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Fed 3a is the earlier type, with strap lugs. Full shutter speeds from 1 s to 1/500. Self timer, and diopter adjustment. It is a simple and easy camera in practical use. The viewfinder is decent so adjusting focus is fast and accurate. Compared to other manufacturers cameras of the same era, those russians are simple technical cameras, one reasons they are perfectly working after 50 years or more. My usage of Fed 3a is general photography. It is an affordable camera, it can be brought anywhere. In the boat, on the mountain, in harsh conditions e.g. cold weather. I have successfully used it for aurora photography in very cold climate. You do not need batteries, as it is a fully mechanical camera. Great advantage if you are in distant places. Fed 3 cameras are solid, most probably it will work after I am gone from this earth. Also a Fed 3a is a conversation starter. A lot of people ask what kind of camera this is. Then the conversation goes on. Almost forgot, when I print images in my dark room, the quality of the images are superb, with a special rendering from the Industar 50 m39 lens. Last but not least Fed 3 are affordable cameras, if you want to try film with your own camera.Read full review
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I was looking for the industar 50 mm lens, but as it turned out it was cheaper to get the Fed 3 camera with the lens that the lens alone, I got a red leatherete camera, visually it's nice, it's not very easy to use, but it's not very hard either, the rangenfinder it's not very good, I could say it's barely usable but I took some very good pictures with it, so if you have patiente and you don't plan to take action pictures with it you can get good pictures with it. The problem here is that is a soviet camera and they are know to be very inconsistent with the products they manufactured, I got a very good one, but I can't promise you will get one with the same quality
Buying this former Soviet Union film camera is a gamble. If you get a good one it will be very pleasant to us and will deliver good pictures. If you buy a defective one - and there are many on the market - you might as well throw it away and cut your losses. Of the the four I have bought, three have worked well or acceptably. The fourth was unusable. The Fed 3 type a is the best looking version. The type b is less attractive, but works just as well. Altogether it is an excellent film camera.
I really wanted a Leica M but this was the best I could afford. It is a Leica M! It works incredibly smoothly considering it is 1940's so I assume someone has expended TLC upon it along the way. I love the patina of history that coats the little camera, surprisingly heavy for its size. Not that the weight is a factor, it just bespeaks quality engineering. The Fed 3 is handy and reliable. I had no trouble clipping the film, loading it and taking B&W photos of winter. (I confess to using a Pentax Spotmeter).The old thing works as well as the day it was made. I love it. I used an Ilford FP4 125 to keep everything in a slightly grainy context. I am very pleasantly surprised by the resulting contrast. Naturally, I held an antique yellow filter to the F3.5 50mm collapsible lens to good effect. All I need now is a black Trilby and a trenchcoat and I'll look a right Canute...Read full review
This is in AMAZING condition. Very clean, everything works wonderfully. I have never used a rangefinder camera before, and was still able to figure out each knob and dial within 5 minutes. Its very simple, and great for a photo student like me! I love that nothing is automatic, which will allow me to play with double exposure and some alternative films that are sensitive to the sensors in newer camera's.
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