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pkrpkr
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Jacques M.
France
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 Posted - Apr 12 2024 : 11:19:11 AM
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Hello "pkrpkr",
Welcome!
No problem about the strange hole. It's for the rod which connects the fast and slow speed mechanism and frees the slow speed spring. A series of Fed B with slow speeds was foreseen, but it seems that only 40 of them was effectively made. I don't count the fakes!
It's the same as on the Leica III-s. Of course here you don't have the slow speed dial, nor the second spring.
These Leica fakes are interesting. I own too several of them and I am not alone! Normally, your two cameras should be identical, if all is original. As for the chrome, the cover of the fake was partially scraped; that probably explains the difference.
Amitiés. Jacques. |
Edited by - Jacques M. on Apr 12 2024 11:21:04 AM |
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pkrpkr
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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - Apr 13 2024 : 07:48:47 AM
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Hello Peter,
Yes, this 1937 Summar will be fine on your Leica fake.
Your thread gave me the idea to look for two close cameras in my collection. I found these two ones:
http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/1342024_IMG_1518.JPG
http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/1342024_IMG_1519.JPG
The lens is a fake Summar (but a "genuine" Fed 2/50mm), and it wears the same serial number as the body: 128698... The Fed serial number at the reverse (28597) is correct for the this range. That means that the body and the lens should have been together since the beginning.
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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - Apr 13 2024 : 07:55:12 AM
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A photo more of this Leica fake (in fact a Fed S):
http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent2/1342024_IMG_1522.JPG
These two cameras have very close scratched dates inside (24/V for the s/n 128213; 27/V for the Leica fake). Three days' distance...
If you are interested in all that, please have a look at Ulrich's thread (if not already done!), just under this one.
Amitiés. Jacques.
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pkrpkr
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Jacques M.
France
2584 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 08:36:58 AM
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You don't necessarily have to dismount the camera for the internal date: in most of cases, it can be seen from the outside.
About the covers, I am almost sure that the markings depend on their date of making: it's not accidental. I had made a research on the Fed 1e I own and they all had the same cipher. That should be checked.
And I agree with you concerning the flash connection...
But surely other colleagues can answer these questions better than me. |
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pkrpkr
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Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 09:17:57 AM
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Thanks for your helpful comments Jacques!
Amicalement,
Peter |
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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 11:04:59 AM
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I have just checked in my photos about the cipher inside the cover. The fact is that I have only kept two of them:
- a "Б" on my 1e s/n 183613,
- a "В" on my Fed Arsenal.
No more. Stupid of me.
Amitiés. Jacques. |
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
821 Posts
My Collection
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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 3:56:19 PM
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Beautiful. Your cameras are always like new, Ulrich 
The body is a 1c S, by some details. The converted lens could be an early 2/50mm too, with a Fed s/n in the 20/23xxx range, if original?
Amitiés. Jacques. |
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
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My Collection
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Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 4:18:16 PM
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Jacques,
as you know, I always take them apart and make them pretty and ready to run :-) The lens has the serial number 29215.
Ulrich
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pkrpkr
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Posted - Apr 15 2024 : 03:37:38 AM
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| Very nice Ulrich! |
Edited by - pkrpkr on Apr 15 2024 03:38:16 AM |
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Fake Leica based on FED 1d
