“FED-2” Film Camera USSR Vintage, 35 mm. Lens Industar-26M, 2.8/50 №247515 1950s

UAC Number: B038

Body Number: 247515

Lens Number: 431042

Description:

Second issue "FED-2" with synchro contact (second edition 1956 – 1958)

The second issue includes cameras produced from 1956 to 1958. The main improvement concerned the shutter: now it is possible to switch the shutter speed both when the shutter is cocked and when it is released]. The design change became noticeable in the shutter head, which was no longer solid, and its central axis was visible from above. The modification is also distinguished by a synchronization contact that appears on the front wall of the case under the rangefinder window. In 1957, the Industar-10 lens was replaced by the more modern Industar-26M 2.8/52 (50) in a rigid frame. A little later, the sync contact socket was moved from the body to the top panel.

FED-2 is a Soviet small-format rangefinder camera. The first independent development of the Kharkov industrial machine-building association "FED", which replaced the domestic copy of the Leica II. 

Weight with case:  782 g. / 27.58 oz.

Body with Lens Weight: 602 g. / 21.23 oz.

General characteristics for the “FED-2” camera:

Type: Rangefinder camera.

Producer: Association "FED".

Year of issue: 1956 - 1958.

Lens: Industar-61 2.8/53 (For second edition Industar-26M 2.8/50)

Lens mount: M39×1/28.8.

Photo material: Film type 135.

Frame size: 24×36 mm.

Focus: Manual, rangefinder

Exposure: Manual setting of shutter speed and aperture.

Shutter: Shutter-slit, with shutter speeds from 1/25 to 1/500 s, "B".

Photo flash: Synchro contact "X", sync speed 1/25 s (only from the second release).

Viewfinder: Optical parallax, combined with a rangefinder.

It will be interesting for collectors of souvenir retro products of the USSR era. 

Condition:

Vintage, Rare, Retro. Used.

External condition: See real photos

Film rewind lever, shutter release.

The inner curtain closes.

Sliding sashes inside is works.

The “FED-2” has been tested and is visually in working order, but the full technical condition of the product and its correct performance are unknown.

Sold as souvenir vintage items for the collection.

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Manufacturer Country:

Made in USSR (Ukraine)

Release Year:

1956 - 1958

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