just arrived in my collection

Hello Robert!

It seems you love the Zorki C-s...
Perhaps you could introduce yourself and your collection in a new post?
Anyway, welcome here!

Jacques.

Jacques Thank you for the warm welcome.
I like Zorka.
My collection is not large.
When it comes to Zorka C is I only have three.
So there is nothing much to show. At least for the moment.

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Originally posted by cyfrowyduch

Hello everyone, this is my first post in the forum.
I hope not the last :)
And this is my latest achievements.

Zorka C - edition of the Festival.

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Thanks for your photos Robert,
those Festival cameras are special, the black ones (vulcanite and nylonette) got the Festival logo, but the green and grey ones did not. But we know at least from sovietcams.com that those green and grey ones were delivered with special Festival boxes, so they might indeed also be Festival cameras, at least most of them. Did you get boxes with your cameras too or other information, maybe passports?
I'm also interested to see the backside of the green and grey cameras, would be thankful if you could post those pictures too.

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Originally posted by Luiz Paracampo

My friend Jacques
The only Nicca without slow speeds were made in the 1943-1946 period
probably not compatible with the FED body you have. Although the preiod could be superposing, politics in the era were not favourable (seems to be)
Best Regards
LP

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Thanks Luiz,
would have been interesting if Nicca copied a Fed. But through the connections to Germany because of the war they might got good information about Leicas, no need to copy a copy.
The only real copy of a Fed might be the Neuca which is comprehensible because they came from the soviet zone GDR.

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Originally posted by Lenny

Thanks for your photos Robert,
those Festival cameras are special, the black ones (vulcanite and nylonette) got the Festival logo, but the green and grey ones did not. But we know at least from sovietcams.com that those green and grey ones were delivered with special Festival boxes, so they might indeed also be Festival cameras, at least most of them. Did you get boxes with your cameras too or other information, maybe passports?
I'm also interested to see the backside of the green and grey cameras, would be thankful if you could post those pictures too.

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Hi Lenny

I do not have those cameras boxes or documents or any additional information.
As requested I took pictures of the back.



I throw more pictures of other Zorki and the Fed.

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Originally posted by cyfrowyduch


Hi Lenny

I do not have those cameras boxes or documents or any additional information.
As requested I took pictures of the back.

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Thank you so much Robert,

your grey nylonette is very clean. Often marks can be seen from the leather case, especially where the closing buttons of the case are. Never put them in a leather case again.

Very nice Robert.

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Originally posted by Lenny
your grey nylonette is very clean. Often marks can be seen from the leather case, especially where the closing buttons of the case are. Never put them in a leather case again.

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Thank you for your advice, I'll keep that in mind.

A lucky find.
A seller in Odessa wrote me that he has a lens that could interest me, for 300uah (around 10 euros).

Here is the lens at my friends home already.




Note the serial number, looks like someone made mistake

I'm usualy not in the FED lens collection, but that could be a good start .

Ha ha! 10Ђ for that very rare Fed lens!
The definitive serial number is the good one, by the list we have.

Congrats! Jacques.

Moxies, nice find. And the price... I don't say anything about it ;-)

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

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Originally posted by Jacques M.


Received today my 46th Fed 1. All are different!
An interesting one, even if not beautiful. It's an 1b with
- a number of 1a,
- brown patterned vulcanite,
- large engraved lettering.

All that makes me think that the (real) serial number could be around 26000.





Amitiйs. Jacques.

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Jacques,

I have just found this site and read this thread.
I think real number of your camera is 14xxx or 13xxx (less possible). It has characteristic vulcanite. Please look at surface of top plate (under cover of rangefinder)it is little bit different than in other FEDs. Remaining details (like advanced knob, shutter release, etc) fit 14xxx too. It cannot be seen clearly on pictures but speed dial should have bigger diameter like in older items of FED.
But I can say nothing about cover of rangefinder. Maybe real number of the camera is 14580 ?

Probably you are right, Alfa2. And welcome here!
I was too fast when looking at this Fed (I have it in front of me now).
By the width of engraving, no doubt it belongs to a 1b series around the s/n 2xxxx. But the diameter of the speed dial is an earlier one. And the vulcanite can be seen on the 13/16xxx 1b-s, whereas the profile of the release button (much curved) could be even older.
All in all, it cannot be a 13/16xxx because of the width of engraving. Rather a camera made by the factory using spare parts after repair, from several other ones.

But the discussion remains open (in a separate thread if necessary). Thanks!

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Thanks for your welcome.
You are absolutely right but let me tell/write my theory, which may be not true of course.
There were many poor people in 90's in area of past-USSR who wanted to earn some money. It was usual that servicemen were buying russian cameras on their market and than they were selling them abroad. But they were buying everything even not complete cameras and than combining them to working models which could be sold.
Sometimes there was problem with e.g cameras which were combined from FED in about 50% and Zorki in about 50%. Was it FED or Zorki ? For sure it was not FED-Zorki .
My theory is your camera is FED 13/16xxx but plate with engravings (cover of rangefinder) is from another camera.

As you wrote discussion was still open. (If moderator decide so it could be new thread.)
It is really plasure to talk/write to you about old cameras.
Thank you.

Hi Alfa2!
I prefer we stop here: this thread is not made for such discussions.
I will open a new thread tomorrow about that subject: just the time to put the hand on my photos!

Jacques.

Not arrived yet, but soon ...







I love it when the vulcanite isn't painted.

A beautiful Fed 1a.
In original condition, as it seems...

Jacques.

Hello!
I was very happy to found this resource some time ago. Today I want to show FED device for reproduction, that just arrived in my collection




As it comes from Bunimovich book, the device could be purchased as an accessory to FED U-0 enlarger

Thanks, Aleksandrov. And welcome here!
I had never seen this repro set before in "reality".
About Bunimovitch, in which edition have you found the set?

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Fascinating. I have never seen such a device before. Great find Aleksandrov! And welcome to the group.

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de