The wonders of the internet.

I found this note tucked away in the case of a FSU Fed 1. The camera was purchased with a few others in an auction lot that I'll admit I got hosed on. But after the regret had passed I was actually able to look at the cameras that were a part of it without feeling bad for myself. Part of this included a semi-restoration on a Fed 1 from 1937. The shutter speeds work, however the rest of the camera has seen better days and the rangefinder doesn't work at all. But while going through the case I noticed that there was a little pocket on the back flap. Inside was this note!

So I scanned it into my computer (obviously) and uploaded it to Flickr. Adding it to a few rangefinder and FSU camera groups hoping that someone could translate it for me. I had my suspicions that it was an exposure chart. Sure enough I was right when Flickr user No Security was able to decipher the code!

From the top row it reads:

Shooting Conditions | Shutter speed - aperture

With the row right below that telling us the ISO of the film.

32, 64, 125, 250

In the left Column it says:

Daylight

Bright sunlight, snow

Sun through the haze

Light clouds

overcast

Artificial

Bright

Dark

Very dark

So thanks again to No_Security, I didn't need to know any of this. But its so cool that I do! Knowing the note was probably written before this camera came to the states is enough of a "neat" factor that I almost want to get the piece framed. It just isn't all that often you come across something of this variety, and it gives me a connection the the person who (possibly) purchased the camera new nearly 80 years ago!