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Ulrich W.
uwittehh

Germany
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Posted - Nov 03 2017 :  4:49:15 PM  Show Profile  Visit uwittehh's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi guys,

recently a nice looking FED S arrived here. The odd thing is that it does not have the 2,0/50 lens but a normal FED 3,5/50 lens. The camera number starts is 142xxx, lens number 140xxx. Both camera and lens look as if they were together the whole time over (both look like new).
Is there anything known that the FED S with speed 1/1000 was delivered with the normal 3,5/50 lens?

Ulrich

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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - Nov 04 2017 :  03:54:35 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Hi Ulrich,

The passports we know show all S bodies with the 2/50mm. So very probably the S was delivered only with that lens, except special order. For the rest, we don't even know how the S-s were numbered, nor how many exactly were made...

Amitiés. Jacques.
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Alfa2
Poland
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Posted - Nov 05 2017 :  02:21:04 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
As Jacques mentioned it is hard to judge but
I would rather say the camera left factory with other lens. The lens number is less than the camera number. Even if it had been special order all lenses with less numbers (than camera number) should have been used for cameras produced in the past.

Edited by - Alfa2 on Nov 06 2017 03:17:06 AM
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
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Posted - Nov 05 2017 :  4:13:18 PM  Show Profile  Visit uwittehh's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thanks for your opinions. So it seems that somebody changed the lens. But nevertheless it's a really nice camera :-)

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de
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Alfa2
Poland
349 Posts
Posted - Nov 06 2017 :  03:16:31 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, FED NKVD is always a nice camera.
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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - Nov 06 2017 :  08:46:28 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

I have three NKVD S without the 2/50mm lens. I put on them a 4,5/28mm and a 6,3/100mm which are correct, as made to complete the "S" line in 1938. And the third one is a late type d, with a wartime 2/5cm Sonnar: correct too. You have the choice!

Jacques.
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
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Posted - Nov 09 2017 :  2:30:11 PM  Show Profile  Visit uwittehh's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Jacques, I take them all

Ulrich

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