Show Off Your FSU [Archive] - Page 4

franciscojhh

03-16-2012, 02:07

My Zorki-S

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6571612281_dba0aac7a6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscojhh/6571612281/)
Zorki S / Зоркий C (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscojhh/6571612281/) by Francisco J Hernández (http://www.flickr.com/people/franciscojhh/), on Flickr

Thomas78

03-18-2012, 14:13

My Zorki Ic, bought in 1991 or 1992 and CLA'ed in 2011 by Oleg:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6993023631_b76f68a96e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993023631/)
Zorki Ic I 22 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993023631/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6846900004_b75a5ca5dd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6846900004/)
Zorki Ic I 22_b (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6846900004/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

I should take it out more often...

stratcat

03-18-2012, 21:45

Beautiful!

Soeren

03-18-2012, 23:46

Here is mine

chodgson45

03-20-2012, 18:41

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7059/6831875408_7f8e8e9ec8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chodg/6831875408/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chodg/6831875408/) by Corey.W.Hodgson (http://www.flickr.com/people/chodg/), on Flickr

Kiev 2 Moskva 2

Coldkennels

03-20-2012, 19:25

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6878989905_15bd8797cb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coldkennels/6878989905/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coldkennels/6878989905/) by Coldkennels (http://www.flickr.com/people/coldkennels/), on Flickr

I love the Fed 2 so much I ended up with two of them. I can't imagine that's too unusual a story in these parts.

alei1180

03-22-2012, 11:57

zorki-4 + jupiter-9 + universal vu

nparsons13

03-22-2012, 13:06

FED-2 (d1) with Industar 26m (not the original), Fedka vented hood, and a Kalimar light meter on the side.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6982750841_17d7054315_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nparsons13/6982750841/)
FED-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nparsons13/6982750841/) by nrparsons (http://www.flickr.com/people/nparsons13/), on Flickr

Thomas78

03-22-2012, 14:26

My first RF and my first "real" camera, I got it at the age of 12 in 1991:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6993025173_d8fd93c138_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993025173/)
FED 2 I 61_a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993025173/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6993026155_5d01a42b22_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993026155/)
FED 2 I 61_b (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993026155/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

Does anyone know, what its engraving says:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6993026451_9e36c8379a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993026451/)
FED 2 I 61_c (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993026451/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

stevebrot

03-22-2012, 22:52

With my recently acquired Jupiter-9...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/7004986471_0a7ffdfbe5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28796087@N02/7004986471/)

Steve

nparsons13

03-23-2012, 05:45

Does anyone know, what its engraving says:

It means, "Factory in the name of (or named for) F. E. Dzerzhinsky".

Thomas78

03-25-2012, 08:01

It means, "Factory in the name of (or named for) F. E. Dzerzhinsky".

Thank you for the translation!

zhang xk

04-08-2012, 19:54

My 1957 Zorki-4.:D

Thomas78

04-10-2012, 08:36

My Zorki 4 "50 Years of Revolution":

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6993027257_a259d8cc33_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993027257/)
Zorki 4 I 26_a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/6993027257/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

Kent

04-10-2012, 11:36

The one I once had:
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/155/404717012_cef7bc9f00_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/404717012/)
FED-3 & Coffee (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/404717012/) by LucisPictor (http://www.flickr.com/people/lucispictor-photo/), on Flickr

The one I have now:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6050/6291483905_f40ea87362_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/6291483905/)
Zorki-4 & Jupiter-8 2/50 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/6291483905/) by LucisPictor (http://www.flickr.com/people/lucispictor-photo/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6291483683_65510dc928_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/6291483683/)
Zorki-4 & Jupiter-8 2/50 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucispictor-photo/6291483683/) by LucisPictor (http://www.flickr.com/people/lucispictor-photo/), on Flickr

stevebrot

04-11-2012, 20:31

Some people simply don't know when they are ahead...

First there was one (Kiev 4A on the left) and now there are two (Kiev IIa on the right)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/6897864362_91ab949fb7_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28796087@N02/6897864362/)

Don't ask me why...environmental toxins? Latent insanity?

Steve

(Click through on the image for notes on both cameras and more photos...)

fotomachi

04-25-2012, 01:56

Newly arrived Kiev-4M. First image is in combination with a Jupiter-8 from 1955 (Arsenal).
The second is with an unknown lens, something of a mix of a Jupiter-8M and a Helios-103.

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s3/v44/p677818237-3.jpg

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s3/v45/p722401421-3.jpg

maxwell1295

05-01-2012, 19:07

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7134231609_bd05a89ed0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanabramsphotography/7134231609/)
Kiev 4a and Kiev 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanabramsphotography/7134231609/) by alanabramsphotography (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanabramsphotography/), on Flickr

Chris Bail

05-01-2012, 19:57

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6165/6204328492_cfdcb37505_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueone33/6204328492/)
Kiev-4AM (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueone33/6204328492/) by Chris Bail (http://www.flickr.com/people/blueone33/), on Flickr

OlympusRF

05-02-2012, 15:53

I'm testing the camera with B&W film...
You can see this and a lot others at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/6991094190_4fe23b8d90_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/6991094190/)
Kiev 4 rangefinder camera w- J3 & J8 & J12 lenses_8404 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/6991094190/) por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR (http://www.flickr.com/people/olympusrf/), no Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6819992407_8fe80be8c7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/6819992407/)
Kiev 4 & Jupiter-3 & J8 & J12 lenses-6518 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/6819992407/) por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR (http://www.flickr.com/people/olympusrf/), no Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6819987089_f4228cfd09_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/6819987089/)
Kiev 4 & Jupiter-3 & J8 & J12 lenses-6510 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/6819987089/) por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR (http://www.flickr.com/people/olympusrf/), no Flickr

fotomachi

05-10-2012, 05:35

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s10/v18/p640396411.jpg

Click here (http://fotomachi.mx/blog/2012/5/added-fed-3a-2057983-industar-26m) to read my recent blog entry.

Recent arrival... :) From tomorrow on, it's going to join the NEX-5 as take-with-me camera. Not sure yet whether I'll throw in a color or a B/W film.

