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2 December, 2025

5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm

By Walter Reumkens

In mid-2025, I added a Soviet 35mm rangefinder camera, an FED-3 with an Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm lens, to my collection. The camera and lens had been freshly CLA’d and wer...

30 November, 2025

5 Frames with a Leica iiig, Summitar and FP4+ at 400asa

By Geoff Chaplin

I have written about the Leica iiig in the context of other Leicas here. Briefly summarising these are the key differences compared to the M3 for me: Advantages Smaller and ligh...

25 November, 2025

5 Frames of Queen Califa with a Holga

By Fred Nelson

About 4 years ago I was looking for a medium format film camera. I went through all the choices and could not decide. Then I came across Anna Starr (anna.s.snapshots on Instag...

22 November, 2025

5 frames from an obsolete camera, the Olympus i-10

By John Andrews

A log time ago in a far off century, 1996 to be precise, a collective consortium got together led by Kodak, Canon, Minolta, and Nikon to launch a new film format, this format be...

21 November, 2025

5 Frames with Svema Foto 100 with an Argus C3

By Brashtown Czar

I recently learned about Svema films, and was instantly intrigued by Svema Foto 100. Film from the most important Soviet film factory, still made in Ukraine, with punchy contras...

20 November, 2025

5 Frames with a Braun Super Paxette using Dragon No.1 film

By Alastair Bell

I love old film cameras. It’s led me to build a small collection including a Kodak Retina IIIc (which I’m not a massive fan of), Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa (which I l...

17 November, 2025

5 Frames with my Nikon F2 Eye

By Walter Reumkens

The great comments on my first article in 35mmc have encouraged me to follow up with another one. Anyone who has read my first article knows that I’m an old white man from...

15 November, 2025

5 Frames with Canon AE1 in California Wine Country

By Bradley Newman

In 1993, I was working for Dan Gurney’s All American Racers racing team. The team was in the midst of an historic run of successes in the IMSA GTP series, dominating by winning ...

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Christopher Welch on 5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm
Hi Walter- thank you for the article and for sharing your experience with Soviet rangefinders. I have a FED 3…
Fred Nelson on 5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm
Great intro to the FED cameras. Also nice pics.
Walter Reumkens on 5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm
Thank you, John. I couldn't agree more. In addition to this FED-3, I have other rangefinder cameras from FED, Kiev…

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