Show Off Your FSU

[glenm]

[reagan]

Originally Posted by glenm

1954 Zorki.3

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

[maxwell1295]

Kiev 4a by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

[OlympusRF]

My Zorki4:


Zorki 4 rangefinder camera w/ Jupiter 8 & clip-on selenium meter SAM_3314 por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR, no Flickr


Zorki 4 rangefinder camera w/ Jupiter 8 & universal turret viewfinder SAM_3350 por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR, no Flickr


Zorki 4 rangefinder camera w/ Jupiter 8 & Jupiter 12 & universal turret viewfinder SAM_2212 por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR, no Flickr

[reagan]

Originally Posted by OlympusRF

My Zorki4:

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

[cameosis]

[p.giannakis]

[SpikeT]

1950 Kiev 2 with turret

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Originally Posted by cameosis

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

[rjbuzzclick]

Originally Posted by reagan

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

I wholeheartedly agree.

[martinsmith99]

Zorki 6 by martinsmith99, on Flickr


FED 2 by martinsmith99, on Flickr

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Originally Posted by martinsmith99

Zorki 6 by martinsmith99, on Flickr


FED 2 by martinsmith99, 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]

Something from me...



Zorki 1 and Zorki 5

614.

[hidejoshi]

Kiev comming, first cleaning, DIY leather cap.

[Martytoof]

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



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]

Originally Posted by Martytoof

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



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

I had the same with Zorki 5. This camera is exactly what i need in Zorki 1 with similar size.

[Martytoof]

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]

z-4, j-9, j-3, j-12, i-12, i-50, universal viewfinder, soviet polarizing filters PF-42 & PF-49

[hidejoshi]

This thread made me GAS horny...

[jtm6]

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]

[Peter_wrote:]

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

[Dez]

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.





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.




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)]

Originally Posted by Dez

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]

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