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

Yes, I would put my money on a town but what's the link? There's so many spellings when going from Cyrillic to Latin and I've not got a Berne List available any more...

Regards, David

 

[KoNickon]

Can you check the spelling again? The last letter should have another just like it (except for the diacritical mark above it) right before. Also, if the initial k wasn't capitalized, then it wouldn't be a proper name, like that of a city.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Курковый means version with advance lever instead of wheel for film advance.

 

[David Hughes]

Can you check the spelling again? The last letter should have another just like it (except for the diacritical mark above it) right before. Also, if the initial k wasn't capitalized, then it wouldn't be a proper name, like that of a city.

Thanks I wondered about that and wondered if it was a Ukrainian variation. It's a long long time since I learnt Russian...

Luckily, it looks like we have the answer.

Regards, David

 

[David Hughes]

Курковый means version with advance lever instead of wheel for film advance.

Thanks, that's another loose end tidied up. You'll be pleased to learn that I shalln't be asking any more questions for a while...

Regards, David

 

[David Hughes]

Just for the record:-

Regards, David

 

[Elmar Lang]

So, we should assume that the well-known model, is "advance lever actioned"...

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

The camera has a lever wind for the film advance. It came in the original box with all the paperwork, including the receipt...

Regards, David

 

[Elmar Lang]

I was not referring to the camera model, but to the lady model, mentioned at the beginning of the discussion...

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

See post 3 for my reasons...

Regards, David

 

[Elmar Lang]

Hi,

I think that both of us have the same reasons.

Only, I suspect that my wife can read Russian...

All the best, Enzo