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FED 5B - 60 Years

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Topic author: nightphoto

Posted on: 20090131110533

Hi Everyone,
Here are photos of the next modification I bought but has not arrived yet. The first Fed with color except black that I have ever bought. Very colorful and patriotic for Soviet - FED ... no ?


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60 years1.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60 years1.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60years2.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60years2.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60years3.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60years3.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60years4.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/60years4.jpg



Regards, Bill

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Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20090131193137

I rarely pay attention to painted cameras, but I really like this one. I think it has taste and charm. Much more taste and charm then usual "fake Leicas". I just wish they did not paint body in red. IMHO, engraving on the top and FED badge would do the job.

Reply author: nightphoto

Replied on: 20090131225847

Dear Okynek,
You are exactly right in the reasons that I bought this camera. There are not too many fakes I like, but sometimes one is done nicely and doesn't seem to be made in large numbers (this is the only one of these I have seen ... so far) and so I have bought a few with "taste and charm' as you say!
The covering is not painted, but is some type of replaced, possibly vinyl covering, I think it is not original because of the unusual horizontal texture, but FED 5B was made with some red coverings.
I have not seen this FED button before and it was probably made for workers in the FED Zavod since the logo on it is the same as the FED camera. A FED camera logo button doesn't seem like something that would be reproduced in quanity for Western consumption as so many Soviet era buttons were.

Regards, Bill

Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20090201082314

Hi bill,
which seller trade this nice fake ? (biggerby ?)

Reply author: nightphoto

Replied on: 20090201121632

Hi Alain,

This nice fake is from seller "nostalgia-ussr" from Kiev, who does not specialize in fakes and only once in a while has one or two, but also has some rare cameras from time to time ... like now a Maliutka ... but expensive. Seems to have all kinds of stuff besides cameras, so probably buys things at a 'flea market'in Kiev, possibly.

Interesting about this camera is low serial number and the FED button which looks like enamel. I will show close-ups when the camera gets to me.

Regards, Bill