Paul, yes, indeed, the one in the light-brown case in the left bottom
corner is FED-2. (Actually, it was made in Ukraine.)
My father bought one around 1960, right around when my
brother was born. So, there are some childhood family photos taken with
that. My older brother was given "Smena-7". When I was in the elementary
school (probably 7-8 y.o.), Smena-7 was given to me, and my older brother
got upgraded to FED-2 (it may have happened earlier).
http://goo.gl/x2OPL
I had a few occasions when I borrowed FED-2 from my brother (e.g. to
photograph at his wedding).
But he was using that (and I was using Smena-7) up until 1990, when we
both bought our first SLRs: Kiev-19, which had a Nikon mount (manual
focus).
http://goo.gl/XbOhr and
http://www.ussrphoto.com/wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=79&ParentID=1&ContentID=278
FED-2 was a good rangefinder camera. IIRC, just before my brother bought
the replacement, - a hole has developed in the shutter (wear and tear).
Toine:
Yes, I think you've identified those correctly.
I haven't used any of the three you mentioned, but held Zenit in my hands
2-3 times.
I've slightly increased (to 900x900) the file resolution (the same link).
http://42graphy.org/misc/Cameras/USSR_Cameras_IR20825.jpg
I've also uploaded the full-sized photo (2.5 MB) in case someone wants to
look at more detail:
http://42graphy.org/misc/Cameras/USSR_Cameras_IR20825-full.jpg
Unfortunately not all the detail can be resolved, - I took that snapshot
"in passing", at ISO-3200, handheld at 1/15 sec.
I'm glad, it was interesting to some people.
Cheers,
Igor
Paul Stenquist Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:16:22 -0800 wrote:
Hard to say for sure, but isn't there an FED Leica clone at lower left?
Paul via phone
On Mar 1, 2016, at 3:13 AM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote:
I spotted camera's I actually used (long ago). Zenit-E, Zorki and Lomo
LCA. The Zenit-E was my first SLR and got me hooked on photography.
Toine
On 1 March 2016 at 01:55, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote:
While going through the photos for the PDML Annual, I bumped into a recent
snapshot taken during a conference trip at a restaurant [!] in Irkutsk,
Russia:
http://42graphy.org/misc/Cameras/USSR_Cameras_IR20825.jpg
All those cameras were produced in the former Soviet Union.
The restaurant had a decor from and with various objects of the old Soviet
Union times, and one of the walls had these cameras.
So, I thought yesterday that PDMLers might find it interesting.
But that also reminded me of a snapshot I took during a different conference
trip to a different part of the world. This collection belongs to one of the
PDMLers. Since I haven't asked for permission to post this photo now to
PDML, I will not post the name. (I will leave the honor
of self-identification to the proud owner of this sweat collection :-)
)
http://42graphy.org/misc/Cameras/PDMLerCameras_IR15077.jpg
It was fun that I thought I'd share with fellow PDMLers.
Cheers,
Igor
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