Lightleaks FED 5?

[gb hill]

Serial nos.: Fed-5:065702, Fed-5B:404885, Fed-5C: 606368
The Fed-5C was probably made later than the other two because it is labelled 'Made in Ukraine'

Now I'm confused. I have the box, instructions,(which I can't read) & the camera itself which all say Fed 5. No b or c just Fed 5 and the serial # 854494 is higher than the 5C. Never have had any light leaks as of yet.

 

[Coldkennels]

Now I'm confused. I have the box, instructions,(which I can't read) & the camera itself which all say Fed 5. No b or c just Fed 5 and the serial # 854494 is higher than the 5C. Never have had any light leaks as of yet.

I think what Fanshaw meant was that his 5C was made later, not that all 5Cs were. As far as I know, the three models were all made concurrently.

Interesting that your SN is higher than my leaky one. Maybe it's a problem limited to Monday morning production runs, then!

 

[fanshaw]

I am not sure that it is possible to date Fed cameras from the serial numbers. Whatever system they used it wasn't simple sequential numbering.