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FED 4L

Specifications, film and matching parts.

Type
Rangefinder camera
Film
35 mm
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Camera

Type
Rangefinder camera

Film

Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm

Lens

Lens mount
M39×1
Focusing
rangefinder

Shutter

Shutter
Horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/500 s, B
Flash sync
1/30 s

Exposure

Metering
separate meter cell (not through the lens) (Selen)

No battery needed: the shooting functions and the selenium light meter work without one. [4]

You have to transfer the light meter readings to the shutter and lens by hand. [2]

Only change shutter speeds with the shutter cocked, and never turn the speed dial across the range between 1/30 s and 1 s. [2]

Sources

  1. ФЭД-4: Beschreibung einschließlich ФЭД-4Л
  2. FED 4 User Manual, englische Transkription der Bedienungsanleitung
  3. FED-4: Verschluss, Objektivanschluss und Bedienung
  4. Fed 4 (ФЭД 4), John Margetts
  5. FED-4: Archetype of 35 mm Russian Rangefinder Camera

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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