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s11/v37/p621120933.jpg

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s3/v24/p804364702.jpg

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s11/v31/p847776950.jpg

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s10/v16/p930568649.jpg

http://fotomachi.mx/img/s9/v15/p914709655.jpg

NorpA

05-10-2012, 06:04

Recent arrival...
It's a beauty, congrats.

DtheG

05-12-2012, 11:03

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/7183427776_b3fd2f71c8_c.jpg

My first real camera, £21 14s 6d circa 1968. A year or maybe more of saving, in relative terms the most expensive camera I've ever owned.

glenm

05-12-2012, 11:28

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/7144447647_9380722b87_c.jpg

reagan

05-12-2012, 12:26

1954 Zorki.3 Very nice. There just isn't a more attractive FSU shooter.

maxwell1295

05-25-2012, 10:13

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7265296514_f95aa4c685_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanabramsphotography/7265296514/)
Kiev 4a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanabramsphotography/7265296514/) by alanabramsphotography (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanabramsphotography/), on Flickr

OlympusRF

05-28-2012, 14:48

My Zorki4:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3475/5806494418_8963715d3b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/5806494418/)
Zorki 4 rangefinder camera w/ Jupiter 8 & clip-on selenium meter SAM_3314 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/5806494418/) por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR (http://www.flickr.com/people/olympusrf/), no Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2787/5806495616_ecd4e1431e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/5806495616/)
Zorki 4 rangefinder camera w/ Jupiter 8 & universal turret viewfinder SAM_3350 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/5806495616/) por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR (http://www.flickr.com/people/olympusrf/), no Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5101/5806485956_763724c564_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/5806485956/)
Zorki 4 rangefinder camera w/ Jupiter 8 & Jupiter 12 & universal turret viewfinder SAM_2212 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/olympusrf/5806485956/) por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR (http://www.flickr.com/people/olympusrf/), no Flickr

reagan

05-28-2012, 15:45

My Zorki4: Nice. I much prefer the models with frames around VF/RF windows.

cameosis

05-29-2012, 04:06

http://i.imgur.com/fcbjz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/isqGv.jpg

p.giannakis

06-24-2012, 04:31

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y3iNv75Z42o/T-cF_kyLZcI/AAAAAAAAC80/QcZSrbuUvKA/s1600/e-thesis+040.jpg

SpikeT

06-28-2012, 06:37

1950 Kiev 2 with turret

Ron (Netherlands)

06-28-2012, 12:13

http://i.imgur.com/fcbjz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/isqGv.jpg

Very nice! This is the more rare 4K with cyrillic lettering....hard to find

rjbuzzclick

06-28-2012, 14:57

Very nice. There just isn't a more attractive FSU shooter.

I wholeheartedly agree.

martinsmith99

06-30-2012, 04:19

Ron (Netherlands)

06-30-2012, 04:29

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6743518031_b912274904.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/6743518031/)
Zorki 6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/6743518031/) by martinsmith99 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ms-imaging/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4019/4297636368_5d6a8b55a6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/4297636368/)
FED 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/4297636368/) by martinsmith99 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ms-imaging/), on Flickr

both are great shooters. Currently restauring a comparable fed2 with roman and cyrillic lettering
although they seem quite comparable, I think the Z6 has little but valuable extras:
- more clear viewfinder
- winding lever
- x-flash synch

catintheflat

07-15-2012, 03:28

Something from me...

Zorki 1 and Zorki 5

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/2299/dsc8546r.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5995/dsc8548i.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7458/dsc8559.jpg

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8377/dsc8571.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5554/dsc8574.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3522/dsc8597h.jpg

614.
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/6302/dsc8603y.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2526/dsc8606q.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5296/dsc8613x.jpg

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9156/dsc8615.jpg

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6654/dsc8617.jpg

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/2127/dsc8618z.jpg

hidejoshi

07-15-2012, 08:20

Kiev comming, first cleaning, DIY leather cap.

Martytoof

07-19-2012, 17:19

Shutter is broken, but it still looks pretty swanky even if it is completely unusable ;)

http://i.imgur.com/ulMoS.jpg

You know, before I got my hands on one I actually though the Zorki-6 was absolutely ugly. After seeing it in person I've come around 180. It looks good for a camera its size :)

catintheflat

07-20-2012, 06:35

Martytoof

07-20-2012, 07:48

I think the big thing was that the Z-6 looked very top heavy and it made the camera look much bigger than it actually is in real life. I don't have huge monster hands or anything, but once I saw it in the palm of my hand it really did look surprisingly small. Still, my FED-2 should be here next week so I'll get a good chance to compare the two :)

alei1180

08-07-2012, 04:36

z-4, j-9, j-3, j-12, i-12, i-50, universal viewfinder, soviet polarizing filters PF-42 & PF-49
http://rghost.ru/39623514/image.png

hidejoshi

08-09-2012, 08:34

This thread made me GAS horny...

jtm6

08-09-2012, 10:47

Although I've wanted a similar kit for a while, I'm 100% confident I'd get hassled by the fuzz for that viewfinder.

sea

08-12-2012, 08:24

http://cs10329.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/y_86eee292.jpg
http://cs10828.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/y_6efe5a17.jpg
http://cs10828.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/y_b7df6308.jpg
http://cs10828.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/y_f9ae232e.jpg
http://cs10828.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/y_3df38de1.jpg
http://cs5896.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/x_80614a07.jpg
http://cs11279.userapi.com/u4240366/141370951/y_f4e633e7.jpg

Peter_wrote:

08-31-2012, 06:51

zorki 2s - just bought on a flea market. needs some cleaning and love before it shines again, but i already like it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8451/7900456150_8ffeca0792_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79144871@N04/7900456150/)

Dez

08-31-2012, 14:41

I had always thought that the FED-2 was my favourite screwmount FSU, based on functionality and just looking way cool, but some recent posts praising the Zorki 6 talked me into buying one. They were right- this is a really nice camera!
Both cameras had the cloth covering that I stripped off and replaced with leather, an easy job and very worth the effort. So now, I just can't choose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/johndesmond/Russian%20Cameras/LeatherFED2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/johndesmond/Russian%20Cameras/LeatherZorki6.jpg

I specify "screwmount", because my all-time favourite FSU camera is still the very early Kiev 2, which is in some ways superior, and no ways inferior to the Contax of which it is a copy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/johndesmond/Russian%20Cameras/Kiev1949.jpg

I keep seeing posts that say that some camera or other is better than the FED 2 because it has X-sync, presuming the FED 2 doesn't. Every FED 2 I have ever worked with synced with electronic flash just fine at 1/30. Are there some that don't?

