First roll with Fed 5C

fraley · 12-21-2004

I got back the first roll from a Fed 5C bought from lkgroup, wanted to post a couple of pictures. Some minor problems with film slippage and vignetting, I say minor because I think it was a matter of me getting the hang of the film advance. Also a little stray fluff around the shutter, but another note here on RFF alerted me to the problem. I like the lens, an Industar L/D 50mm.

Vignetting on left and stray fabric upper right:

fraley · 12-21-2004

This one came out okay, I think it's a good camera. I trimmed the stray fibers around the shutter and I'm practicing advancing the film smoothly

fraley · 12-21-2004

Last one - this is what I call vignetting

matu · 12-21-2004

Nice pictures.
I don´t know why it´s the Jupiter 8 more popular (maybe I´m being heretic), than the Industar. I read it´s a sharper lense.
I have one on my Zorki 4 and I like it better than the Jupiter 8.
Did you use the camera meter?

Roman · 12-21-2004

Well, about Industar 61 vs. Jupiter 8 - that's a matter of taste and subject: the J-8 with its low contrast and smooth bokeh rules for portraits, and the I-61 with its extreme contrast and biting sharpness is better for general stuff like landscape and architecture.

Roman

PS. That might not be vignetting, but shutter capping...

taffer · 12-21-2004

Agree that looks like shutter capping, anyway I love that last image, hope you don't mind me uploading a quick PS b&w conversion...

Oscar

Scarpia · 12-21-2004

Looks like shutter capping to me. I've seen this on a Leica at faster shutter speeds, but not at lower ones 1/30 or less. It would probably cost more to adjust the shutter than the camera is worth at market prices. I have a 5B with the same lens and it does not vignette on the Fed or my Bessa T.
Kurt M.

matu · 12-21-2004

I had a similar problem on my Zorki 4, at low speeds the shutter didn´t run all the way. I opened the camera and cleaned the dust, puted some oil and shot several photos without film at different speeds until the shutter worked fine.

fraley · 12-21-2004

Thanks everyone,

Oscar no problem, I like the b&w.

Matu, yes that's the built-in selenium meter. Seems to be very responsive.

Shutter capping - I learn something new every day! It was acting very funny, slipping, one stroke wasn't advancing it as it should, etc. So maybe I can iron the bugs out with use. If not I've still got the lens

AndersG · 12-21-2004

Which shutter speed did you use when you got capping?

My FED 3 caps(?) at 1/500 but not (as far as I have seen) at slower speeds. From what I have read, cleaning and relubrication might remedy this problem.

A fast and cheap(?) way to check that the shutter times are approximately right is to use the camera (without its back) as an extra shutter in front of a DSLR or other digital camera (set to a "too long" exposure).

jon_flanders · 12-21-2004

Check out http://jay.fedka.com/index_files/Page389.htm

for a good discussion of these Fed/Zorki shutter issues.

fraley · 12-21-2004

It seems that 1/500 is the problem, maybe some problem at 1/250 too. But I'd need to test it. I held it to a light and clicked at 1/500, saw a problem. But was asked by the wife to stop that racket before I tested 1/250

jon_flanders · 12-21-2004

It would make sense that the two curtains would have a harder time synchronizing at higher speeds.

Since the Fed standard lens is 2.8, I intend to mainly use this camera for outdoors shooting, although I did come up with a very nice shot of my Uncle Bill's wife indoors at her party using Fuji 800 film.

200 ASA at 1/200th using the Sunny 16 rule for a Fed makes sense to me.

I just got an Industar 61L/D. Will see how it compares to the 26M. I don't like the look of the 61 on a Fed 2, I must say. Why couldn't they have made a metal 61?