Almaz
The Almaz (Russian: Алмаз - 'Diamond') cameras are a series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras made in the 1980s by LOMO in Russia. They are essentially copies of a Nikon F2, with a Pentax K bayonet lens mount.
There are four types:
- Almaz 101
This camera has a focal-plane shutter with overlapping metal blinds travelling vertically, giving shutter speeds from 8 - 1/1000 second, plus 'B', with flash synchronisation at 1/125 second (according to George Abramov at PhotoHistory.ru;[1] other sources give the slowest speed as one second, or 30 seconds). It has a detachable prism viewfinder. It has a lightmeter (which is in the body, not in the prism unit). The film speed is set on a dial around the rewind crank, between ISO 12 and 1600. There is an exposure compensation control, from -1 to +2 stops. There is a capstan in the base, where a motor drive could connect to the film advance. There is a self-timer on the front of the body.
The lens is an MC Volna-4 50 mm f/1.4 (serial no. 800001).[2]
According to Aidas Pikiotas at SovietCams.com only one example of this camera is known, in a collection in France.[2]
- Almaz 102
- Almaz 103
- Almaz 104
Notes
- ↑ George Abramov: article on Almaz cameras at PhotoHistory.ru.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Almaz 101 at SovietCams.
