Revue 3 = Fed 3

[lubitel]

Just for info
I was looking through eboy for some russian cameras and found a Fed 3 which used to be sold by german company Quelle as a Revue 3.

Never knew Feds were sold under other names.

 

[lushd]

This happened to quite a few of the KMZ models - UK members of a certain age will recall Zenits being sold in Dixons under the Prinzflex brand - but seems to have been less common with FEDs . According to Princelle the FED 3 was known as a Revue and also a Taxal in some markets.

I am sure it was something to do with giving their USSR origin a lower profile. I had a Zenit 3 that went under the name of "Global" for a while.

 

[lubitel]

Would be interesting to have a list of all the "western" names and corresponding FSU cameras.

 

[darkkavenger]

Are the engravings on the camera body matching ? it would be interesting to see.

 

[lubitel]

yes it's with the engraving.

 

[pvdhaar]

Did that camera come with that lens? It says FED on the front..

Still, a nice find..

 

[lubitel]

i dont know, it probably did.

 

[arothaus]

Hello,

the "Revue"-labeled FED's had all a FED lens. The FED-4 was also sold as "Revue" at Photo-Quelle. The Revue-3 was sold with two different engravings/inscriptions.

There were several cameras sold under the "Revue" label
Zenit-3m ("Revueflex"), Zorki-10, but also Prakticas, Mamiyas, Cosinas, Polaroids...

Andreas

 

[darkkavenger]

It's so lovely! 😀

 

[lynnb]

I've just become proud owner of a Revue 3 - will have a look in the forums under Fed 3 to get some tips - everything seems to be working OK except the shutter button sometimes doesn't operate smoothly (won't budge then clicks after some more pressure). Haven't put a roll through yet...

 

[lynnb]

here's another photo