Westlicht Auction / TSVVS (or VTS-VS)

Yeah ... probably right!

Regards, Bill

Here's another image Aleksey sent me to post here. He shot both FED-S and TSVVS in matching angle and blurred it out so it looks like the crop of that photograph.. maybe that helps. He says for some reason this picture captured his interest


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/17122009_25112009_officertsvvs2web.jpg

Vlad

Although this is an interesting comparison and seems to point to the camera that the officer is holding is probably FED-S, it is not conclusive, in my opinion, as Aleksey seems to have distorted the photo of the TSVVS somewhat (it looks taller and more boxy than it does in real life).

However, the photo does show that the camera the officer has is most likely not TSVVS as the Sonnar lens is much shorter and larger in diameter than either the lens on a FED-S or on a Leica. So, it helps to rule out TSVVS (as Zoom has already said from his dating of the photo by the text written on the back).

So now, is it a Leica or a FED-S ... I think FED-S .... Thanks Aleksey ... and Vlad for posting it!

Regards, Bill