Soviet Cameras (Was OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.)

[Paul Stenquist]

My camera is a FED I believe. I'll post a pic of it one of these days. 
It's a Leica clone, so it takes the 39mm rangefinder lenses. I think it 
would actually be considered a IIIa clone, because it doesn't have the 
slow shutter speeds. Zorkis are considered not quite as nice as FEDs if 
memory serves me correctly. There are some websites devoted to Soviet 
Leica clones. Not all Soviet cameras were copies of course. But a Leica 
lookalike for $100 or less is a fun camera. By the way, my FED seems to 
function about the same as my Leica IIIf. It doesn't feel markedly 
different. And it shouldn't It appears to be almost identical, inside 
and out.
Paul
On Apr 26, 2005, at 11:04 PM, luben karavelov wrote:

Paul Stenquist wrote:
I base that comment on the name that the Soviets gave to their party. 
Perhaps it was a bad translation, but when they spoke of their party 
in English, they'd called it the Communist Party. As Luben says, they 
are more correctly called State Communists. This and most of our 
disagreements are about  terminology rather than facts. I'm going to 
drop this now as well.
By the way, I'm quite fond of my Soviet made Leica clone. It's a IIIc 
lookalike with an Industar 50/w collapsible. Nice camera and a good 
lens. Of course a lot of the Soviet lens makers made some nice 42mm 
screwmount lenses as well. Now, we're back on topic :=)
It's Zorkii, isn't it, the cammera? That's why I like Pentax, all of 
the M42 lens I have i could use them.

Just one correction - Stalinist regime was "State capitalism" not a 
"communism" (following the definitions of Marx).

Best regards
luben