FED 1 (type 1f) Cámara analógica

Rare Vintage Retro Black Soviet Union Viewfinder Camera
FED 1 (type 1f) Vintage 1949-1953 USSR Russian 35mm RF Camera copy Leica-II(D)
Rangefinder Camera 35mm Film Vintage Soviet Leica Copy Manual Focus Green

Rare, Collectable vintage film camera

The FED 2 Rangefinder is a vintage 35mm Soviet film camera, admired for its classic design and manual focus precision.

This camera is in good condition (7/10) and has been tested to confirm it is in working order. The original dark green paint is lightly worn in areas where the camera has been handled, particularly on the back, but overall it retains its distinctive appearance. All mechanical functions operate as intended, making it suitable for both collectors and film photography enthusiasts.

Accessories Included: leather case, manual.

Important note:
Unfortunately, I couldn't test it so I can't guarantee that it's working.
But it's a very valuable, rare, almost antique camera!

The FED is a Russian Rangefinder camera, mass produced from 1934 until around 1990, and also the name of the factory that made it. FED is indirectly named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the VChK. It was his name that was given to the labour commune at Kharkiv (Ukraine) whose manager, Anton Makarenko, encouraged a workshop education for indigent children and who decided to copy the Leica in 1932. Large-scale production began in 1934, and in the same year the factory was put under NKVD control and Makarenko was fired. Production continued until 1941, when German forces destroyed the factory, and resumed in 1946. Until 1955, the factory made a huge number of cameras that resemble the Leica rather closely (and are often altered, given "Leica" markings, and sold as Leicas). However, the design is cruder: for example, the rangefinder cam is not fitted with a wheel. From 1955, FED began to innovate, combining the rangefinder with the viewfinder in the FED 2 and all its successors. The FED-3 added slow shutter speeds and on the later version FED-3 (b) the film advance was changed from a thumb wheel to a lever. The FED 4 (1964–77) added a non-coupled selenium exposure meter. The FED 5 marked the end of the FED rangefinder family, and was meant as a replacement for both the FED-3 and FED-4 that were in production at the time of its introduction. There were versions of the FED-5: the original FED-5 had an exposure meter, the FED-5B was a cheaper version without meter, and the later FED-5C had reflected frame-lines showing field of view of 50mm lens and an exposure meter. All FED-5 cameras were delivered with an Industar I-61L/D lens. Production of FED rangefinder cameras ended in the mid 1990s (Fed-5 Serial Number 545446 was made on February 28, 1994; Fed's site claims that it was in fact 1997: "Start of serial production of vertical drive for control system of tanks. Production of all types of cameras has stopped. 8,647,000 cameras were manufactured since the beginning.")