78 - FED | Fed-1 Type C with Fed Stereo lens

FED | Fed-1 Type C with Fed Stereo lens Estimate: €1,200–1,400 Year: c.1939 Serial No.: 93765 Condition: B English: Unusual pre-war Fed rangefinder camera with a swinging viewfinder mask, fitted with the rare twin-lens Fed Stereo 3.8/38 mm No. 56, engraved “Zavod im. F. E. Dzerzhinskogo, Kharkov.” The Fed Stereo lens is one of the most enigmatic accessories associated with early Soviet cameras. Long described as an experimental Fed stereo system, other specialist research suggests that these lenses were produced independently in a very small series rather than by the Fed factory itself. German: Unusual pre-war FED rangefinder camera with a swiveling viewfinder mask, equipped with the rare twin-lens Fed Stereo 3.8/38 mm No. 56 lens, engraved “Zavod im. F. E. Dzerzhinskogo, Kharkov.” The FED stereo lens is one of the most enigmatic accessories of early Soviet cameras. Long described as an experimental FED stereo system, other expert studies suggest that the lenses were produced in a very small series independently of the FED factory.