My test shot with a U$19 FED5B

[alvin]

The Industar 61 LD len on the FED5B is really good! I just shoot another roll of Fuji400 (argh...why not the 100 for finer grain), collecting the print tomorrow from my same old lousy neighbourhood lab. Will post some here after a scan some sample.

Did you develop the shots from the first post from your neighbourhood lab? If yes, they're not too bad ah....stunning actually. at first I didn't understand the beauty of press 800... always wondering why people say punchy, constrasty etc.... until I used konota. then wah the colours really popped. I always though was my lens or body problem, didn't expect the printing process of neighbourhood labs to be so different Have not tried any other so-called "pro" lab yet though.

 

[whoelse]

Did you develop the shots from the first post from your neighbourhood lab? If yes, they're not too bad ah....stunning actually. at first I didn't understand the beauty of press 800... always wondering why people say punchy, constrasty etc.... until I used konota. then wah the colours really popped. I always though was my lens or body problem, didn't expect the printing process of neighbourhood labs to be so different Have not tried any other so-called "pro" lab yet though.

Yes. I use neighborhood provision shop + lab... the 2 different shops both run by anties.

I just develop my 2nd test shoot for the FEB5B. You want punchy and good contrast? I can assure you my 2nd test shoot are 10x more vivid then the first test shoot

Lab this time... Standard photo at Tiong Bahru Plaza. Lazy to go elsewhere. Develop by 1 china looking girl. I think for the first few shoot, she accidentally leak light to the negative %$&*%@#

Going to borrow the Canon flatbed scanner from office to scan. Will post it here. Film I use - Fiju ISO400 negative.

My biggest problem so far with the FED5B is the parallax error (@_@)
The Industar 61 L/D len is really very goooooood!!!!

 

[stonely0]

My cheapo work with my cheapo camera.
U$19 Russian FED5 Rangefinder.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=224778

hi u say u got u'r FED 5 brand new and not used.... can i know from where u got it? local or oversea? bay?

cheers

 

[stonely0]

it's amazing what "old junk" can do.

i agree... but the problem with old junk is that there r no standart price guide, seller just quote the price they like. the mordern new camera's retail price are pretty much fixed but for old junker, they are not.

i have got one local guy trying to sell me his used FED3 for SG$90... a check at ebay shows that FED are actually very cheap but good russian camera because they are produce in mass quantity. some are selling as low as US$19

now i must try to convice him the price and withdrawn my bid from his FED3, but i know he is going to give me a very bad rating...