Australia/New Zealand RFF camera round Australia and NZ

The Scrambled Fed 2

The Scrambled Fed 2

Perhaps in hindsight the depth of field is a bit small for some of these shots.


IMGP6531 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

The fuzzy thing on the front is the Industar-61 LD Tessar-based lens, reputedly the sharpest LTM Tessar lens. It has click-stop aperture but was assembled upside-down so the engravings don't align. I taped on the marks instead.


IMGP6532 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

Back view: film advance on the right, rewind on the left. Diopter/focus adjustment for the range/view finder on the left under the rewind knob.


IMGP6549 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

The base - closed


IMGP6548 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

Lift and turn the handles ...


IMGP6538 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

And the entire back removes. Internally, though, this handles like a screwmount Leica/ M Leica not like a Leca CL or a swing-back camera. Easiest to load by ...


IMGP6545 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr



IMGP6546 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr



IMGP6547 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

There is a rewind ring rather than a lever or button: this is around the shutter release. Down (turn clockwise) is the rewind position.


IMGP6551 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

Turn anticlockwise to shoot.


IMGP6552 by Scrambler@4350, on Flickr

Sure its an ugly little thing, but it gets the job done. At least it no longer has the odd smell it came from the Ukraine with.

I've started on my roll: it's a %^&$ of a week here so may take a little while.
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The Fed 2 is an extremely easy camera to use IMO ... probably my favourite FSU. :)
 
Keith said:
The Fed 2 is an extremely easy camera to use IMO ... probably my favourite FSU. :)
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If the viewfinder could compete with the IIIc I would never have bought another rangefinder. I still love the idea of it: take a Leica II and give it every advance that no additional cost of manufacturing can give it. It's got the quiet cloth shutter, a decent RF base length and the fastest manual film advance I've used.
 
Hi Scrambler,
Thanks for the info on loading it, and for putting up your camera. It looks like we're getting a nice crew together now!
Michael
 
hey guys a bit busy today. Scrambler, thanks for the photos. can't wait to try it now.

Milosdevino and Yanchep Mike, welcom to the project. I will add you to the list at some stage today.
 
I have updated the list for the project and also moved it to my first post in this topic.
We are getting a little bit of a following now. 11 people means we should be able to make a little book for us all at the end of this with no problem.
 
I think you're wise to keep it local. I got involved with the Pass the RF-5 when the Canonet 28 went missing on the first pass.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55396

I got another one, adjusted it for silver cells and found out just who was still interested and sent it off on its voyage which took 2 years.

It really was like the proverbial 'herding cats'. But it got there.

Good luck and I will watch with great interest.
 
batey_1020 said:
11 people means we should be able to make a little book for us all at the end of this with no problem.
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A word of advice, if you don't mind.

Prepare for half of these participants *not* giving you any images in the end.
It's not that people don't want to, but life has a strange way to push these kind of things down the priority.

But the book in the end, makes all the trouble worth it, so keep at it.
:)
 
Scrambler, you pics look pretty good, the mirror shot is very clever as a selfy, i hope my ones will look that good, will use Tri-X or PolypanF.

have a nice day
 
I love the 3rd and the last shot.
Nice results from old film also. I shot some 20 year old panF the other months and got some reasonable results and i have another 100ft of it in the freezer :)

Nice to see the camera start its journey.
 
I see I was supposed to say something about using the FED and comparing to my other RF cameras.

I made some unpleasant comments about the FED earlier in the thread, and some nice ones too. Pulling it out and using it reminded me again of what I like and dislike about it.

I love the knob wind on the FED. I once tried to put the FED knob on my Leica IIIc (but it wouldn't fit, curses). The FED knob is exactly the right size for a knob wind. Instead of using two fingers a la early Leica, you place the knuckle of your right index finger on the knob and just roll along the finger up to the tip. It's faster than a lever advance and for left-eyed shooters like me it's more convenient too.

The I-61LD surprised me with its performance. I had relegated this lens, preferring the Jupiter 8 sonnar signature. Maybe I should try to get the lens back after its tour of the country... click stops are very nice!

And on the negative, I still can't love the viewfinder. I've tried, it's cost me a LOT of money not loving that viewfinder, but it's just too dark and dreary for me. I feel like sitting at home with dry rye bread and drinking vodka, crying to the sound of balalaikas. I can remember looking through the viewfinder of my first Leica IIIc and realizing what a little gem it is - in comparison to the FED. Now that I have a Bessa R, and more recently a Hexar RF, I really can't cope with going back. And it's a measure of how much I hate that viewfinder that I don't use the camera, because I love everything else about using it, and the knob wind is to die for.

The FED use experience is to me like meeting an ex. You can see what you loved, but it's great to have moved on.
 
Scrambler said:
Any news, Keith?
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The camera is at our local post office but I won't be able to pick it up until tomorrow.

The joys of living in semi rural paradise.

I meant to ask about film ... I generally only shoot 24 frame rolls though I may resort to 36 for this because I'll blow a few exposures for sure! :D
 
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