stevebrot
Established
The camera in the photo you referenced is mounted with the early I61 (Panda, which came before Zebra). Note that the color of the aperture ring is black on this lens, but silver on mine. It is possible that my lens is an unusual version, but I am still disappointed with it.
Steve
FalseDigital
BKK -> Tokyo
This is my FED 3 after I fixed it up. The vertical alignment was off so I had to use a metal washer to fix it at the correct distance.
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lem0n
Member
stevebrot
Established
George Bonanno
Well-known
"A Fine Camera"... Like a Crosley car.
MV72
Marc VERRIERE
My latest toys :
Zorki 1e 1955
Zorki 4 1957
Zorki 1e 1955
Zorki 4 1957
Nickfed
Well-known
Hot damn! Will you have ago at that!
Flash synch on a Zorki-1. I have heard of it, but I have never seen that before.
Flash synch on a Zorki-1. I have heard of it, but I have never seen that before.
Cagliostro73
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Snapper_uk
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Fed4
peng0318
Newbie
lost eden
Member
I've just caught the FSU rangefinder bug. In the background is a FED-2 (C2) with Industar-26M which I bought on ebay from Ukraine about 6 weeks ago, whilst in the foreground is a Zorki 4 with rigid Industar 50 that arrived this morning from Russia, again via ebay. I've just ordered a few meters of braided leather cord to make straps out of, because the spare black synthetic straps I have just don't go!
Rimidal Rezole
Newbie
oftheherd
Veteran
"A Fine Camera"... Like a Crosley car.
I hadn't been keeping up with this thread, but that is funny. I remember when the Crosleys came out. They never really caught on I think mostly due to their size. Everybody was starting to look at big cars.
tho60
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farlymac
PF McFarland
Zorki 1 with two serial numbers
Zorki 1 with two serial numbers
This is a hybrid of a later body, with an earlier rangefinder. It came with the I-22, then I purchased an I-26M so it could share the hood and filter set from my Contax IIa.
Group Portrait by br1078phot, on Flickr
PF
Zorki 1 with two serial numbers
This is a hybrid of a later body, with an earlier rangefinder. It came with the I-22, then I purchased an I-26M so it could share the hood and filter set from my Contax IIa.
Group Portrait by br1078phot, on Flickr
PF
siracusa
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Some nice cameras. I'll soon have cause to post a pic too - after missing out on brainwood's Fed 2 I took the plunge on a certain internet auction site and got one. I've just picked it up and it seems in good mechanical condition, but it stinks to high heaven of cigarettes, incense and residual mustiness (I would never criticise someone else's house but there was that aroma there when I collected it...), so I need to find a way to free it of this pungent stench before I can get close enough to photograph it. Even as an ex-smoker I'm truly beaten with this one! The vulcanite seems to have quite a bit of brown discoloration in places - any reccommendations about cleaning it would be gratefully received. Looking forward to trying the lens (I26M); it seems fine with just a little dust and a couple of light cleaning swirls. I also have a Zorki 4 on the way which I got solely for its Jupiter 8.
catintheflat
Newbie
Hi! This is my very first post on this forum.
I'd like to refresh this topic
Left - Kiev 4 from 70'
Right - Kiev II from 50', currently my favourite camera
and something for J12...
Homemade (uncompleted) viewfinder bulid with old flash and VF from Exacta compact camera.
Sorry for language errors :angel:
I'd like to refresh this topic
Left - Kiev 4 from 70'
Right - Kiev II from 50', currently my favourite camera
and something for J12...
Homemade (uncompleted) viewfinder bulid with old flash and VF from Exacta compact camera.
Sorry for language errors :angel:
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Dez
Bodger Extraordinaire
Better skin
Better skin
Most of the later FSU cameras came with some kind of rubberized cloth covering, which works, I guess, but is monumentally ugly. I have redone a couple of these cameras with some nice leather bought at Tandy's. It is quite easy to do, and you end up with a camera that looks better than new.
It's not as if you are desecrating a classic, and it smells good too.
Cheers,
Dez
Better skin
Most of the later FSU cameras came with some kind of rubberized cloth covering, which works, I guess, but is monumentally ugly. I have redone a couple of these cameras with some nice leather bought at Tandy's. It is quite easy to do, and you end up with a camera that looks better than new.
It's not as if you are desecrating a classic, and it smells good too.
Cheers,
Dez
polabe30
Newbie
Ron (Netherlands)
Well-known
Commemorative Z4 from one of our fellow members (hope he doesn't mind posting this) after CLA - I mostly use the FSU camera's with Leitz lenses like the summitar and the ltm summaron:
