This Soviet Feed 4 is a camera with an impressive pedigree. The original design was by Oskar Barnack and the Leica 1 introduced in 1926 by E.Leitz (Leica = LEItz CAmera). An orphanage in Karkiv, Ukraine set up a workshop to produce copies of the Leica II as a training exercise for teenage boys. ThisContinue reading “Fed 4 (ФЭД 4)”
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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)”
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”
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)”
Zenit E
Zenit E – a 35mm film SLR from the KMZ factory in Russia.
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