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For testing on film my newly arrived FED-2 (see below for details about the camera), I went to the Parc de la Tête d’or, Lyon, France, for a quiet photowalk. The weather was very sunny and he outside temperature already warm (31°C).
For all the views the FED Industar-23M lens was equipped with 42mm push-on FOCA Anti UV filter, and a vintage Genaco cylindric stainless-steel shade hood conceived for a lens around 45mm focal length.
The film used was a 36-exposure Fomapan 100. Expositions were determined for 100 ISO using a Minolta Autometer III lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective metering privileging the shadow areas.
View Nr. 24: 1/50s f/6.3 focusing @ 0.95m
Autoportrait, June 10, 2025
Parc de la Tête d’Or
69006 Lyon
France
After completion, the film was rewound and processed using 350 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+50 for 10min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) fitted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The diffuse light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14.3.1) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printer files with a frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About the camera :
In the USSR, the first 35 mm camera was the FED, first produced in the 30’s by the F. E. Dzerzhinsky (FED) Labour Commune in Kharkov, Ukraine. The FED was a straight reproduction of the pre-war Leica Iic. After WWII the production of camera’s was restarted in Kharkov and FED produced a first completely new model in 1955 with the FED-2 that was produced until 1970 under different versions.
The FED-2 is rather different from le FED-1/Leica II with a completely new design. The camera back is removable for an easy film loading. The standard Leica lens thread mount (LTM) 39mm was kept. The camera is a bit larger with a very elegant and nicely proportionated drawing of the top cover that now includes a novel viewfinder directly combined with a large-base (67mm) range finder.
The viewfinder covers the field of their normal lenses FED Industar-23 1:2.8 f=5cm (the exact focal length is in fact 52.4mm). The Industar-23 is a Tessar-type design with 4 optical elements in 3 groups, in a LTM 39mm rigid assembly resembling to the Jupiter-8 1:2 f=5cm lenses of the Zorki’s /Leningrad’s. The filters and hoods could be either screwed in the 40.5mm diameter or 42mm push-on like my series of French FOCA filters and shade hoods. A total of 1.632.000 FED-2 were overall produced until 1970.
My FED-2 is the third version c (identified as « F140 « in the Princelle guidebook, see the cited ref. below) of the FED-2 produced in 1958 to current 1960. It has a shutter sequence of the old school 1/25s-1/50s-1/100s-1/250s-1/500s plus B. The film reminder located on the top of the advance button is scaled in GOST (a USSR standard for the film sensitivity) 22-180 GOST, closed to the present ISO standard that would roughly correspond here to 25-200 ISO. There is no mention anywhere on the camera of a « Made in USSR ». The lens is the version of the Industar-23M appeared in 1955 with the focusing button and brushed aluminum chassis of the Jupiter-8.
My FED-2 came without bag, but I found one for 35€ in a brand-new condition in a FED-2 a stunning red box « Пленочный фотоаппарат ФЭД-2 » (« Film camera FED-2 » ). The box has on the bottom side an original FED label stating « Фотоаппарат ФЭД-2 с автоспуском » (« FED-2 camera with self-timer ») and a serial number likely in 6xx.xxx corresponding to the FED-2 type-c with self-timer (produced from 1958 and 1959, 305.00° units ) like my camera with a serial number 791.158.
I detailed fully the camera, lens and the leather bag as usual using a damp then dry microfiber clothes (only on non optical surfaces) without any additional product of detergent. The range-finder required a recalibration both at infinite and close distances. This service operation is well described in several documents available from the net.
From the FED-2 User Manual :
I. ТЕХНИЧЕСКАЯ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА
Размер негатива
Негативный материал
24х36 мм.
нормальная перфорированная кинопленка шириной 35 мм.
Заряд кассеты
Объектив
1,6 м на 36 снимков.
Анастигмат «Индустар-26-м» с просветленной оптикой, отно-сительное отверстие 1:2,8, фо-кусное расстояние F=52,4 мм, в неубирающейся оправе.
