Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Smena and Chaika

Smena

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Smena 8

Smena (Russian: Смена) is a series of low-cost 35 mm film cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union by the LOMO factory from 1953 to 1991. These cameras were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of bakelite or black pastic for the later models,[2] and totally manually operated. Even winding of film is separated from shutter coil. All parameters should be set manually and without any helping system. In the 60s and 70s they were exported by Soviet era export conglomerate Mashpriborintorg (Russian: Машприборинторг). Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exclusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC.

Specifications

Smena 8M

  • 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.
  • Smena-8M
  • Smena-9
  • Smena-35
  • Smena-Rapid
  • Smena-Symbol
  • Smena-M

Model gallery

Chaika

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  1. Chaika 2

    Chaika (Russian: Чайка) was a series of Soviet 35mm half-frame cameras produced by BELOMO from 1965 to 1974. The name came from call sign of the first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova. Over 2 million Chaika cameras were produced. All models of the Chaika cameras are made out of metal.

    Chaika cameras share the following basic specifications:

  2. Lens - Industar-69
  3. Focal length: 28 mm
  4. Relative aperture: f/2.8
  5. Diaphragm scale from 2.8 to 16
  6. Focusing: 0.8 m to infinite
  7. Adjustable shutter speeds 1/30 - 1/250 of a second and "B".

Camera models

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