Cheers,
Dez

Ron (Netherlands)

09-01-2012, 00:05

Every FED 2 I have ever worked with synced with electronic flash just fine at 1/30. Are there some that don't?

Cheers,
Dez

Indeed your flash will fire, but not at the right moment; non of the FED 2 I had for servicing were synchronized for x, only for bulb flash. x-flash was an extra feature on some zorki's like the Z5 and Z6. There is no synchonization mechanism built into the FED 2.

Dez

09-01-2012, 05:36

There is something strange here, I assure you that the FED 2 in the picture is correctly synchronized for electronic flash, and reliably exposes the entire frame. To the best of my knowledge, I have never worked on the sync mechanism of this camera.

It makes sense that a camera with non-adjustable sync from this period would be correct for flashbulbs rather than electronic flash, but there it is.

I recall repairing a faulty sync on a FED 2 that I sold a couple years ago. It is an unusual mechanism and rather fragile, but I don't recall having to do anything heroic to X-sync correctly on that one as well. I did not make any notes on the repair process.

I guess I will need to get another FED 2 and experiment with it. If there is some simple way to reset the sync, I'll take some pictures and post the process.

Cheers,
Dez

Thomas78

09-01-2012, 07:55

Indeed your flash will fire, but not at the right moment; non of the FED 2 I had for servicing were synchronized for x, only for bulb flash. x-flash was an extra feature on some zorki's like the Z5 and Z6. There is no synchonization mechanism built into the FED 2.

There is something strange here, I assure you that the FED 2 in the picture is correctly synchronized for electronic flash, and reliably exposes the entire frame. To the best of my knowledge, I have never worked on the sync mechanism of this camera.

It makes sense that a camera with non-adjustable sync from this period would be correct for flashbulbs rather than electronic flash, but there it is.

...

I frequently used my FED 2 (bought in 1991) with electronic flash in the early 1990s. It seemed to work even at 1/50 s (at that day and my age of 12 I assumed that a focal plane shutter would be fully open at 1/50 like my dads SLR) with the electronic flash - at least I didn't noticed the opposite while looking at the pictures (C41 process). Perhaps just the shutter was working incorrectly...

HuubL

09-01-2012, 08:29

z-4, j-9, j-3, j-12, i-12, i-50, universal viewfinder, soviet polarizing filters PF-42 & PF-49
http://rghost.ru/39623514/image.png

Soviet polarizing filters... :p:p:rolleyes::rolleyes:

wolves3012

09-01-2012, 14:19

Indeed your flash will fire, but not at the right moment; non of the FED 2 I had for servicing were synchronized for x, only for bulb flash. x-flash was an extra feature on some zorki's like the Z5 and Z6. There is no synchonization mechanism built into the FED 2.
Ron,
That's interesting because the two FED 2s I have used (1 sold and 1 still owned) are most definitely synched at 1/30th for electronic flash. One strange thing about FED's synch mechanism is that it works correctly only at 1/30 and at no other speed (even on models with slow speeds), not even on "B". In contrast, the Zorki 3S, 4 and 4K had a proper synchroniser that works correctly at all speeds of 1/30 and slower, including "B" and those without slow speeds also do work properly on "B".

Ron (Netherlands)

09-02-2012, 03:14

Ron,
That's interesting because the two FED 2s I have used (1 sold and 1 still owned) are most definitely synched at 1/30th for electronic flash. One strange thing about FED's synch mechanism is that it works correctly only at 1/30 and at no other speed (even on models with slow speeds), not even on "B". In contrast, the Zorki 3S, 4 and 4K had a proper synchroniser that works correctly at all speeds of 1/30 and slower, including "B" and those without slow speeds also do work properly on "B".

Might be that there is a difference between earlier and later models. I guess for the early ones it seems plausible they had one socket for bulbs since electronic flash was not generally in use in the fifties, not even in the sixties (many pro's used bulbs so that they were able to use flash at higher speeds). Electronic flash was really a modern feature in camera's of the fifties, and normally as an extra besides the ability to use bulbs. Anyhow when I 'service' a camera I always try to get the x-flash right since I like it very much to play with flash and available light. With the several Fed 2' s I had in my hands, only part of the frame illuminated - and - if my recollection is right - I could only adjust the flashtiming in the Zorki's (and Leica's). Perhaps with later models the socket is indeed meant for x-flash at the 1/30 speed.

maxmars

09-03-2012, 07:00

Can't shoot a pic with all of my stuff at once, or my wife will have a chance to see how much stuff I have accumulated. :D

Let's start with this, the one I'm using right now:
http://i.imgur.com/rOyuE.jpg

It's got an Industar 61 L/D but it's not the lens that came with the camera (took it from a FED-5 from my collection). The collapsible one is simply not as good as this one.

Actually, the one in the picture is a third lens: an Industar 61 with markings in feet that I took from my FED-4. :D

The Metz 20 is VERY useful as I'm using mainly ISO 100 film, and that is for indoor and outdoor.

pakeha

09-04-2012, 00:48

not much thought gone into this photo, in fact so little that i just grabbed the auction photo:D 6x6 frame included. I really like the tactile process of using this camera.

Ron (Netherlands)

09-04-2012, 13:35

Here's one that I have restored recently - its curtains were all shot and its viewfinder was blurry:

http://kpmg0072.home.xs4all.nl/FED%201/IMG_4855.JPG

the old curtains fell apart:

http://kpmg0072.home.xs4all.nl/FED%201/IMG_4853.JPG

just after installing new curtains:

http://kpmg0072.home.xs4all.nl/FED%201/IMG_4858.JPG

and this is what it looks after I put everything back in place:

http://kpmg0072.home.xs4all.nl/FED%201/IMG_4894.JPG

However two screws at the back happened to be far from original and not well fitting so if anyone has this type of screws please leave a note....(it are the screws that attaches the body shell to the top, the same as the 3 screws at the front of the camera at the chromium part)

Aapo

09-04-2012, 23:46

Love that demolition shot!

