FED (camera) - FED 1 Technical Specifications, 1934 (or Fedka)

FED 1 Technical Specifications, 1934 (or Fedka)

  • Exact copy of a 1932 Leica II
  • Manufactured 1934 - 1955 (Spec as 1934 Fedka)
  • About 700,000 made by the FED Machine Works Kharkov Ukraine (formerly the USSR)
  • All were identical except for the six or seven different types of engraving
  • Lens is a copy of the collapsible Leitz Elmar Copy - FED or Industar-10 f3.5/50mm
  • Aperture settings: f3.5, f4.5, f6.3, f9, f12.5, f18 Lens is screw mount 39mm Leica-type.
  • Shutter is cloth focal-plane
  • Shutter speeds: Z - 20th, 30th, 40th, 60th, 100th, 200th, 500th.
  • Focusing: 1.25 M to infinity.
  • Coupled range finder with a separate viewfinder.
  • Film is standard 35mm
  • Loading via a removable bottom.
  • Weight is approximately 630g.

Notes: 1948 or 49 onwards Industar-10 lens with "international" f stops, f3.5, f4, f5.6, f8, f11, f16 1953 onwards Shutter speeds changed to 25th, 50th,100th, 200th 500th

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