FED 1 Type B, FED 1 Type C, FED S Variation, FED 1 Type D, (FED Siberia, 1940), FED V

 

1) FED 1,B Type ,NKVD-UkSSR


FED 1 Type B
 

  • The rangefinder cover on this camera has an indentation opposite the switch lever that disengages the transport sprocket and shutter mechanism. The end of the rangefinder cover (near the shutter release button) has a smooth curve.

 


Fed No.40559 ( Late type)

Fed No.40559 ( Late type)

 


Fed No.19546 large shutter dial( Early Type)

Fed No.40559 smaller size shutter dial( Late type)

 


Technical Information

  1. Number made19546 - 40559.283 (1935-1937)
  2. FED Commune , Kharkov Ukranine
  3. Large size shutter dial( Early)
  4. Lens is screw mount 39mm Lieca-type
  5. Shutter is cloth focal-plane
  6. Shutter speeds: Z - 20, 30, 40, 60, 100, 200, 500
  7. Focusing: 1.25 M to infinity
  8. Coupled rangefinder with a seperate viewfinder
  9. Film is standard 35mm loading via. a removable bottom
  10. non coated Industar 50mm F 3.5
  11. 50,000 produced

 

 

2) FED 1, Type C camera,NKVD-UkSSR



FED NO.81350

 


Technical Information

  1. Number made 55,000 - 125,000, 1937-1939
  2. FED Commune , Kharkov Ukranine
  3. Lens is screw mount 39mm Lieca-type
  4. Shutter is cloth focal-plane
  5. Shutter speeds: Z - 20, 30, 40, 60, 100, 200, 500
  6. Focusing: 1.25 M to infinity
  7. Coupled rangefinder with a seperate viewfinder
  8. Film is standard 35mm loading via. a removable bottom
  9. non coated Industar 50mm F 3.5
  10. 70,000 produced

 

 

3) FED S


FED S with 50mm 2.0F lens

FED S Type B

FED S Type D No.135269

FED S Berdsk No.176274

FED S Type C No.24929

FED S Type B NO.22104

FED S TYPE B No.22104 round Top

FED S TYPE C No.24929

FED S TYPE C No.546 fake ?

FED S TYPE D No.135259

FED S TYPE E"No.176274" BERDSK

  • Fake Cameras
    Because counterfeiting is rife in Russia any really rare FED such as the Siberia, TSVVS and the FED-V must be assumed to be a fake. The FED S is more likely to be real because to fake one you need a rare lens and a body with 1000 speed. The price that could be realized for a FED S will not cover the effort to fake one,The Zorki red banner of Labor, the Siberia and Yura must also be assumed to be a fake. Even an expert can only verify that it may be original. Some Items such as the FED Stalinets and Stemar copy are known to all be fakes. In many cases even an expert can only say "this appears to be original" because only 1 or 2 of the model have been seen.

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  • FED-1S(a)
    This camera is a FED-1(c) with the speed 1000 added to the shutter and the 50mm F2.o lens as standard. This camera has the large stud in the bottom cover. The eveready case for this camera has one snap and is made of brown leather with FED (in Cyrillic block letters) embossed on the extra deep lens cover.

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  • FED-1S(a)
    This camera is a FED-1(c) with the speed 1000 added to the shutter and the 50mm F2.o lens as standard. This camera has the large stud in the bottom cover. The eveready case for this camera has one snap and is made of brown leather with FED (in Cyrillic block letters) embossed on the extra deep lens cover.

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  • FED-1S(b)
    This camera is a FED-1(d) with the speed 1000 added to the shutter and the 50mm F2.o lens as standard. The eveready case for this camera has one snap and is made of brown leather with FED (in Cyrillic block letters) embossed inside a large circle on the extra deep lens cover.

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  • FED-1S(c)
    This camera is a FED-1(e) with the speed 1000 added to the shutter and the 50mm F2.o lens as standard. This is the scarcest of the FED-1S cameras. The eveready case for this camera has one snap and is made of brown leather with FED (in Cyrillic block letters) embossed on the extra deep lens cover.

 


Technical Information

  1. Number Made 22104 - 24929,546,135269 - 176274 (1935-1945)
  2. FED Commune , Kharkov Ukranine
  3. Leica summar copy
  4. Lens is screw mount 39mm Lieca-type
  5. Shutter is cloth focal-plane
  6. Shutter speeds: Z-20-1000
  7. Focusing: 1.25 M to infinity
  8. Coupled rangefinder with a seperate viewfinder
  9. Film is standard 35mm loading via. a removable bottom
  10. non coated FED 50mm F 2.0
  11. 2,000? produced

 

 

4) FED 1,Type D NKVD-SSSR,KOMBINAT


FED No.121566

FED No,121566

FED NO.121566

FED NO.131960

FED NO.172689

 


Technical Information

  1. serial NO.121566.131960,172689 (125,000-No.174,000/180,000) ,1939-1941, 1942-1945?
  2. FED Commune , Kharkov Ukranine
  3. Lens is screw mount 39mm Lieca-type
  4. Shutter is cloth focal-plane
  5. Shutter speeds: Z - 20, 30, 40, 60, 100, 200, 500
  6. Focusing: 1.25 M to infinity
  7. Coupled rangefinder with a seperate viewfinder
  8. Film is standard 35mm loading via. a removable bottom
  9. non coated Industar 50mm F 3.5
  10. 50,000 produced

 

 

5) FED 1,Type D Siberia




 

  • The Ukraine loses its independence, and the FED commune becomes a Kombinat. The engraving again changes, to indicate this. The 100000th FED is manufactured. In the face of advancing German forces, the FED Kombinat is evacuated to Berdsk in Siberia. The Kharkov factory is destroyed. Cameras are not produced in Berdsk until 1945/46, when a number are assembled using pre-war parts. Production resumes in the rebuilt Kharkov factory. (1935 - 1941)

 


Technical Information

  1. 1940
  2. Kombinat, Kharkov Ukranine
  3. Lens is screw mount 39mm Lieca-type
  4. Shutter is cloth focal-plane
  5. Shutter speeds: Z - 20, 30, 40, 60, 100, 200, 500
  6. Focusing: 1.25 M to infinity
  7. Coupled rangefinder with a seperate viewfinder
  8. Film is standard 35mm loading via. a removable bottom
  9. non coated Industar 50mm F 3.5
  10. No official produced

 

 

6) FED V

 

  • Fake Cameras
    Because counterfeiting is rife in Russia any really rare FED such as the Siberia, TSVVS and the FED-V must be assumed to be a fake. The FED S is more likely to be real because to fake one you need a rare lens and a body with 1000 speed. The price that could be realized for a FED S will not cover the effort to fake one,The Zorki red banner of Labor, the Siberia and Yura must also be assumed to be a fake. Even an expert can only verify that it may be original. Some Items such as the FED Stalinets and Stemar copy are known to all be fakes. In many cases even an expert can only say "this appears to be original" because only 1 or 2 of the model have been seen.

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  • This camera is a FED-1(d) with a slow speed dial on the front for the speeds 15,5,2,1. This camera was produced for 1 year only with a production run of less than 40 cameras. The eveready case for this camera has one snap and is made of brown leather with FED (in Cyrillic block letters) embossed on the lens cover. Comment: These are so rare and so easy to fake that you must assume that any that you see is a fake.

 
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