FED Cameras in Collection
1934-55 FED 1 Camera
1955-70 FED 2 Camera
1963-72 FED 3b Camera
1969-70 FED 4B
1975-90 FED 5B Camera
1934-55 FED 1 1955-70 FED 2 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 Camera
1953 Zenit Camera
1955-60 Zorki 2C Camera
1955-56 Zorki 3C Camera
1959 Zorki 5 (type 2) Camera
1959-66 Zorki 6 Camera
1948 Zorki 1 1953 Zenit 1955-60 Zorki 2C 1955-56 Zorki 3C 1959 Zorki 5 (type 2) 1959-66 Zorki 6
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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 Camera 1947-55 Kiev II Camera
1964 GOMZ Leningrad Camera
1947-52 Kiev III 1947-55  Kiev II 1964 GOMZ Leningrad