en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:19:33 +0200 forum@oxle.com 60 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/ USSRPhoto.com Forums http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/http://USSRPhoto.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/images/oxlerss.gif 144 47 uwittehh@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3746&REPLY_ID=22465 Collectors and Users Open Forum Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:52:48 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3746 Quote:
Jacques,
thanks for the detailed overview of the different FED 3a models :-) I didn't know there were so many differences.
I also like the FED 3b with the quick-release lever, especially the one engraved (not silk screened) with “Revue 3.”
The lens on the last FED 3 is interesting.

Ulrich

https://ritzelkiste.de]]> Jacques M.@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3725&REPLY_ID=22455 Collectors and Users Open Forum Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:17:42 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3725 Quote:
In fact there is a certain number of these lenses on ebay UK, alone or mounted on bodies. Probably batches reserved to the United Kingdom, as Steve said....

Jacques.]]> seany65@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3665&REPLY_ID=22451 Photo Gallery Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:47:51 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3665 Quote:
Having read all the posts and done a search on "F-21 camera" I Now understand what I'm looking at - The original photo was taken on slide film using an Ajax-F21 camera, and the slide was put into a slide viewer and then photographed with a different camera and that image was posted.]]> seany65@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3715&REPLY_ID=22450 Collectors and Users Open Forum Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:38:10 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3715 Quote:
I've just done a quick search to find out about this camera and it seems that even though it has a Japanese shutter the rest of it was still pretty unreliable.

Hope it turns out to be quite reliable.]]> seany65@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3722&REPLY_ID=22449 Collectors and Users Open Forum Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:30:27 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3722 Quote:
I've just had a quick look through the article in the link and I noticed that Isaak earned a 30% pay bonus "for every pay period". I've only ever earned a £10 pay rise, when I learned to change the copper wire holding "Magazine" on the Toroidal power transformer winder that I operated in 2000-2001.

Some years later I "earned" being fired after 3 and a half hours when I was assembling metal frames for lights.🙄

So far those are the only noteworthy episodes in my working life.]]> Jacques M.@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3745&REPLY_ID=22447 Collectors and Users Open Forum Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:24:30 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3745 Quote:
It's only between US and other countries. If this Fed had been declared from "Ukraine" rather than "russian federation" by the seller, it would be here now...
Amitiés. Jacques.]]> uwittehh@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3695&REPLY_ID=22445 Collectors and Users Open Forum Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:44:42 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3695 Quote:
Vlad, thanks :) But I think I will not publish a book. Maybe when I have made more repaires ;-)
Ulrich

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]]> Jacques M.@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=3649&REPLY_ID=22433 Collectors and Users Open Forum Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:40:31 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3649 Quote:
A (late) question about that thread...Concerning these early 1951 Kiev 4, is the graduation in GOST? By what I have found on wikipedia, GOST graduation was introduced only in october 1951.

Jacques.]]> Francesco@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=508&REPLY_ID=22431 Collectors and Users Open Forum Sun, 13 Sep 2026 05:39:44 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=508 Quote:
I just found a similar Zenit E today N°66004557 with an unusual MMZ Helios 44 N°6033626, cirillic engraving,white shutter speed disk and m39 mount.]]> runner@oxle.com http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=1925&REPLY_ID=22426 Collectors and Users Open Forum Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:39:39 +0200 http://USSRPhoto.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1925 Quote:
I purchased my earliest Zenit-E recently with serial 65000669. And it has an instant return mirror as any other Zenit-E. Also I checked mirror of 66001210 camera and several latest cameras of the same year. I'm definetely sure that old type mirror of earliest Es is just a myth. I wrote about it at Kosmo Foto here: https://kosmofoto.com/2025/03/the-krasnagorsk-cutlet-solving-the-mirror-mystery-of-early-zenit-es/
And if you interested about Zenit-E evolution you can also read this: https://kosmofoto.com/2022/11/zenit-e-solving-the-enduring-mysteries-of-the-worlds-most-popular-slr/

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