And that's really good FED and those chrome plates looks really sharp (new overlay or just good cleaning?).

Martytoof

09-05-2012, 06:23

Very nice! I have one FED-2 in the same state of disassembly to replace the shutters, but I'm waiting to find a suitable material. I ought to take some photos :)

wolves3012

09-05-2012, 07:25

Very nice! I have one FED-2 in the same state of disassembly to replace the shutters, but I'm waiting to find a suitable material. I ought to take some photos :)
I can recommend Aki Asahi's double-layer cloth. Excellent quality and stable in both directions. I've re-shuttered a FED 1 and Zorki 3M with it. It comes with a thin shutter tape which is deceptively strong.

Ron (Netherlands)

09-05-2012, 11:24

Love that demolition shot!

And that's really good FED and those chrome plates looks really sharp (new overlay or just good cleaning?).

Thanks, just good cleaning made it shine again...

Membedeep

10-01-2012, 03:02

I found this thread, finally! Here are some of my russian toys.

http://imageshack.us/a/img607/6971/171ya.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/171ya.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img577/6374/110uu.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/110uu.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img99/9580/dscf0397i.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/99/dscf0397i.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img844/4835/155kw.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/155kw.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img341/6074/115au.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/341/115au.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img40/7060/zorki.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/zorki.jpg/)

alei1180

10-01-2012, 05:47

Soviet polarizing filters... :p:p:rolleyes::rolleyes:

useful thing ; )

elmarman

10-03-2012, 10:56

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3345/3343810643_6dbb4acd94.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/3343810643/)
Fed 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/3343810643/) by pentaxpete (http://www.flickr.com/people/25850987@N03/), on Flickr
My free gift FED 4 from an old Camera Club member -- it has the 53mm f2.8 lens and is sharp ! ( Also, has a smell like Old Soviet Political Prisoners' socks ! )

jordanatkins

10-03-2012, 21:31

FED-5 with Industar-61:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/ki_atsushi/_DSC0281.jpg

I briefly put this combo up for sale in the classifieds earlier, but decided to keep it. If I do decide to sell again, it will just be the body.

Leoshin

10-14-2012, 13:53

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6CGydhe4jeo/S0r00Ma_yQI/AAAAAAAAJCo/Ff0iYdzWM70/s1000/P1100573.jpg

Leoshin

10-14-2012, 13:55

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fYsxeif2wWs/S2P7g75pzpI/AAAAAAAAJco/oX8Ijol4Q5Y/s640/P1300985.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DG4Qb67oCF4/S2P7eYK7rMI/AAAAAAAAJcg/GhVQkpCnIp8/s640/P1300980.jpg

Penny Lane

10-14-2012, 14:34

This thread gives me GAS http://www.citroen-forum.nl/images/smileys/hmz.gif

Look at that ISKRA. Way too lovely! :cool:

Derk

Mystyler

10-15-2012, 05:53

Well, I've just posted a new thread showing off my first rangefinder, but I might as well add my photo the collection of great cameras in this thread.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8090156411_9925b80c4e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-system/8090156411/)
Communist PaRtY!! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-system/8090156411/) by Mystyler13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/e-system/), on Flickr

rjbuzzclick

10-15-2012, 13:15

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8048/8091648957_f6070edc9f.jpg

mszargar

10-16-2012, 08:38

Zorki4 1966 / Jupiter 3 / Tewe Polyfocus

hitmanh

10-20-2012, 05:50

Apologies for the pics, the only digital camera I currently own is my phone.

The collection:

http://www.hitmanh.com/cameras/fsu-cameras.jpg

http://www.hitmanh.com/cameras/fsu-kiev-ltm.jpg

Contax II (1936 serial number) is my main shooter, followed by the Keiv 4 (a/am?). 1984 serial on the body and Jupiter 8. I tend to shoot the Contax simply becuase the Kiev4 build quality sucks, but shutter timings seem to be bang on. The older Kiev is a 1964 serial number with a '57 Jupiter 8, but shutter times are well off and it's badly in need of a CLA. I shoot with the Jupiter 8s, mainly plus the 85mm and I have the 35mm 2.8 in a package somehwere between the UK and Russia. Also have a CZJ collapsible 50/2 sonnar which came with the Contax.

My main LTM is the Zorki 4, lovely little camera. Came with the black Jupiter 8 and I've since picked up the Jupiter 3, plus Jupiter 11. Keeping an eye for the 85 in LTM but prices are a bit silly right now. Also have the Jupiter 12. The FED 3 is a nice camera to. Came with the Industar 26. I also have a rather ugly green painted FED somewhere witht he Industar-22 lens on it.

Zorki 6 is on order to.

http://www.hitmanh.com/cameras/fsu-kiev60.jpg

Love the Kiev 60, real tank of a camera with great lenses. Currently have the Arsat 30mm 3.5, 60/3.5, 80/2.8, and the awesome CZJ MC 180/2.8 sonnar. Also an early 300/4 CZJ, however the aperture blades don't work, so need to get it CLAd at somepoint.

And finally

http://www.hitmanh.com/cameras/fsu-folder.jpg

Moskva 5. Not really used it yet.

