Smena (camera)

Smena ( _ru. Смена) is a series of low-cost 35 mm film cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union by the LOMO factory from 1953 to 1991. [http://www.rus-camera.com/camera.php?page=smena&camera=smena Smena History from Antique Russian Camera website] ] These cameras were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of bakelite or black pastic for the later models, and manually operated. In the 60s and 70s they were exported by Soviet era export conglomerate Mashpriborintorg ( _ru. Машприборинторг).cite web | url=http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=38&ParentID=4&ContentID=601&Item=MashPriborIntorg+1978 | title=Export magazine from USSR Photo website] cite book | title=Price Guide to Antique and classic Cameras | last=McKeown | year=1987-1988 | pages=306-307 | isbn=0-931838-10-X] Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exlusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC. [ [http://www.lomoplc.com/CamerasFrames.html Lomo PLC] ]

pecifications

=Smena 8M [http://shop.lomography.com/smena/specs.html Lomography specs] ] =

* 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

The Smena models are:
*Smena
*Smena-2
*Smena-2M
*Smena-3
*Smena-4
*Smena-5
*Smena-6
*Smena-7
*Smena-8 or Cosmic 35 for the UK market. [ [http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=12&ParentID=1&ContentID=158&Item=Cosmic+35 USSR photo.com on Cosmic 35] ]
*Smena-8M
*Smena-9
*Smena-35
*Smena-Rapid
*Smena-Symbol
*Smena-M

Model gallery

Citations

External links

* [http://shop.lomography.com/smena/ Smena page on the Lomography website]
* [http://www.mashpriborintorg.com/ Mashpriborintorg.com]
* [http://www.picturenoise.com/smena.html/ Picture gallery using Smena 8m]