Smena (camera)
Smena (Russian: Смена, Eng: "Change") is a series of low-cost 35 mm film cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union by the LOMO factory from 1953 to 1991.[1] They were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of bakelite or black plastic for the later models.[2]
Their mode of operation was exclusively manual,[1] to the extent that winding of film is separated from shutter cocking.
In the 1960s and 1970s they were exported by Soviet era export conglomerate Mashpriborintorg (Russian: Машприборинторг).[2][3] Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exclusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC.[4][5]
Specifications
[edit]- Lens: Triplet 43, 40 mm, f/4, 3 elements
- Focal range: 1 m to infinity, scale-focus
- Shutter speeds : B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250
- Shutter type: 3 blades diaphragm shutter
- Apertures: f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16
- Film type: 35 mm film
- Size: 70 x 100 x 60 mm
- Weight: 289 g
Models
[edit]The Smena models are:[1]
- Smena
- Smena-2
- Smena-2M
- Smena-3
- Smena-4
- Smena-5
- Smena-6
- Smena-7
- Smena-8 or Cosmic 35 for the UK market.[6]
- Smena-8M
- Smena-9
- Smena-35
- Smena-Rapid
- Smena-Symbol
- Smena-M
- Smena-Sl
Model gallery
[edit]-
Smena-6 -
Smena-6 -
Smena-8 and case -
Cosmic-35 (Smena-8 export version) -
Smena-8M -
Smena-35 -
Smena-Symbol -
Smena-1 -
Smena-3 -
Smena-4
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c History from Antique Russian Camera website via the Internet Archive
- ^ a b McKeown (1987–1988). Price Guide to Antique and classic Cameras. Centennial Photo Service. pp. 306–307. ISBN 0-931838-10-X.
- ^ "Export magazine from USSR Photo website".
- ^ a b Lomography specs Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lomo PLC
- ^ USSR photo.com on Cosmic 35
External links
[edit]
- Smena page on the Lomography website
- We use film Smena 1- Specifications and pics
- weusefilm – smena 8 / cosmic – Manual & Specifications
- Few images taken with Smena Cosmic
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