Cheers

Matt

Mystyler

10-20-2012, 07:40

Wow. Nice. :D

goamules

10-20-2012, 08:38

Prewar NKVD Fed 1D with Fed 100/6.3

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8105769471_67b7006792_c.jpg

Nikos72

10-20-2012, 12:52

My Kiev 4
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8106461498_62feda502f.jpg

And my Kiev 3
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8106449341_ff4f53d048.jpg

gsgary

10-22-2012, 11:46

My little beauty

http://gsgary.smugmug.com/Competitions/Miscellaneous/i-5cQ4v3r/0/L/IMG5663upload-L.jpg

zorki2012

11-06-2012, 16:22

My first
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r223/jma2006_bucket/Camera%20Collection/IMG_1259rs.jpg

catintheflat

11-07-2012, 05:23

My first
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r223/jma2006_bucket/Camera%20Collection/IMG_1259rs.jpg

It looks like war machine :)

My little beauties

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6271/dsc03511kt.jpg

zorki2012

11-13-2012, 13:39

It looks like war machine :)

Built like one also.....

kdellaquila

11-20-2012, 16:43

My "new" Kiev 2a from Fedka.
93302

mcfingon

12-06-2012, 04:03

Fed-2 Industar-50
http://members.iinet.net.au/~fingon/gallery/fed-2-industar-50.jpg

Nikos72

12-06-2012, 04:21

Fed Mikron 2

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b530/zanxion72/My%20Photo%20Cameras/_DSC0859.jpg

Blaufeld

12-17-2012, 00:24

Export Zorki4 with Jupiter-8 lens and third party lens hood.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8046785219_bfbdeebb9b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaufeld66/8046785219/)
1969 Zorki-4 35mm Rangefinder (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaufeld66/8046785219/) di blaufeld66 (http://www.flickr.com/people/blaufeld66/), su Flickr

Mikey_Rotten

12-20-2012, 03:20

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y494/MicoM1/Zorki4_zpsac1b6ad0.jpg

Newest ad to line. Zorki 4 with mint Jupiter 8,manuals and Go Moskova photo book.

ZorkiKat

12-22-2012, 04:10

http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/395158_10151219791774234_1242295136_n.jpg

Kiev 60 and Salut (pre-Kiev 88)

mortalenema

12-23-2012, 14:20

Hi guys.

These are my two komrads. The Z4 is my favorite camera so far. It's more fun than my OM-1, or my Argus C-3s. It has the best feel of any camera in my hands. The FED 5 is new to me. The meter works, and I'm running my first roll through it to check the rest out. I've been bitten pretty hard by the FSU RF bug. I've got a green FED 2b on its way right now!

Sykomor

01-03-2013, 08:57

East meets ... east

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/rffgallery/gallery/40762/U40762I1357213609.SEQ.0.jpg

and west.

rocksoldierz

01-03-2013, 19:48

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7w5V/toyota-lets-go-places-song-by-tim-myers here is one in a commercial about 48 seconds in....

mortalenema

01-04-2013, 12:32

My FED 2 arrived today. No beauty queen, but she'll be a great user.

lukitas

01-04-2013, 15:24

My FED 2 arrived today. No beauty queen, but she'll be a great user.

She is a beauty too.
Give her a faster lens, she'll love it and look very sexy.

-Nash-

01-05-2013, 02:50

I somewhat regret buying a FED 2 without a flash sync terminal, but the fast lens makes up for it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8348509657_4c576e9f1b_b.jpg

mortalenema

01-05-2013, 04:17

She is a beauty too.
Give her a faster lens, she'll love it and look very sexy.

Thanks. One of the reasons I got her was the lens. It was time for a collapsable. You are right, though, the Jupiter 8 looks hot as hell on her.

mortalenema

01-05-2013, 04:19

I somewhat regret buying a FED 2 without a flash sync terminal, but the fast lens makes up for it.

You'll just have to begin purchasing every variety of FED 2!

Gordon Coale

01-21-2013, 21:34

Late FED 2.

http://www.electricedge.com/rff/fed2-700-stack-2.jpg

Jagdtiger

01-22-2013, 02:21

http://rangefinder.ru/glr/data/579/7ac80d59632c_1_.jpg
http://rangefinder.ru/glr/data/579/1111111.jpg

Leningrad(1958), my favourite rangefinder. As for me it's better than M3.

martinsmith99

01-23-2013, 11:02

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6743518031_b912274904_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/6743518031/)
Zorki 6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/6743518031/) by martinsmith99 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ms-imaging/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4019/4297636368_5d6a8b55a6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/4297636368/)
FED 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms-imaging/4297636368/) by martinsmith99 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ms-imaging/), on Flickr

Nikos72

01-25-2013, 05:37

And here is my Fed-2 with it's Fed 50/3.5

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8218/8412972613_dbb531a68f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8412972613/)
Fed 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8412972613/) by Nikos.K. (http://www.flickr.com/people/nkarytianos/), on Flickr

David Hughes

01-25-2013, 07:55

I couldn't resist the lens hood to match the old Zorki and J-8.

http://idrh.smugmug.com/Photography/Leica-IIs-FED-1s-and-Zorki-1s/i-dPnT3x5/0/L/Zorki%20%26%20New%20Lens%20Hood-L.jpg

Regards, David

Nikos72

01-25-2013, 09:36

And that shot has convinced me that I should get one for my J8 on my Fed-3! It looks great!

02Pilot

01-25-2013, 11:09

My late FED-2 with new Jupiter-8.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/aegaspari/IMG_0232.jpg

Jagdtiger

01-25-2013, 13:23

Pretty nice one :)

My recently purchased pre-war FED from 1936:
http://s004.radikal.ru/i207/1301/fb/25610517b481.jpg
http://s08.radikal.ru/i181/1301/5a/d981531851a0.jpg
http://i069.radikal.ru/1301/61/055433a0c3c3.jpg

I wonder how lucky I am, because this camera costed two bucks!:eek:

Drack

01-27-2013, 07:06

Pretty nice one :)

My recently purchased pre-war FED from 1936:

I wonder how lucky I am, because this camera costed two bucks!:eek:

Very because the price of this one is ~ 200USD :)

jet1944

01-30-2013, 02:51

I have a FED 1 ,nice camera but I am having trouble rewinding the film .I set it to B and done the shutter button ,but it still locks up ,I would be gratefull for any help

Penny Lane

02-05-2013, 01:13

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8447550142_6fcf11f90f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bimmer1502/8447550142/)
FED-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bimmer1502/8447550142/) by bimmer1502 (http://www.flickr.com/people/bimmer1502/), on Flickr

This thing used to be green, but somebody took a rattlecan and painted her baby blue...

