FED-3 Industar-61 52mm lens

The FED-3 is a Soviet 35mm rangefinder camera manufactured by the FED Kharkov Industrial Engineering Association from 1961 to 1979. It followed the FED-2 and shares the same body dimensions, but has a shorter rangefinder base to make room for its added slow-speed mechanism. The body is built on FED's long-running Leica II-derived design, using a Leica screw-thread lens mount, and is commonly sold paired with the Industar-61, a Tessar-type four-element 52mm lens valued for decent sharpness when the camera is properly calibrated.

Like most Soviet rangefinders of this period, the FED-3 has quirks worth knowing before shooting. Changing film speeds without first tensioning the shutter can damage the shutter, so the slow-speed dial needs to be handled in the correct sequence.

Specifications

• 35mm film format, 24x36mm frame
• Leica screw mount (M39/LTM), interchangeable lens
• Focal-plane cloth shutter, 1 second to 1/500s plus B
• Coupled rangefinder focusing combined with viewfinder window
• Industar-61 52mm f/2.8-f/16 lens, Tessar-type 4-element design
• Lens focus range 1m to infinity
• 40.5mm filter thread
• Manual film advance lever, no built-in meter

Condition

• Cosmetic: Excellent
• Working: Fully Working
• What type is it: Other
• Does it work: Fully working
• Shutter: Fires correctly
• Optics: Haze or dust
• What still needs attention: TBD

Included

• Camera body cover and INDUSTAR-61 L/D 2.8/55mm lense

Declared faults, if any, are called out above rather than left for you to discover — what's listed is what you get.