Brian's Notebook: Fed 2

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Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base

Posted by Brian Godfrey Wednesday, March 2, 2011 comments (0)

I took these at the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB on 2/9, but I've been lazy and I'm just now getting around to posting them. If you ever get a chance to go there, you should! It's a great museum with a friendly staff and great exhibits and planes. All of these were taken with my Fed-2 and Industar-61 on Fuji Superia 400 X-Tra film.

From Museum of Aviation

These are pictures of a Mig-17 that was manufactured in the 50s, just like my Fed-2!

From Museum of Aviation

Fed 2 Test Roll

Posted by Brian Godfrey Wednesday, January 26, 2011 comments (1)

I got the test roll from my Fed 2 developed tonight! You might remember this camera as the one that I bought from The Ukraine and had to send to Fedka in New York City to have repaired. I think it (and I) did pretty well. This camera is fully manual and I used the "sunny 16" rule to take the pictures.

From Kroger, before they told me to stop. I love the color reproduction the I-61 does.

From Fed 2 test roll

Target

From Fed 2 test roll

From Sam's

From Fed 2 test roll

The love of my life with some flowers

From Fed 2 test roll

Ice on the trunk

From Fed 2 test roll

I like taking pictures of these chairs to show how a lens/film handles red.

From Fed 2 test roll

Oliver before he came inside.

From Fed 2 test roll

I'm really loving this camera!

You can't take pictures in Kroger

Posted by Brian Godfrey Saturday, January 15, 2011 comments (1)

Today I found out that you can't take pictures in Kroger. I had no idea, but an assistant manager told me it was forbidden. Sorry, I thought your produce looked fresh and inviting! I was just shooting a test roll in my Fed 2. This was the first time I have ever been told I couldn't photograph somewhere. I just shrugged it off, but it does make a milestone!

I took a picture with my Yashica GSN in Kroger a while back doing a test roll in it. I just love the way things that are put on display take on a pattern. I think patterns, man made or in nature, can be very beautiful and fruit is so colorful and inviting I like to take pictures of it. Oh well. I'd like to go to a farmer's market and take pictures. I don't think they'd mind so much.

From Yashica Electro 35 GSN Test Roll 2

Look who's back

Posted by Brian Godfrey Wednesday, January 12, 2011 comments (0)

After a pretty brief trip to New York City my Fed 2 is back!

From Fed 2

I sent it to Fedka for a CLA. CLA stands for Clean Lubricate and Adjust and it's pretty normal for these cameras to need it. Mine was made in 1959 and probably sat on a shelf for years before being put on eBay by a Ukrainian seller. While it was there I got a new set of shutters put in as well. I'm currently shooting a test roll through it which will be the first roll I've been able to shoot in this camera.

Fedka was extremely fast with this service and Yuri kept me in the loop on what was going on. If I ever need any more service on a classic camera I'll be sending it to them. If you want to get a good Former Soviet Union camera, I'd get it from Fedka rather than eBay.

This camera has no light meter so I'm having to learn about the Sunny 16 rule. It makes a lot of sense, it's just something new to learn. It's not perfect, but neither are meters, even the expensive ones and ones inside of digital cameras. Even if I was just shooting with my Yashica GSN, that has a built in meter, it's a good technique to know.

12/29/2010

Posted by Brian Godfrey Wednesday, December 29, 2010 comments (0)

This is my 400th post on this blog! Photo365 has really filled this blog up. The project will be over on New Year's Eve and I'll write something about the experience then.

I Sleepy was so kicked back today I had to get a shot of her in her bed like that.

From 12-2010

Also, I sent my Fed 2 off to be repaired yesterday and it should reach the repair shop tomorrow. I'm really excited to finally get to use it. I bought a sun shade and lens cap for it. It's got cloth shutters so you need to use a lens cap or the sun coming through the lens can burn a hole in them like a magnifying glass! So, don't point it at the sun and keep a lens cap on it when you aren't using it!

From 12-2010

12/14/2010

Posted by Brian Godfrey Tuesday, December 14, 2010 comments (0)

I picked up some Pliobond yesterday and thought that I'd get to replace the shutters in my Fed 2. No such luck though, since the shutters I bought are too wide! Yay! I'm thinking seriously about sending it off for a Clean, Lubricate, and Adjust which would also entail replacing the shutters with correct ones. It's a bit expensive to do that, but I'll get a camera back that's just like brand new.

I took a shot of the Pliobond. It's just sitting there, waiting to help me, but I can't use it just yet.

From 12-2010

12/9/2010

Posted by Brian Godfrey Thursday, December 9, 2010 comments (0)

I got a big box of comics from my buddy Patrick today! Thanks Patrick! I also got a package from Moscow today!

From 12-2010

It contained some shutter curtains for my Fed 2! I can FINALLY get it going and take some pictures.

From 12-2010

11/24/2010

Posted by Brian Godfrey Wednesday, November 24, 2010 comments (0)

I ordered some new shutter curtains and ribbons for my Fed today. They should be here in a couple of weeks since they're coming from Russia. I can't wait to see what this lens can do.