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Hi,

I managed to find an old FED-2 camera that my father-in-law bought back in the 50's. It is basically a Soviet Leica III copy. It is a really great little rangefinder. All aspects of it seem to work. I haven't figured out how to remove the lens yet but I'll keep looking. Mine looks very similar to this one:

http://galactinus.net/vilva/retro/fed-2.html

but it does have a self timer like this one. That's the little lever on the front that the one above doesn't have:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FED2.jpg

The lens is all metal but over the years it has tarnished. Not sure what would be safe to use to clean it, so any suggestions appreciated.

I also have the leather case for it. I know there is an old light meter that he used to make use of, will have to find it in the boxes somewhere.

Thanks,

André

Hi André,

Nice.

radar wrote:I haven't figured out how to remove the lens yet but I'll keep looking.

It's probably a screw mount, so just try to unscrew it, firmly but gently.

Hi Andre`,
Gary is right, they are screw mount, I have one of those, to take the lens off you first have to turn the lever clockwise until it locks then turn anticlockwise. and it should unscrew.

Edit: I just had another look at the photos, I think you have the later model without the lever on the lens, in which case you should just be able to unscrew it.

Thanks Gary and Phillip,

the lens does have the knob on it. I was able to unscrew the lens as described and was able to see that there isn't any fungus or dust that I can see. So the cleaning required is mostly on the outside.

So I'll clean things up and will try it out with some b&w film. I'll get some actual photos of the camera and post it on the forums later on.

thanks,

André

radar wrote:All aspects of it seem to work.

Nice one! Give us some pics pls.

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the photos from the camera.