Derk

Nikos72

02-05-2013, 02:04

It looks great even in baby blue! :)

Ron (Netherlands)

02-05-2013, 12:36

I have a FED 1 ,nice camera but I am having trouble rewinding the film .I set it to B and done the shutter button ,but it still locks up ,I would be gratefull for any help

See the 'tube' on the below picture: it has a screw and a spring inside. Unscrew and take out the spring and tube and see if you can clean up old grease inside and underneath. Put it all back with a little bit of new grease.....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/8001073479_cd879fd166_c.jpg

here you find some pics of a FED NKVD I completely restored some months ago for a fellow member:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zorki_2007/sets/72157631569483687/

Dralowid

02-07-2013, 08:12

Pretty nice one :)

My recently purchased pre-war FED from 1936:

http://i069.radikal.ru/1301/61/055433a0c3c3.jpg

I wonder how lucky I am, because this camera costed two bucks!:eek:

Odd, that little stud in centre of the back is odd. Or is it a screw filling in a hole that someone has drilled to aid collimation? Earlier Feds had a collimation plug very similar to the contemporary Leica but I think yours is a little too late for that.

Very nice though, congratulations!

Jagdtiger

02-08-2013, 03:30

Odd, that little stud in centre of the back is odd. Or is it a screw filling in a hole that someone has drilled to aid collimation? Earlier Feds had a collimation plug very similar to the contemporary Leica but I think yours is a little too late for that.

Very nice though, congratulations!

Nope, it's a handmade brass screw, that held a film plate inside the camera. The original plate was lost a years ago, I think. So someone replaced it with a plate from Smena 8M. I have one postwar FED with a suitable plate, so I replaced it.

bobby_novatron

02-08-2013, 05:42

Leningrad RF, with the ubiquitous Jupiter-8 lens. It's a heavy chunk of Soviet technology!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8372585366_9ee75f2216_z.jpg

Ewoud

02-08-2013, 07:30

This nice orphan came to me, but now the second shutter curtain hangs at speeds 50 and longer :-(
http://www.ewoudkoster.nl/up/RFF/EK_Zorki3c_4390.jpg

http://www.ewoudkoster.nl/up/RFF/EK_Zorki3c_4391.jpg

Will need to find someone in holland who can do something about it, she's to nice to only live on a shelf..

Dez

02-08-2013, 11:25

This is actually likely to be a very easy fix, so you might consider doing it yourself if you have some tweezers and small screwdrivers and are a bit handy. I am assuming that the shutter curtain hanging is not a definite hard stop, but that it slows down and stops- if you pull on the curtain a bit, you should be able to close it further. I have some suggestions about cleaning the shutter mechanism in a different thread.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128890

The Zorki 3C/4 shutter mechanism is not quite as simple as that of the FED 2, but nearly. The slow speeds are controlled by a separate mechanism off to the side, and it is not necessary to do anything with it if it is working properly. There are many repair services available that can do this job for you, but unless you are very lucky, the cost of the repair will exceed the value of the camera.

One more thing: black leather dye, available from shoe repair stores or leather hobby stores, will restore the black vulcanite to a new appearance, and once dry, does not rub off.

Cheers,
Dez

Ewoud

02-08-2013, 12:25

cameosis

02-08-2013, 13:08

ewoud, great serial # on the jupiter-8. :)

awbphotog

02-09-2013, 10:02

My newly aquired Zorki C (S) with relatively clean Industar 22. The lens hood is a British FIKUS look-a-like, finished with black crinkle paint. #4040 from Aki Asahi. Wrist strap from Gordy. This camera is surprisingly nice to use. The rangefinder is very contrasty and easy to focus. Love it!

Andy

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7392/mg9595.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/22/mg9595.jpg/)

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4650/mg9586.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/809/mg9586.jpg/)

XFer

02-09-2013, 14:42

I have too many rangefinders: M6, G1, G2. ALL have and had every kind of rangefinder issues. They just can't focus right no matter what.

Guess which one is my favourite? The one which NEVER failed me?

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1521/zorkicindustar61p101022.jpg

awbphotog

02-09-2013, 17:07

XFer, very nice Zorki C! You have great taste in FSU RF's! I'm amazed at how bright the RF is on this camera, do you not agree? I feel as though it will never fail. Brilliant.

XFer

02-10-2013, 01:12

It's a great camera! I just love it. Sturdy, reliable (57 years of service, and counting), compact (smaller than my M6) and I really like its look. :-)
I replaced its collapsible lens with this Industar 61L/D 53/2.8 to get sharper shots, this lens is very good. :-)

David Hughes

02-10-2013, 01:57

Thank you for your kind advice, the point about the cost of the repair being higher than what it is worth was what im affraid for.

But it does stop slowly like you suggest so I will have a go at trying the fix myself!

Hi,

That's not true because what you paid for it isn't what it's worth. And buying another might just start the same old sequence again.

Best thing, if you like the camera is to get it repaired and then use it. Often the difference between one on it's last legs because of neglect or old age etc and one that's been checked and repaired etc is nothing short of miraculous.

Regards, David

Dez

02-12-2013, 08:15

With FSU cameras, it has always seemed to me that the older they are, the better they were made. I am a Contax fan, so I have a few Kievs. Here is my oldest one, from 1949, with a scarce collapsible Zorki (later Jupiter-8) lens. These were only made for a very short time, and I also have a fixed mount ZK lens with a serial number about 350 higher. I think the production of the two versions of the lens overlapped in 1949. I recently got the collapsible lens, and all looks great, but I have not tried it with film yet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/johndesmond/Kiev1949_zps33bbf6d6.jpg

The camera works just fine, and did not require any cosmetic restoration other than cleaning. The chrome on the early Kievs is a matte finish, and seems to be much better than that of the prewar Contaxes. It came with a very well made leather case, at least as good as the Contax ones.

I would love to get one of the early Kiev prototypes from 1947 or 1948, but they are very scarce, and have too many digits in their price tags!

Cheers,
Dez

awbphotog

02-12-2013, 18:34

bobby_novatron

02-12-2013, 19:20

Nice cameras, both the Zorki and the Kiev-2 ... I love the viewfinder and the focusing on the Zorki, very clear and easy to use.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Kiev cameras as well, I have a Kiev-2 from the 1950's, and a Kiev-4a from the 1960's. They're both 100% functional and built like tanks. Russian tanks, I suppose. :)

One of the oddest cameras in my collection, the Fotokor-1. Still can't figure out how to use it properly. But it came with a cool hard-shell case with a profile of Lenin on it.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5310/5746597425_beb73d251b_z.jpg

Dez

02-13-2013, 16:07

Interesting camera!

