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Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  02:51:22 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I bought these cameras 4 or 5 years ago to the same guy in France.
I got 5 sunshades too.
It seems the cameras have been painted, but not all. I have also some other Fed 2 in different colours that seems to be more original, on cameras without selftimer.
Does anybody know what colours were used on original cameras?

Fred


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_02.jpg



http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_03.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_04.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_05.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_06.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_07.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_08.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_09.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_10.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_11.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_12.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_13.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_14.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_15.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_16.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed_2_LD_17.jpg

Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  02:59:37 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi again

Here is a pic of other 3 cameras in colour I have.
There is no selftimer on bodies and the colour seems to be more "natural" than the other five cameras I showed before..

Fred


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1272012_Fed-2_0005.jpg
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David Tomlinson
RCCCUK
United Kingdom
208 Posts
Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  03:14:30 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Fred,

The original FED-2 colours were all very dark and subdued. The coloured versions seem to be the models without the self-timer. I believe the original colours were green, blue, red and brown.

David.
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts
Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  04:13:13 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Fred,

OK with David about dark colours. But I don't know if there is really a red: it's rather a red-brown colour.
So I think of blue, green and red-brown as original colours.
The green particularly is so dark that it often looks black on eBay's photos...

Edit: the JLP adds 2 colours for 2c and 2d Feds (with seftimer): grey and "sand". I never owned one of these two ones.

Amitiés. Jacques.
Edited by - Jacques M. on Jul 12 2012 11:34:59 AM
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Alexander K.
AlexanderK
Germany
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Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  1:34:11 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Fred,

agree with David, it were four original dark colours: green, blue, red and brown.
Red and brown are really two different colours. As I know, there were neither any red-brown nor light-coloured cameras.


Regards, Alexander
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
837 Posts
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Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  1:48:01 PM  Show Profile  Visit uwittehh's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Right, the original coloured FED 2 are more dark. I have a dark red, dark blue, dark green and dark brown one, you can see them all here:

http://fotos.cconin.de/kameras/fed2.htm#fed2b

The bright painted ones are not original even if they look nice :-)

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  2:52:22 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I always thought red was aftermarket. I have the original dark reddish brown, green and blue, didn't know there was a fourth one...
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  2:56:35 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Fred, I don't think the blue one in your picture is original, it's already 1d body which the new advance knob, I've never seen colored ones with that kind of knob before. The top set with self-timers is definitely not factory colors.
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2012 :  3:01:32 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Actually I stand corrected, according to Aidas (and I rely on his opinion and expertise heavily ) there was in fact a dark blue version of FED-2 with self timer. I learned something new thanks to Fred!

Cheers,
Vlad.
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xalmaz
Russia
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Posted - Jul 14 2012 :  02:22:50 AM  Show Profile  Visit xalmaz's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I hear interesting rumor, inner color of leather case must match with covering color.

http://xalmaz.narod.ru
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2012 :  2:21:00 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
That is very interesting! Does anyone have any examples of the cameras and cases to prove/disprove this theory?

Thanks,
Vlad
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts
Posted - Jul 14 2012 :  2:42:03 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

I had several "coloured" Fed 2, but I remember only a red inside case.
But I have always black Fed 3 with the same red for the case...

Perhaps Fred, if the cases are original?

Amitiés. Jacques.
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Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Jul 14 2012 :  4:14:44 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The dark green of the last pic ( 3 cameras without self-timer) came with box ,papers and case...
Case is absolutely a normal one...
But not sure it is the original one....

Fred


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1472012_Fed-2_0006.jpg



http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1472012_Fed-2_0007.jpg
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Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Jul 14 2012 :  4:19:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just for fun.....

I am sure this one is not original!!!

Fred


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1472012_Fed-2_0021.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1472012_Fed-2_0022.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1472012_Fed-2_0024.jpg
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 :  2:46:57 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Fred, but what color is the velvet lining inside the case? The hypothesis is that the velvet lining color matches the camera body color.

Cheers,
Vlad
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Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Jul 15 2012 :  3:44:40 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Vlad

I don't know and as I am not home, I will have the answer at the end on July only!!!

Fred
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Martti Muda
fotomuda
Estonia
155 Posts
My Collection
Posted - Jul 15 2012 :  4:18:03 PM  Show Profile  Visit fotomuda's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My two blue cameras


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1572012_ver4a.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1572012_ver5.jpg

And like you see, flash contact are also in different palaces!


I know one blue camera with self timer in Estonia, also original.

And green


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1572012_ver4c.jpg

And red-brown (there is no fourth one), and I think, here is also one red camera with new advance knob (original)



http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1572012_ver4b.jpg
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Martti Muda
fotomuda
Estonia
155 Posts
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Posted - Jul 30 2012 :  02:51:12 AM  Show Profile  Visit fotomuda's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Here is blue camera with self-timer


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/3072012_ver6c.jpg
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