1934-55 FED 1

1955-70 Fed 2

1962-63 Fed 3 (type a)

1963-72 Fed 3b

1969-70 Fed 4B

1975-90 Fed 5B

The FED derived its name from Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky's initials, the founder of the Soviet Secret Police. The FED was made in Kharkov, Ukraine at a Youth Rehabilitation Commune. FED was the first successful Leica copy first made in 1934, only two years after Leitz introduced the Leica II.


Zorki-Zenit Cameras in Collection

1948 Zorki 1

1953 Zenit

1954-55 Zorki 3

1955-60 Zorki 2C

1955-56 Zorki 3C

1959 Zorki 5 (type 2)

1959-66 Zorki 6

1972-78 Zorki 4K

KMZ "Krasnogorsk Mekanicheski Zavod" or Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory is in a suburb of Moscow and is named after the suburb. Both Zorki and Zenit brands were made there through the 1990's.


Miscellaneous

1947 - 52 Kiev III

1947-55  Kiev II

1964 GOMZ Leningrad