Looks like it is supposed to take a 6 x 9 cm film pack, which is just about unfindable. If the groundglass back comes off easily, you may be able to fit it with a 120 rollfilm back.

Cheers,
Dez

Ewoud

02-14-2013, 10:55

Hi,

That's not true because what you paid for it isn't what it's worth. And buying another might just start the same old sequence again.

Best thing, if you like the camera is to get it repaired and then use it. Often the difference between one on it's last legs because of neglect or old age etc and one that's been checked and repaired etc is nothing short of miraculous.

Regards, David

I think your right, either way I wasn't planning on just buying another one, but I'm not going to fix it myself since a very nice member of this forum offered to to do it for a small sum. Its on its way to him right now...

I hope to use it alot, once it's back :)

Ewoud

02-14-2013, 10:56

Very nice lookin that Fotokor, could it be described as a rangefinder?

Tras Krom

02-17-2013, 01:40

zorky 4

http://traskrom.users.photofile.ru/photo/traskrom/115421364/210737809.jpg

http://traskrom.users.photofile.ru/photo/traskrom/115421364/210737811.jpg

ZorkiKat

02-17-2013, 02:22

Very nice lookin that Fotokor, could it be described as a rangefinder?

To chime in: The Fotokor is a press camera = photo + correspondent. Uses 9X12 cm plates, and focused by scale or groundglass. No rangefinder though.

mortalenema

02-23-2013, 08:16

Fed 2 + Fed (Industar) И 61 + Jupiter 12...

:cool:

Beautiful!

apostasiometritis

02-23-2013, 16:13

I do have a Leica, but I have never had as much fun as with this.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8502216776_4cdee18202_b.jpg

Nikos72

02-25-2013, 01:38

I could not resist getting that Revue-10 for 5 euros. It came with only half of the case, but that did not really matter for the price.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8505606675_d160658ccf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8505606675/)
Revue-10 along with Zorki-10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8505606675/) by Nikos.K. (http://www.flickr.com/people/nkarytianos/), on Flickr

hidejoshi

02-28-2013, 08:31

Where you get extra release red buton ?

Nikos72

02-28-2013, 09:10

Do you mean soft release button like that:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Red-Big-Soft-release-shutter-button-for-Leica-M9-M8-M7-Fuji-X100-X10-Nikon-Canon-/251154714138?pt=UK_Tripods_Heads_Stablisers&hash=item3a79fcce1a

archive59

02-28-2013, 14:50

http://25.media.tumblr.com/6031bb976f260936af42dfeff2081210/tumblr_miyermsCx91r569afo1_500.jpg

I feel we need some FSU craziness on here, so here's my contribution.

archive59

02-28-2013, 14:55

http://25.media.tumblr.com/5cac1569468ddeb7cbf65c27393987d7/tumblr_miyex8cpSd1r569afo1_500.jpg

More FSU modification madness.

archive59

02-28-2013, 15:08

http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec5dbcda756aeac608526fcc5e031f14/tumblr_miyg7o6IA21r569afo1_500.jpg

Hello Kitty [&] Zorki-6

Dralowid

03-01-2013, 03:05

I've always wanted an 'arctic Fed' or whatever they are called, actually seems like a quite a good idea though shame they didn't enlarge the viewfinder too!

Where did you get yours?

Michael

hidejoshi

03-01-2013, 03:15

archive59

03-01-2013, 14:52

I've always wanted an 'arctic Fed' or whatever they are called, actually seems like a quite a good idea though shame they didn't enlarge the viewfinder too!

Where did you get yours?

Michael

Hi Michael

They seem to be popularly known as Fed "Siberia"s. The popular view also seems to be that there are no originals as such and are all copies of something that never existed. Whatever, the enlarged knobs seem pretty useful to me. I have a Leica III back in Blighty that had some similar but not so extensive enlargements. I got the camera from a camera shop here in the US via eBay. It was without the usual collapsible lens with enlarged aperture lever. Not really sure why they would have been separated. I agree with you with regard to the viewfinder size but you could always put an external finder on it.

Cheers,

Mark

jody36

03-01-2013, 18:40

Here's mine zorki 4 and I believe zorki 2-c

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8520551442_c576fd061b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31777992@N02/8520551442/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31777992@N02/8520551442/) by jodycriswell (http://www.flickr.com/people/31777992@N02/), on Flickr

S.H.

03-04-2013, 01:09

Just found this one (working) and an uncommon collapsible ZK, along a J-3 with German glass :

94851

BW400CN

03-05-2013, 08:58

From Russia with love...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8530924705_f6a7798cb7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8530924705/)
Kiev 4-1 Kiev 4a-1 Kiev 4M (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8530924705/) von BW400CN (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8532038944_d5087f0b76_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8532038944/)
Kiev 4-1 Kiev 4a-1 Kiev 4M (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8532038944/) von BW400CN (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

NorpA

03-06-2013, 00:45

Outstanding lens, I have exactly the same version (yellowish metal), but so far I'm using it guessing the composition through the normal rangefinder. Can you explain me better what viewfinder you coupled on your camera?

Fed 2 + Fed (Industar) И 61 +
Bought the J12 from a good source.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31085243/DSCF1736-001.JPG

locheeboy

03-06-2013, 17:20

Hi NorpA,

The VF is a Helios (Japan) . Given to me by a friend. It has 35-85-135mm framelines. Ah use varifocal spectacles and found the 35mm framelines to be difficult to see/use, at first.

Since the normal, 50mm VF on my Fed has a perfect dioptre adjust for my eyes; ah normally use the Helios VF simply for quickly, visually checking boundaries eg. trees, walls+vertical/horizontal lines. It has been a good aid whilst learning how to use a rangefinder without framelines.

Like you, ah often just judge visually.Experience is the best VF.