Пределы фокусировки
Дальномер
от 1 м до со (бесконечности) оптический, с базой 67 мм, совмещенный с оптическим видоискателем.
Затвор
Шторный с выдержками: (выдержка от руки): 1/30;
1/60; 1/125; 1/250; 1/500 сек.
При заводе затвора одновременно происходит подача пленки для очередной
съемки и перемещается на одно деление счетчик снятых кадров
Автоспуск
Синхронизатор
механический нерегулируемый, обеспечивает замыкание контактов в
МО-
мент полного открытия кадрового окна фотоаппарата.
Штативное гнездо имеет стандартную резьбу 3/8".
Габаритные размеры фотоаппарата в футляре:
90 × 95 х 175.
Вес фотоаппарата в футляре, включая заряд плен-
ки, около 950 гр.
English translation :
II. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Negative size
Negative material
24x36 mm.
normal perforated film 35 mm wide.
Cassette load
Lens
1.6 m for 36 shots.
Anastigmat "Industar-26-m" with coated optics, relative aperture 1:2.8, focal length F=52.4 mm, in a non-retractable frame.
Focusing limits
Rangefinder
from 1 m to с (infinity) optical, with a base of 67 mm, combined with an optical viewfinder.
Shutter
Curtain with shutter speeds: (hand shutter speed): 1/30;
1/60; 1/125; 1/250; 1/500 sec.
When the shutter is wound, the film is simultaneously fed for the next shot and the counter of the shots is moved by one division
Self-timer
The synchronizer is mechanical, non-adjustable, ensures the closure of the contacts at the moment where the camera's frame window is fully opened.
The tripod socket has a standard 3/8" thread.
Overall dimensions of the camera in the case:
90 × 95 x 175.
Weight of the camera in the case, including film load, is about 950 g.
References for camera’s identification and collection :
The Authentic Guide to Russian & Soviet Cameras: 2nd Revised Edition Broché – 1 septembre 2004
Édition en Anglais de Jean Loup Princelle (Auteur), Charles M. Barringer (Traduction)
Éditeur : Le Reve Edition; 2e édition (1 septembre 2004)
Langue : Anglais
Broché : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 2952252114
ISBN-13 : 978-2952252119
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On December 1st , then on December 5, 2025, I did my first photo session remote from home after my stay to hospital November 15-24. I felt confident with my physical condition and I really enjoyed these two small excursion with my circa-1959 French TLR Semflex OTO 3.5B (see below for details about the camera). Loaded with aRollei RPX 400 black-and-white film.
On December 1st, I went in the afternoon from Lyon, France, to Poleymieux in the Mont-d’Or massif where I did only 4 photos at the church and one « caborne » that not far away. The weather was fresh (5°C) and sunny. On December 5, I went to the Gallo-Roman museum in Fourvières using the public transportations. I did the rest of the roll indoor before going down the hill, in a cold rain and dark end of the afternoon. I passed by « Les Ateliers de Marinette », Saint-Georges street. They have the largest choice and the best price for films and photography chemicals. I had then a nice hot chocolate there before returning home to process my film.
Outdor, I used on the SOM Berthiot FLOR 3.5/75mm taking lens, a push-on Semflex hood and the Semflex yellow x2 filter. I protected also the viewing lens with a 42mm FOCA push-on AUV filter. Indoor, I used no filter for the taking lens. Light metering was done outdoor with my Minolta Autometer III (1983) and its 10° selective viewer privileging the shadow areas. The yellow filter absorption was compensated by metering for 250 ISO instead 400. Indoor, I metered mostly incident light with integrating opale dome.
Film side marks identification
December 6 2025
69004 Lyon
France
After completion, the film was processed in a Paterson developing tank with a spiral adapted to the 120-format film. 500 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer were prepared at the dilution 1+25and the film processed for 9 min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta vertical macro stative device and adapted to a Minolta MD Macro lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel (approx. 4x5') CineStill Cine-lite fitted with film holder "Lobster" to maintain flat the film.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 15.0.1 of November 2025) and edited them to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG together with some documentary smartphone pictures.
