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[[Foto-Quelle]] sold the FED-4 in Germany as the '''Revue 4''' (F194). Special editions were produced for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967. |
[[Foto-Quelle]] sold the FED-4 in Germany as the '''Revue 4''' (F194). Special editions were produced for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967. |
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*Back cover: removable, opens by two folding levers on the top plate |
*Back cover: removable, opens by two folding levers on the top plate |
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*Engraving on the back of the top plate: FED logo, Made in USSR and serial no. |
*Engraving on the back of the top plate: FED logo, Made in USSR and serial no. |
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*Strap lugs: none |
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*Body: metal; Weight: 780g |
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*[http://www.fotoua.com/1camera.php?usl=4&usl1=fed&st=7&rd=4&seek2=6&seek1=0 in Fotoua] |
*[http://www.fotoua.com/1camera.php?usl=4&usl1=fed&st=7&rd=4&seek2=6&seek1=0 in Fotoua] |
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*[http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-420238787 in Sovietcams] |
*[http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-420238787 in Sovietcams] |
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* [http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/revue/kb-sucher/revue-4.html Revue 4] at [http://www.kameramuseum.de Kurt Tauber's] |
* [http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/revue/kb-sucher/revue-4.html Revue 4] at [http://www.kameramuseum.de Kurt Tauber's] |
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* JM Burtscher sovietcamera website : [http://www.sovietcamera.fr/ Sovietcamera french website] |
* JM Burtscher sovietcamera website : [http://www.sovietcamera.fr/ Sovietcamera french website] |
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Latest revision as of 12:58, 25 February 2023
FED-4 type 4b c.1975 image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
The FED 4 is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made by FED and produced between 1964-80 with quantity 633.096 units.
Its main improvement over the FED-3 is its added uncoupled selenium meter, with a window in front of the speed dial. The meter has a scale on the user's left of the top-plate, with a match-needle linked to a calculator dial. The placement of the meter calculator leaves the rewind as a thumb-wheel on the end of the camera.
Foto-Quelle sold the FED-4 in Germany as the Revue 4 (F194). Special editions were produced for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967.
There are 6 types and 10 sub-types of the camera, as to Alexander Komarov [1]
Specifications[]
- Lens: Industar-61 (ИНДУСТАР ) 52mm f/2.8 Mount: M39 screw mount, filter slip-on
- Aperture: f/2.8-f/16 setting: ring and scale on the lens shutter barrel
- Focus range: 1-20m +inf
- Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder, distance scale and ring on the lens, w/ DOF scale
- Lens release: simply screw counter-clockwise
- Shutter: rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontal focal plane,
- Speeds:1-1/500 +B, setting: dial on the right of the top plate, Note. When setting to low speeds you will hear a clockwork winding voice.[2]
- Shutter release: beside the winding lever, w/ cable release socket
- Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, retractable, on the right of the top plate
- Frame counter: coupled with the cocking lever, advance type, manual reset
- Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder/ rangefinder, w/ Diopter correction ring, around eyepiece
- Exposure meter: uncoupled Selenium cell sensor, metering by a needle window on the top-plate
- Exposure setting: Set the film speed on the setting dial. Even though the speeds on the dial are in GOST, just set the ASA value; Point the camera to the scene you want to photograph; Turn the light meter dial until the needles in the window match; Read off the suitable shutter speed and aperture combinations on the dial and set the camera accordingly
- Re-wind knob: a thumb wheel on the left side of the camera
- Re-wind release: set to B the collar aroun the shutter release
- Flash PC socket: on front of the camera
- Cold-shoe
- Memory dial : on the winding knob
- Self-timer
- Back cover: removable, opens by two folding levers on the top plate
- Engraving on the back of the top plate: FED logo, Made in USSR and serial no.
- Tripod socket: ¼" on Export Models, 3/8" on models sold within the USSR; occasionally might be an odd sizing.
- Strap lugs: none
- Body: metal; Weight: 780g
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FED-4 type 4b c.1975 Images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
Notes and references[]
Links[]
- in Fotoua
- in Sovietcams
- Fed 4 models at USSR Photo
- FED 4a at USSR Photo
- FED 4b by Roland & Caroline
- FED 4b instructions on the Marriott's site
- At Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Fed 4b at Interno in bakelite (italian)
- Revue 4 at Kurt Tauber's
- JM Burtscher sovietcamera website : Sovietcamera french website
- FED 4 at r-kobus.eu
FED cameras |
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Rangefinder FED | FED-1 | FED NKVD | FED-S | FED-2 | FED-3 | FED-4 | FED-5 | FED-5s | FED-5v | FED-6 TTL | FED-10 | FED-11 Atlas | FED-35 | FED-35A | FED Mikron-2 | TSVVS
Viewfinder FED Zarya | FED Mikron | FED 50 Stereo FED Boy Stereo | FED Stereo | FED Stereo-M |