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Still Cameras > Homemade Cameras > FED - 'Real' Fake Leica
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FED - 'Real' Fake Leica


It's an old prewar camera (and possibly a Fed 1a reingraved Leica) mainly because of the round cornered top, the large speed dial with recess under it, the notched rangefinder window, the hole at the back of the camera and the front central screw half hidden by the lens rim. All these details have been used by Leica and Fed at different dates but always before WW2.

There is at least a Leica part: the rangefinder tip is round (rectangle with round corners, then triangle for Fed).

The thick vulcanite is probably made of leather. On the last picture, one can see a curious diagonal plate under the second curtain cylinder. I have never seen that before. The chrome on the three buttons is badly worn; there is an "indian arrow" on the wind and rewind ones.

Collection of Jacques M.
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Created by Vlad on 1/21/2008 11:22:04 AM   |   Last Edited by Jacques M. on 1/21/2008 11:43:32 AM   Revision History  
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