About the camera:
This beautiful French Semflex TLR OTO 3.5 B year 1959 is equipped with a French SOM Berthiot Flor 1:3.5 f=75mm (4 elements of the Tessar type). I got the camera from a neighboring collector in Lyon, France, who is progressively reducing a very large camera collection. He provided already to me my nice FOCAsport II two years ago.
The SEM company ("Société des Etablissements Modernes de Mécanique") was founded in France by Paul Royet in 1946, in the small city of Aurec near Saint-Etienne (Loire) and about 65 km away from Lyon. The SEM camera's were known especially for the TLR’s Semflex that were a great commercial success in France until the 70's (last production 1976). The camera's are constructed around an injected aluminum alloy chassis, very resistant and rigid permitting precise optical alignments. The focusing mechanism is made of a cam system like the Rolleiflex giving an accurate and smooth focusing. SEM constructed their own shutters called « Orec » with 5 leaves capable of the 1/400s to 1s with B.
Semflex received in majority French optics Berthiot with 3 or 4 lenses (Cooke triplet and Tessar type, respectively). Some camera's were also mounted with Pierre Angénieux X1 lenses.
Semflex were trusted TLR camera's used by amateurs and for professional purposes. From 1949 to 1976, 171.000 Semflex were produced in many different types and versions. This OTO 3;5 B, type-30, (1955-199) is the top of the TLR line year 1959. I got the camera with the original SEMFLEX box and the user manual. The accessories include the specific SEM ever-ready leather bag in very good condition, the quite rare quite rare bipolar to PC port flash relay Semflex and a short (10 cm) shutter release cable.
The OTO 3.5 B is covered with a black leather and the metallic parts covered with black enamel. This model has a specific bayonet mount fro lenses accessories but still accepts the push-on normal SEM filter and shade hood.
Strangely, the SEMFLEX’s has no lens caps in a the available list of accessories. I adjusted two black caps of 35mm film canister to protect the two lenses.
The shutter (OREC 1s-1/400s + B) was functional including the slow speeds but has a propension sometimes to open slowly (closure is normal) due likely to a sticky lubricant somewhere. I gave the camera to the same local expert who already maintained my other Semflex 3.5 Standard. The complete cleaning and lubricating was done and the shutter returned in its original specs.
The OTO (or OTOMATIC) series has a coupled film advance to the shutter cocking. The film advance is of the « double-stroke » type (like early Leica M3) with automatic frame counter. I tested successfully the flash synchronization with the GODOX Lux Master electronic flash and its synchro cable connected to the SEM bipolar relay.
Reference : SEM et les SEMFLEX, Patrice-Hervé Pont, FOTOSAGA, 1995.
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Within a week my new Semflex OTO 3.5 B (1959) returned from maintenance related to its OREC shutter (see below for details). I could then proceed to the test film with always a certain emotion. I loaded a roll of FOMAPAN 100 that I use most of the time for test films due to its lower cost. FOMAPAN 100 in 120 format is not the same formulation than in 35mm perforated films. The base in 120 is polyester teraphtalate (PET) with blue dye for anti halation. I already noticed some quality problem with 120 rolls of FOMAPAN 100 and here the emulsion is polluted by a myriad of tiny red spots giving a dusty aspect to the negatives.
For all the frames, outdoor and indoor, I used on the SOM Berthiot FLOR 3.5/75mm taking lens, a push-on Semflex hood and the Semflex yellow x2 filter. I protected also the viewing lens with a 42mm FOCA push-on AUV filter. I took the first 8 frames outdoor in my neighborhood by a very clear sunny day. Then completed the last 4 frames indoor using the camera on a tripod and connected (X-sync) to the GODOX Lux Master camera flash. The Lux Master was set at full power with the Godox mini-umbrella LM-S25 soft box.
