FED HISTORY
The FED is a Russian Rangefinder camera, mass produced from 1934 until around 1990, and also the name of the factory that made it. FED is indirectly named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the VChK. It was his name that was given to the labour commune at Kharkiv (Ukraine) whose manager, Anton Makarenko, encouraged a workshop education for indigent children and who decided to copy the Leica in 1932. Large-scale production began in 1934, and in the same year the factory was put under NKVD control and Makarenko was fired. Production continued until 1941, when German forces destroyed the factory, and resumed in 1946. Until 1955, the factory made a huge number of cameras that resemble the Leica rather closely (and are often altered, given "Leica" markings, and sold as Leicas). However, the design is cruder: for example, the rangefinder cam is not fitted with a wheel. From 1955, FED began to innovate, combining the rangefinder with the viewfinder in the FED 2 and all its successors. The FED-3 added slow shutter speeds and on the later version FED-3 (b) the film advance was changed from a thumb wheel to a lever. The FED 4 (1964–77) added a non-coupled selenium exposure meter. The FED 5 marked the end of the FED rangefinder family, and was meant as a replacement for both the FED-3 and FED-4 that were in production at the time of its introduction. There were versions of the FED-5: the original FED-5 had an exposure meter, the FED-5B was a cheaper version without meter, and the later FED-5C had reflected frame-lines showing field of view of 50mm lens and an exposure meter. All FED-5 cameras were delivered with an Industar I-61L/D lens. Production of FED rangefinder cameras ended in the mid 1990s (Fed-5 Serial Number 545446 was made on February 28, 1994; Fed's site claims that it was in fact 1997: "Start of serial production of vertical drive for control system of tanks. Production of all types of cameras has stopped. 8,647,000 cameras were manufactured since the beginning.")
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Short description of camera

I bring to your attention rare vintage USSR Russian collectable, 

range finder film 35mm photo automatic camera FED 50. FED-50 is a Soviet small-format automatic scale camera that has been produced by the FED Kharkov Industrial Engineering Association since 1986. The name "FED" comes fro the initials of Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. The youth rehabilitation commune which bears his name was created as a memorial to Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret police

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It is developed on the basis of a small-format automatic rangefinder camera FED-Micron-2. The main difference (in addition to the lack of a range finder) is that the camera’s electronics are powered by a selenium photocell; it does not need a FED-50 power source. According to its characteristics and technical features, the camera fully complies with the class of amateur cameras with simplified controls, popular in Western Europe and the USA. The closest analogue of the camera can be considered the Japanese "Olympus Trip 35". 

Serial number camera body: 

050722. 

This serial number dates this camera 1990 as per published production numbers. 

All features have been tested and work properly. Shutter speeds look appropriate. Glass on lenses is clean, no fungus. This unique camera was kept till our time in EXCELLENT condition. Getting such thing you do good capital investment. Every year the price for them will increase only! This camera is a stylish acquisition for collectors, 100% satisfaction, and good present or for everyday use!

Technical information:


Frame Size:

24X36 mm

Lens:

Industar-81 (2,8/38)

Focusing:

1M - 10M to infinity

Shutter speed:

B - Auto



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