P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2789

[Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

mikael wrote:

> I would love to hear from somebody who has compared the FED lenses to that
> of the East German Belplasca (made in the fifties, now used, still three
> times more expensive than a good FED as the M you asked about). Both are
> European in format and extraction.


Ed Shaw of the Stereo New England group has both a FED and a Belplasca.
He's talked with me about his impressions of both cameras, and I've seen
quite a few shots from his FED and have compared them with my own
Belp...

I think lens-wise they are probably comparable; both are capable of
producing images indistinguishable from modern high-grade cameras under
most conditions. The difficulty with the FEDs, as mikael details, is the
lack of meaningful DOF/exposure control, which is a significant problem.
Also, the meters are notoriously out of calibration from the factory and
QC has been poor. All the Fed owners I've spoken to do not consider
there camertas to be reliable or practical users... let's hear from the
list.


Eric G.


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