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John's Cameras. A collection of interesting and old cameras.

John's Cameras. A collection of interesting and old cameras.

These are descriptions of my growing collection of old film cameras together with my experience of using them. The descriptions are entirely based on a particular camera that I have before me.

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Fed 2 (B4) (ФЭД)

I wanted a Fed camera since I first saw one many years ago. The external design is very much “form follows function” (and I suspect the internals is as well). When I finally bought a Fed, it was a Model 5B which was box-like and anodyne – it also leaked light and I got ridContinue reading “Fed 2 (B4) (ФЭД)”

Posted byJohn Margetts7th Mar 201510th May 2021Posted in35mm, rangefinderTags:fed, film, fsu, ltm, m39, ussr4 Comments on Fed 2 (B4) (ФЭД)

Zorki 4

The Zorki 4 camera was made by KMZ ( Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory) – the same factory that made the Zenit cameras –  in the former USSR near Moscow. The name ‘Zorki’ means ‘sharp sighted’ in English. Over 1,700,000 Zorki 4 cameras were made in total. The original Zorki was a direct copy of a Leica IIContinue reading “Zorki 4”

Posted byJohn Margetts28th Jun 20149th Sep 2020Posted inrangefinderTags:35 mm, film, fsu, ltm, m39, ussr3 Comments on Zorki 4

Fed 5 (ФЭД 5)

This is a very sturdy camera. It is black, square, solid with no frills or cosmetics. Fed cameras started off as copies of German Leica cameras and while the design of a Fed might be identical to a 1930s Leica, manufacturing standards are certainly not. As I am being fairly negative here, I would likeContinue reading “Fed 5 (ФЭД 5)”

Posted byJohn Margetts2nd May 20111st Jun 2018Posted inrangefinderTags:35mm, fed, film, fsu, ltm, ussr6 Comments on Fed 5 (ФЭД 5)
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