The hole in the FED body plate for slow speeds?

The two last Fed 1:
- s/n 119712 (1d S): no hole,
- s/n 127195 (ordinary 1d): hole.

So, it seems the change appears somewhere in the 12xxxx range.
There is no connection with the material of the shutter box (brass or aluminium): the 119xxx has an alu shutterbox, but no hole. And there is no relation either about S or non S: the shutter box are exactly the same, but not the speeds, of course.

Of course, it would be interesting to check with other Fed 1d...
If all that is verified, it could mean that there is no B possible before that range. So, Alain could be right when saying that JLP's B was not genuine...

Thanks to have put the question, Ulrich!

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Jacques,

hm, (a censored word, haha) :-) I have had one with 122xxx, one with 124xxx and one with 126xxx but they are sold... So maybe another one of us has one FED in this serial number range.

Maybe the one in JLPs book is not genuine but it is also possible that it just has a top plate from an earlier one?

Ulrich
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About that one in the JLP, there is the position of the central screw: completely visible. It should not be the case with such a serial number. But there was too something internal, I cannot remember what.

Very happy you didn't feel obliged to put a question about -let us say- the possible markings behind the press film, Ulrich. So, thanks!

Jacques.

Jacques,

don't be too sure, I think I find something like that

Ulrich

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But the story is not finished...
Yesterday, I cleaned a Fed 1f. And I discovered that its shutter box did not have this famous hole.

S/n of this 1f: 285063

Jacques.

To day, my Fed NKAP "Red Flag", serial # 200209. It has a hole too.

The rear face of the shutter box is not painted, rather varnished. And the whole mechanism is far from new: wear by film transport is evident. All that looks genuine...

That was my last checking. But I would not swear it...

Jacques.

Jacques,

I have a 288xxx that also has no hole. About not rear face painted FEDs, I have seen some, through all serial numbers. I also wondered why they are not painted. But on some early Zorki 1 I have seen unpainted rear shutters too.

Ulrich

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