P3D Re: FED BOY any good?

[revchas@xxxxxxxx]

I bought one from the Ukraine, it arrived very quickly and, aside from a
loose wind lever which simply needed a bit of tightening, I am delighted.
 The grocery lab is delighted as they find nothing mysterious in making
prints from the Fed's negatives.  In my case I usually use manual
exposure, but when I have depended on the camera's judgement it has been
correct.  People admire the photos, resolution seems good.  I have taken
to carrying it with me everywhere.  Another nice thing is the ease of
getting prints.  I use it for family gatherings where no one gives a hoot
about 3-D but everyone wants copies.  I paired it with an ancient Vivitar
automatic flash and they work very well together.
I does use up batteries, but they are cheap.  And read the instructions
regarding setting the aperture.

Charlie Hotchkiss

On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:48:36 -0700 pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Davis)
writes:
> 
> I noticed someone has been selling FED BOY cameras on eBay starting 
> at 
> $129.00 
> (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=274861463)  
> Are 
> these any good?  I know it's supposed to be a bit more reliable than 
> the 
> plain FED, but I don't know how they stack up against other cameras.
> 
> For that matter, does anyone in the U.S. still sell these?  I think 
> Kagan & 
> Hewes used to, and perhaps Rocky Mountain Memories also.  If I were 
> going 
> to buy one, I'd rather get one through a reputable dealer in the 
> U.S. than 
> an unknown in the Ukraine.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -pd
> 
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