I just finished watching 'Reilly, Ace of Spies' (on DVD; I first saw the series on TV in 1984). Seeing so much of Felix Dzerzhinsky towards the end made me inquire as to why the FED camera was named after him. Was he an amateur photographer? No, apparently not. By doing a Google search I found a very interesting (long) link: http://www.fedka.com/Useful_info/Commune_by_Fricke/commune_A.htm John --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list