P3D FED

[Ron Fredrickson <RLF@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric G. wrote:

>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.
>
I retired my FED to my stereo camera collection after trying it over a
period of a year or so. At first Marty Hewes, then American distributor for
FED, worked it over to get it to work at all, and he succeeded. Too
unreliable, and it's an early model where the film speed setting changed too
easily at the slightest bump.  
I can't recommend it....

Ron Fredrickson


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