FED 3

The FED 3 is based on the FED 2 and the dimensions of the two bodies are identical. The top deck is modified because the FED 3 has to have a shorter rangefinder base to make room for the slow-speed mechanism.

There are four models.

• FED 3a was introduced in 1961. It retained most of the FED 2 features, including the mushroom-shaped advance knob. The rewind knob is larger. The diopter is no longer adjusted by a lever but is adjusted by the ring over the viewfinder.
• FED 3b was introduced in 1963. It has a film advance lever and a flat top deck. It no longer has strap lugs. Usually fitted with an Industar 26 or Industar 61 lens.
• FED 3L was introduced along with the 3b in 1963, and has a body like the 3a but a different shutter speed knob. The shutter speed knob on a 3L resembles the ones on the FED 3b; the speeds are engraved on a plate beneath the knob instead of on the knob itself. The shutter speed plate is clipped where the top deck steps down. Usually fitted with an Industar 61 lens.
• FED 3L/D is a FED 3L with a multi-coated Industar 61 L/D containing Lanthane.

with accessory Kopli reflected light CdS meter	FED 3 type a	FED 3 type b

Links

• Fed 3 Models at USSR Photo
• Fed 3a at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Fed 3b at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Fed Revue 3 at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
• Fed 3 at Rus-camera.com
• FED 3B at Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark
• JM Burtscher sovietcamera website : Sovietcamera french website
• FED3 type B on Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)