:)

john capri

03-08-2013, 11:22

My Zorki (1958) with Jupiter 12 (1978) and Jupiter 8 (1958)

Blaufeld

03-09-2013, 08:33

My Zorki-4 died on me, here is the replacement:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8537505176_8fdac13d89_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaufeld66/8537505176/)
Fed 5C with Industar-61 f/2.8 52mm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaufeld66/8537505176/) di blaufeld66 (http://www.flickr.com/people/blaufeld66/), su Flickr

Thomas78

03-25-2013, 08:06

My Zorki Ie has a new companion: A Orion-15!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8589906676_10d2518840_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/8589906676/)
Zorki Ie (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26499368@N07/8589906676/) von thomas.78 (http://www.flickr.com/people/26499368@N07/) auf Flickr

maddoc

03-28-2013, 17:29

Arrived last night, seems to work and not broken (yet) ... :D

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/c67.0.403.403/p403x403/8084_10151801759920910_762037962_n.jpg

maddoc

04-04-2013, 20:17

The Kiev 4AM got a comrade ...

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/563749_10151810528985910_828388203_n.jpg

Flood

04-06-2013, 06:50

I just bought my first film rangefinder - A Fed-4 popped up in the local classifieds, just around the corner from my place. I walked down with €30 in my pocket and here she is:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3720570/Fujishare/DSCF6158.jpg

Not the most beautiful camera there is, I give you that, but everything seems to work and I'm looking forward to shooting my first roll of 135mm film in 15 years.

Nikos72

04-06-2013, 08:13

My latest addition to my collection of FSUs:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8401/8624081853_4c69113153.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8624081853/)
Zorki-4, Jupiter-8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8624081853/) by Nikos.K. (http://www.flickr.com/people/nkarytianos/), on Flickr

Pegaz

04-14-2013, 04:50

Just bought this beauty.
In very good condition, with accurate RF, shutter and lens are also very good, just needed little dust cleaning and start with first roll. :)

http://t.imgbox.com/adrqwwKE.jpg (http://imgbox.com/adrqwwKE) http://t.imgbox.com/abwgfemF.jpg (http://imgbox.com/abwgfemF)

Nikos72

04-19-2013, 10:41

Look what has just arrived!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8662744193_232b36c11c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8662744193/)
Fed-1, and its Fed-50 f/3,5 (Industar-10) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nkarytianos/8662744193/) by Nikos.K. (http://www.flickr.com/people/nkarytianos/), on Flickr

alei1180

04-19-2013, 13:02

http://plasmon.rghost.ru/private/45413120/1f736b40b5f1147984560e3626c8cdfa/image.png
http://rghost.ru/private/45413133/2a22a4678a7443d9cf9684e8ebe1e84e/image.png

Zorki-4 + Jupiter-3 + Universal Viewfinder + PF-42

hamradio

04-19-2013, 16:46

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8663500929_c8a3395858_z.jpg

NormanV

04-23-2013, 04:38

My Leningrad, Kiev 2 and Zorki C.
I just received the Leningrad today, I owned one 40 years ago and I was pleased to see that the viewfinder is as good as I remembered it.
The Helios lens on the Kiev is phenomenal and the Zorki would be truly pocketable if it wasn't so heavy.

locheeboy

04-24-2013, 02:43

Freshly CLA'd, roll of film in...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31085243/DSCF1953.JPG

1973 Kiev 4A Type 2 body (with Type 3 self-timer)

1973 Jupiter-8M

mcfingon

04-30-2013, 17:23

Kiev 4A (I think) in disguise. I call it the Contaxski. It is good fun to use.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~fingon/gallery/contaxski/contaxski.jpg

Aapo

05-01-2013, 11:28

Never owned Kiev or Contax but knowing history behind Kiev it isn't that big surprise that it's hard to identify fake for amateur like me. Combined with black paint looks sassy

Sonnar is at least real deal? :)

Dez

05-01-2013, 12:23

Not likely. The "Sonnar" looks like a Jupiter 8-M lens. Still a very good lens though.

Cheers,
Dez

mcfingon

05-01-2013, 23:11

Definitely a fake Sonnar, Aapo. Dez is right. It is really a Jupiter-8M, as seen on my other un-disguised 1978 Kiev 4A, which just arrived today. It still behaves like a real Sonnar lens, with good contrast and bokeh. I think the lens coatings may have got better on the late 1970's lenses, as flare resistance is good too.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~fingon/gallery/kiev/kiev_4a_type_4.jpg

Mr_Flibble

05-10-2013, 01:34

This arrived last Saturday, not an RF, but definitely an FSU.

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Kiev88-01.jpg
Kiev 88, with film magazines, TTL meter and macro tube all in a nice case.

Dez

05-10-2013, 15:34

What is the purpose of the strange accessory at the bottom right?

Cheers,
Dez

CliveC

05-10-2013, 18:34

What is the purpose of the strange accessory at the bottom right?

Cheers,
Dez

Still life. :p

MiniMoke

05-10-2013, 20:12

Nope, rangefinder! Aim, shoot, when it does not move any more, you got the range right!

Mr_Flibble

05-10-2013, 23:39

Or to put the Kiev out of it's misery.
I haven't run any film through it yet, but it creaks and grinds something fierce when I wind the shutter :)

David Hughes

05-11-2013, 00:50

Hi,

I wish I had one in my kit, especially for some of the models and minders.

Regards, David

Ron (Netherlands)

05-11-2013, 01:54

but it creaks and grinds something fierce when I wind the shutter :)

Then probably you have one that is OK! This is the normal sound for this type of camera; like grinding coffee ...hope yours smells ok ?

Mr_Flibble

05-11-2013, 03:08

The camera doesn't seem to carry the green-death f@$#ing smell some of my other FSUs have. The case smells like it came from smoker though, but not too bad.

I wish I had a Tokarev TT-33 to finish off the 'Spy Kit' instead of a 1911 ;)

analoged

05-13-2013, 10:24

1955 Zorki 3m
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/8732781604_f5986fb97c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29575348@N06/8732781604/)
IMG_11955 Zorki 3M with Jupiter 8824 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29575348@N06/8732781604/) by theAnalogue (http://www.flickr.com/people/29575348@N06/), on Flickr

1956 Zorki 4
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/8732779044_420fff5b48_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29575348@N06/8732779044/)
1956 Zorki 4 with Industar 26 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29575348@N06/8732779044/) by theAnalogue (http://www.flickr.com/people/29575348@N06/), on Flickr