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!!