FED I 1 USSR 35 mm vintage rangefinder body M39 mount Leica copy late type

FED (1) (ФЭД), vintage Soviet rangefinder camera 35 mm, #320380, M39 (LTM) mount "FED" plant, Kharkiv, USSR, ca.1953 For parts or repair. Shutter does not work (it's blocked in open position. Winding head can be rotated and release button can be pushed, but without any effect). Rangefinder does not work. Body has strong signs of age, leatherette is partly absent on the front, left rangefinder window has a dent. Lens and take-up spool are not included, body only. History of the camera This camera is the first camera produced by "FED" plant since 1934 till 1955. It is the full copy of German Leica II. "FED" plant was named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky , Polish and Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary, leader and statesman and originally was a labour commune of homeless chidren. It was led by a famous Soviet teacher Anton Makarenko who founded this plant in 1927 in an agricultural labour commune. Initially plant produced drills but later copied German Leica II which was very successful and was an example for copy in many countries. Camera has aluminium stamped body with removeable rear cover. Camera can use standard film cassetes and dual cylinder cassettes from Leica. Shutter is with horizontal moving cloth door. Shutter speeds were 1/20, 1/30, 1/40, 1/60, 1/100, 1/200, 1/500 and B (marked as Z). "FED" camera had default foldable lens "FED" 3.5/50, after the WWII default lens was "Industar-10" 3.5/50. This is the after-war variant of the camera (type 1f) which was produced since 1949 till 1953, most likely in 1948 or 1949. Serial number is on the front, upper cover has inscription "FED/plant named after FEDzerzhinsky". Release button is solid (does not have a carving for cable, which was introduced in 1952), removable bottom has a stiffener. Viewfinder and rangefinder are not united. Rangefinder base - 38mm, viewfinder magnification - 0.44x, rangefinder magnification - 1x. Camera had neither flash synchrocontact nor self-timer. Synchrocontacts can be mounted in camera repair shops or hand-craft. External self-timers were produced. Camera became base for rangefinders "FED-2, -3", "Zorki", "Zorki-2", "Zorki-C", "Zorki-2C", SLR "Zenit", "Zenit-3" and many others. Characteristics: S/number - 320380 Frame size - 24x36. Shutter speeds - 1/20-1/500, B Type of thread - M39x1/28.8 Body - aluminium. Dimension - 135x70x50 mm Weight - 404 g ---------------------------------------------------- Conditions: Economy shipping to the address stated at Pinkoi with tracking number, usually sent within 3 business days after payment. See the photos for details. Photos are actual - that is exactly the camera you will receive. Please, do not hesitate to contact me for any information required. Please, watch my other items. I combine shipping - write to me what items do you want to buy, and I will calculate the discount for combined shipping. Package is packed thoroughly and carefully and marked as a “gift”. If you need to add invoice in the envelope or not to mark as a “gift”, write to me. If you are interested in terms of shipment - write to me, and I will tell the minimum, maximum and average time of shipment to your country (I accumulated vast statistics). Return shipping (if the item is as described in the ad) is paid by the buyer. My price include the item and shipping cost and does not include Duties, Value Added Taxes, Customs Clearance Fees and other charges. These charges are the buyer's full responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be before bidding/buying. Buyer needs to pay for the above fees in case that occurred for certain goods. If the package returns back to me due to the buyer refuse to pay those fees, I would not send the package again unless the buyer completes those fees and pay all the return and resend cost. Buyer can not cancel the order or request refund due to this reason. All the customs clearance and other affairs that can be necessary to get the package in the buyer’s country is buyer’s full responsibility. Please, be sure that you are aware of your post office working time, order and rules of package delivery and be ready to accept the package. If the package returns to me as “unclaimed” or the tracking system shows “unsuccessful delivery attempts”, refund to the buyer will be paid deducting the shipping and return costs. Resending must be paid extra.