Show Off Your FSU

[Spyderman]

Thanks for correcting me John, I never had any rigid I-50 and I thought they also used 40.5 as most other FSU LTM lenses...

 

[manfromh]

Thanks! Ill try to find something in that size.

 

[John Robertson]

Thanks! Ill try to find something in that size.

Leitz A36 filters will fit, or copies of them!.
Trying to find 33 screw will be next to impossible, I had great difficulties 30 years ago, will be a lot worse now.
Your best bet would be these people. They are good to deal with. you can order on line.
http://www.srbfilm.co.uk/index1.html

 

[manfromh]

On quick observation I noticed that the filter ring on the silver I50 seems a little smaller than on the black I 50.

 

[kimisaboy]

Hi all!
i am new to here!!
got the Fed 2 for few years
i love this camera very much
This fed 2 have a neck strap hole (I think this is an Export version)
but it's original industar 61 has too many scratches
so I bought an Fed 50mm/f3.5 and Industar 61 L/D for it

Fed 2+Fed 35mm/f3.5

Fed 2+Industar 61 L/D

+hood

 

[nzeeman]

very nice fed2. and here are my other cameras.

 

[nzeeman]

and some more...

 

[manfromh]

...and i finally got some batteries for the digital camera today. It makes me feel good that my Zorki doesnt need batteries.

 

[vladhed]

Ah, a whole thread of nothing but lovely shiney metal masterpieces cortesy of communism!

You can see some photos taken with them at http://www.storm.ca/~vladhed/cameras or just go to my gallery!

A few other cameras keeping them company

 

[reagan]

kimisaboy ~ Welcome to RFF. Nice looking FED there. When time permits, feel free to upload some of your photos to the RFF Gallery!

nzeeman ~ Howzabout some thoughts on your Zorki.10 there. Good shooter or no? Pros/cons? Don't hear them mentioned much here at the FSU corral.

Great thread... Lotsa beauties still arriving!

 

[bob cole]

Show Off Your FSU

Here's a couple of mine...a Nicca IIIS with a Jupiter 8 and a Leica IIIC with an Industar 50...

I bought them from Russia to see how good they are -- and they're great! But when I get around to it, I'm going to unload them... and put back my Leica lenses ...

 

[kimisaboy]

Mr. CVBLZ4, thank you mery much!
I will upload more photo to here!
I love RF. very much ..
other than Fed 2, I also like to use the Japanese RF.
Such as Yashica GSN, Minolta 7s, Ricoh 500 RF...etc
but i love the Fed 2 most!
A Fed 5 is shipping to me, too !

 

[John Robertson]

Dawn and her friend!

 

[John Robertson]

On quick observation I noticed that the filter ring on the silver I50 seems a little smaller than on the black I 50.

I assume the black one is an SLR lens, then its a late 50-2.
Filter size is 35.5mm x 0.5 screw in or 37mm slip on.
Its the so called "flat face" version.

 

[reagan]

Dawn and her friend!

Okay, John.R, now I'm seriously jealous. The black Russar is on my OOTD list.

 

[John Robertson]

Okay, John.R, now I'm seriously jealous. The black Russar is on my OOTD list.

Envious I hope, not jealous!!
Very good lens, usually an almost permanent fixture on the Zarya. Its not a r/f coupled lens so this is ideal. Sadly it wont fit my Bessas, nor strangely the Fed 2,it fouls the r/f arm. works fine on the Zorkis, I suppose after all its a KMZ lens, also OK on the Droog. Very handy it takes a 49mm filter. The finder has a neat parallax correction device.

 

[nzeeman]

nzeeman ~ Howzabout some thoughts on your Zorki.10 there. Good shooter or no? Pros/cons? Don't hear them mentioned much here at the FSU corral.

i got it a week ago as a present from my friend. i shot a roll with it but didnt have money to scan and didnt have time to enlarge. i also have 5 other films waiting for enlargement and scan. i hope ill do it this week and then ill send samples. but negatives look nice to me - great exposure - every shot was good. i was expecting a lot of mistakes it has a nice viewfinder/rangefinder- bright and accurate. really a fun camera, maybe a little too big. my only complain is shutter button which have so long travel you have to press it almost 90 degrees to shoot.

 

[manfromh]

I assume the black one is an SLR lens, then its a late 50-2.
Filter size is 35.5mm x 0.5 screw in or 37mm slip on.
Its the so called "flat face" version.

Nope, the black one is a rangefinder lens (seen on my Z6 somewhere in this thread). I guess they changed the size when the black SLR lens came out, so people could use the same filters/hoods on both.

 

[John Robertson]

Nope, the black one is a rangefinder lens (seen on my Z6 somewhere in this thread). I guess they changed the size when the black SLR lens came out, so people could use the same filters/hoods on both.

Interesting. the KMZ site only lists this version as a SLR lens in 42mm thread.

 

[John Robertson]

maybe a little too big. my only complain is shutter button which have so long travel you have to press it almost 90 degrees to shoot.

Same here, and why did they put a B setting with no place to plug in a cable release???? I hate that!! My digicrap is like that!!