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08/30/2012 12:04:53 PM · #1 |
About a month ago I picked up a 1941 Russian FED1 camera. It's a knock off of the Leica III.
I wasted two rolls of film just trying to get it to work, but I had a lot of fun taking pictures afterwards. I even like the effect of the pinholes in the shutter. I can just imagine the pictures this camera has taken through the years...anyhow...just thought I would share some of the pictures..
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08/30/2012 12:08:08 PM · #2 |
Thats pretty cool....I love old cameras...and usually you can pick them up for nothing
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08/30/2012 12:09:54 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by cowboy221977: Thats pretty cool....I love old cameras...and usually you can pick them up for nothing |
Me too Adam...I have a bunch of them. Some work...some don't :-), but I still love them! |
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08/30/2012 12:17:41 PM · #4 |
Very cool. I have one similar, a bit older...I'll have to go back and check the model on it.....perhaps find film if I can...
Originally posted by Tommy_Mac: About a month ago I picked up a 1941 Russian FED1 camera. It's a knock off of the Leica III.
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08/30/2012 12:32:26 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by PGerst: Very cool. I have one similar, a bit older...I'll have to go back and check the model on it.....perhaps find film if I can...
Originally posted by Tommy_Mac: About a month ago I picked up a 1941 Russian FED1 camera. It's a knock off of the Leica III.
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The model I have is 35mm, so getting film was easy...not sure how far they go back with 35mm though. To get it to work though you have to cut the lead or it will just rip up the film. (my first wasted roll!)
There is a lot of info out there if you google it.
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08/30/2012 01:39:21 PM · #6 |
If you can find a lens cap that fits, you may be able to minimize the shutter leakage on that oldie by keeping it capped until you are ready to shoot. I sort of suspect that it has a metal shutter, and that the body is leaking the light instead of the shutter. Try putting black tape around the body, just covering the joint between the body and the back, to shoot one roll or the remainder of the roll you have in it now, and see if it eliminates the spots. If that's where the light is getting in, they sell the foam seal at a lot of places on line if you search for it.
Here's a film shot from a while back.
You might find this thread interesting: Good ol' FILM thread
I enjoy getting the older lenses and working out ways to fit them to the D7000. It meters with them in aperture priority mode. These were done with a lens pat'd 1903.
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08/30/2012 02:32:30 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: If you can find a lens cap that fits, you may be able to minimize the shutter leakage on that oldie by keeping it capped until you are ready to shoot. I sort of suspect that it has a metal shutter, and that the body is leaking the light instead of the shutter. Try putting black tape around the body, just covering the joint between the body and the back, to shoot one roll or the remainder of the roll you have in it now, and see if it eliminates the spots. If that's where the light is getting in, they sell the foam seal at a lot of places on line if you search for it.
Here's a film shot from a while back. |
Thanks MelonMusketeer...I thought about the lens cap...I'll have to give that a try. The shutter is actually cloth...I'm suprised it isn't worse after all these years. Rotted out that is.
Nice pictures...and very cool with the old lens...never even thought of doing that!! Something new to look for! :-) |
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08/30/2012 02:35:35 PM · #8 |
How many megapixels is it? |
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08/30/2012 07:06:59 PM · #9 |
With some careful tinker work, you may be able to patch the shutter cloth with a toothpick with the end mashed to make a brush and something like black fingernail polish. Just don't get it too thick and keep the spots as small as possible so they will not interfere with the shutter operation. I have also fixed cloth things like that with a product called "Liquid Electrical Tape". It's a thick liquid that dries to a rubbery patch.
Maybe there is a DPC'er who used to work on cameras who will see this and let us in on an old school fix that's safe and effective. |
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