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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
2002 Posts
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Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  09:46:39 AM  Show Profile  Visit Luiz Paracampo's Homepage  Reply with Quote
At 1200 Cameras from USSR Viktor Suglob etc..
page 633 we find:
http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/922014_model vez nazvaniya.png

I went to Massimo Bertrachi site and picked these magnificente pictures:


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/922014_prototipofed1.jpg




http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/922014_prototipofed2.jpg



http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/922014_prototipofed3.jpg
Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
2002 Posts
My Collection
Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  09:53:53 AM  Show Profile  Visit Luiz Paracampo's Homepage  Reply with Quote
go to http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/LeicaCopy/Fed1/fed1.html and click on the pictures to see them in great size
This supposely FED has a KMZ Industar 22

Who can tell me the dial above rangefinder?
Regards LP
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts
Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  10:50:37 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

An interesting question.

Evidently, the lens is not original. But at least we know it's a M39 camera...
The speed dial is more interesting. Hand written, why not on a prototype. But a new scale on a 1932-1933 camera? And no Z (or B) position. Curious.

Jacques.
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
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Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  10:55:13 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I'm more confused about the frame counter, those existed in that time period?
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts
Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  11:21:38 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Always about the speeds, I remembered something odd on early Leicas.
After verification, the 500 first Leica I model A made in 1925 had a Z-25-40-60-100-200-500 scale.
This was changed after into Z-20-30-40...

Anyway, I doubt this camera can be a direct Fed proto...Too much differences with the early Fed 1a. And the model was officially the Leica II (first batch in 1932), as far as we know... Perhaps a "lateral" work, if it was really made at Kharkov?

Jacques.
Edited by - Jacques M. on Feb 09 2014 11:37:43 AM
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okynek
759 Posts
Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  11:59:29 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Possibility that this camera is not Russian, but Chinese.
Or it can be "home made" modification, or custom modification for special or scientific use.
Possible that camera was modified for 24x18mm negatives or for special film size? (=>reason for second frame counter)
Would be very interesting to pick inside of the camera.
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Milo Schekkerman
Valkir1987
Netherlands
200 Posts
Posted - Feb 09 2014 :  12:36:45 PM  Show Profile  Click to see Valkir1987's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Looks like it has been constructed for engineering try outs. Or its a part of educational crafting and workmanship, just like a trainee of a workshop made this as a project. Some parts look like they have been slimmed down.

Or at least, thats how I look at it (from an engineers point of view)
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