erik
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Anybody know about these: http://cgi.ebay.com/LEICA-I-D-R-P-V...ViewItemQQptZFilm_Cameras?hash=item3357c903d7
Are they zorkis or feds? I don't care for the woody look, but I like the size.
Are they zorkis or feds? I don't care for the woody look, but I like the size.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
it looks to be made from a Fed 1 body and lens.
pakeha
Well-known
there is a whole range of these knock offs at Moscowphoto store, wood, brass, white, etc etc.
pauls52
Established
I'm guessing they don't use good bodies for these. This one at least looks like a real bitza to me. The lens is definately a FED. Looks uncoated so probably prewar which means that it would have been adjusted to a body with non-standard flange to fim plane distance - if this is not its original body, it likely needs adjusting (unless you trust that it has been done).
The shutter crate looks like a Zorki 1b to me. The top plate is confusing. Its back edge has two screws. All FEDs had three as did Zorkis up to and including 1b. However, under the rewind lknob can be seen the edges of 3 screws. No Zorki had this and the last FED with visible screws was the pre-war 1b. BUT the middle screw on the front edge is not partly covered by the lens flange as on the 1a and 1b. This did not change until the 1c. My thinking is that the screws under the rewind are a given and the edge scres have been rearranged to suit a different body. The shutter button matches a FED 1b also.
Whilst the cosmetics may appeal to some (I didn't mean to you), I'm not convinced this is meant to be a user camera. Leaving aside the longegivity of the surface finishes, has evrything been chosen and properly adjusted to match?
I can see why the Leica Standard style is appealing but in terms of size, the rangefinder housing on a genuine Zorki 1 or FED 1 variant hardly makes it any bigger at all. Finding a good original one is a whole different ball game but armed with some good advice, it is possible.
Paul
The shutter crate looks like a Zorki 1b to me. The top plate is confusing. Its back edge has two screws. All FEDs had three as did Zorkis up to and including 1b. However, under the rewind lknob can be seen the edges of 3 screws. No Zorki had this and the last FED with visible screws was the pre-war 1b. BUT the middle screw on the front edge is not partly covered by the lens flange as on the 1a and 1b. This did not change until the 1c. My thinking is that the screws under the rewind are a given and the edge scres have been rearranged to suit a different body. The shutter button matches a FED 1b also.
Whilst the cosmetics may appeal to some (I didn't mean to you), I'm not convinced this is meant to be a user camera. Leaving aside the longegivity of the surface finishes, has evrything been chosen and properly adjusted to match?
I can see why the Leica Standard style is appealing but in terms of size, the rangefinder housing on a genuine Zorki 1 or FED 1 variant hardly makes it any bigger at all. Finding a good original one is a whole different ball game but armed with some good advice, it is possible.
Paul
ruslan
Established
This is an original base of FED 1 (which is actually Leica) with different new top and lower plates with rangefinder removed.