Light metering was done outdoor with my Minolta Autometer III (1983) and its 10° elective viewer privileging the shadow areas. Indoor, I used my new Konica-Minolta Autometer Vf (2003-2006) for metering the flash exposition with the hemispherical opale integrator. The Autometer Vf is capable a metering both ambiant and flash lights and gives the mix between both.
Smartphone documentary picture
Minolta Autometer III (1985) and Konica-Minolta Autometer Vf (2003-2006)
November 4, 2025
69004 Lyon
France
After completion, the film was processed in a Paterson developing tank with a spiral adapted to the 120-format film. 500 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer were prepared at the dilution 1+50 and the film processed for 9 min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta vertical macro stative device and adapted to a Minolta MD Macro lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel (approx. 4x5') CineStill Cine-lite fitted with film holder "Lobster" to maintain flat the film.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 15 of October 2025) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG together with some documentary smartphone pictures.
The results show that the Semflex camera behaves correctly giving 12 frames well spaced and exposed. The focusing is exact and the test film reveals no anomalies. The negatives confirm the good conservation state of the SOM Berthiot Flor lens and its reputed sharp definition.
About the camera:
This beautiful French Semflex TLR OTO 3.5 B year 1959 is equipped with a French SOM Berthiot Flor 1:3.5 f=75mm (4 elements of the Tessar type). I got the camera from a neighboring collector in Lyon, France, who is progressively reducing a very large camera collection. He provided already to me my nice FOCAsport II two years ago.
The SEM company ("Société des Etablissements Modernes de Mécanique") was founded in France by Paul Royet in 1946, in the small city of Aurec near Saint-Etienne (Loire) and about 65 km away from Lyon. The SEM camera's were known especially for the TLR’s Semflex that were a great commercial success in France until the 70's (last production 1976). The camera's are constructed around an injected aluminum alloy chassis, very resistant and rigid permitting precise optical alignments. The focusing mechanism is made of a cam system like the Rolleiflex giving an accurate and smooth focusing. SEM constructed their own shutters called « Orec » with 5 leaves capable of the 1/400s to 1s with B.
Semflex received in majority French optics Berthiot with 3 or 4 lenses (Cooke triplet and Tessar type, respectively). Some camera's were also mounted with Pierre Angénieux X1 lenses.
Semflex were trusted TLR camera's used by amateurs and for professional purposes. From 1949 to 1976, 171.000 Semflex were produced in many different types and versions. This OTO 3;5 B, type-30, (1955-199) is the top of the TLR line year 1959. I got the camera with the original SEMFLEX box and the user manual. The accessories include the specific SEM ever-ready leather bag in very good condition, the quite rare quite rare bipolar to PC port flash relay Semflex and a short (10 cm) shutter release cable.
The OTO 3.5 B is covered with a black leather and the metallic parts covered with black enamel. This model has a specific bayonet mount fro lenses accessories but still accepts the push-on normal SEM filter and shade hood.
Strangely, the SEMFLEX’s has no lens caps in a the available list of accessories. I adjusted two black caps of 35mm film canister to protect the two lenses.
The shutter (OREC 1s-1/400s + B) was functional including the slow speeds but has a propension sometimes to open slowly (closure is normal) due likely to a sticky lubricant somewhere. I gave the camera to the same local expert who already maintained my other Semflex 3.5 Standard. The complete cleaning and lubricating was done and the shutter returned in its original specs.
The OTO (or OTOMATIC) series has a coupled film advance to the shutter cocking. The film advance is of the « double-stroke » type (like early Leica M3) with automatic frame counter. I tested successfully the flash synchronization with the GODOX Lux Master electronic flash and its synchro cable connected to the SEM bipolar relay.
Reference : SEM et les SEMFLEX, Patrice-Hervé Pont, FOTOSAGA, 1995.