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The ''Leningradskoe Optiko Mechanichesckoe Objedinenie'' ('''LOMO''') was one of the largest and most secret companies in the Soviet Union. Before 1966 it had been [[GOMZ]]. They designed and made almost all of the optics used by Soviet military and space programs, but also normal cameras like the Voigtländer copy '''LOMO''' [[Lubitel 2]].  Now, however, Russia has lost her client states and hence LOMO has lost most of its military and scientific contracts.  The company that once employed over 30,000 people now employs about 10,000 but still remains the largest firm in St. Petersburg.
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The ''Leningradskoe Optiko Mechanichesckoe Objedinenie'' ('''LOMO''', or ЛОМО, in Cyrillic)<ref>Ленинградскoe Оптико-Механическое Объединение; Leningradskoe Optiko Mechanichesckoe Objedinenie [Lenigrad Optical and Mechanical Enterprise].</ref> was one of the largest and most secretive companies in the Soviet Union. Before 1966 it had been [[GOMZ]]. It designed and made almost all of the optics used by Soviet military and space programs, but also made humdrum cameras like the [[Brillant|Voigtländer Brillant]] copy '''LOMO''' [[Lubitel 2]].  In 1976 LOMO made the world's largest telescope, with a mirror six meters in diameter.
  
After the decline of the Soviet Union, two Viennese marketing students - Matthias Fiegl and Wolfgang Stranzinger - came upon an [[Lomo LC-A|LC-A]] while travelling in 1991. They shot random snapshots of their travels with their new LOMO, not knowing what would turn up on film.  To their surprise, the resulting images had amazing colour and saturation, and were unlike anything they'd seen before. And so the [[Lomography]] movement was born.
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Now, however, Russia has lost her client states and hence LOMO has lost most of its military and scientific contracts. The company that once employed over 30,000 people now employs about 10,000 but still remains the largest firm in St. Petersburg. It produces microscopes, spectral instruments, measuring instruments, sighting tubes, objective lenses, telescopes, sights, night vision devices, and more. LOMO no longer manufactures cameras.
  
Today, LOMO is best known among photographers as a producer of [[toy cameras]] - cheap, low-quality plastic cameras.  However the company's accomplishments should not be underestimated. The LOMO company produces microscopes, spectral instruments, measuring instruments, sighting tubes, objective lenses, telescopes, sights, night vision devices, and more. They also made the largest telescope in the world, with a mirror that is 6 meters in diameter.
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Two Viennese students of marketing - Matthias Fiegl and Wolfgang Stranzinger - came upon a [[Lomo LC-A|LOMO LC-A]] while traveling in 1991. They shot random snapshots of their travels with this, not knowing what would turn up on film. The resulting images, they claimed, had amazing colour and saturation, and were unlike anything they'd seen before. And so Lomographische AG and "[[Lomography]]" were born. Fiegl and Stranzinger then founded Lomographic Society International, a camera retailer and obtained exclusive rights to distribute the LOMO LC-A outside Russia.
  
 
== Cameras made by the LOMO factory ==
 
== Cameras made by the LOMO factory ==
 
=== LOMO cameras ===
 
=== LOMO cameras ===
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* [[Almaz|Almaz 101]] (1979 - prototype only)
* [[LOMO LC-A]]
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* [[Almaz|Almaz 102]] (1979-84)
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* [[Almaz|Almaz 103]] (1980-86)
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* [[Almaz|Almaz 104]] (1988 - protoypes only)
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* [[LOMO LC-A]]<ref>In 2006 Lomographic Society International released a version of the LOMO LC-A called the LC-A+. This camera was made not by LOMO but by Phenix Optical Instrument Company in China. Some LC-A+ models did use lenses manufactured by LOMO, however.</ref>
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* [[Smena]]
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* [[Electra 112]]
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* [[Smena-2]]
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* Smena 2m
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* Smena 3
 
* [[Smena 35]]
 
* [[Smena 35]]
* [[Smena 8]]
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* Smena 4
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* Smena 5
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* [[Smena 6]]
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* [[Smena 6| Smena 7]]
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|image_align=right
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|image_text=Cosmic 35
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|image_by= Arty Smokes
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|image_rights= non-commercial
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}}
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* [[Smena 8|Smena 8 / Cosmic 35]]
 
* [[Smena 8m]]
 
* [[Smena 8m]]
* [[Smena Symbol]]
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* Smena 9
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* Smena M
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* Smena Rapid
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* Smena 18
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* [[Smena 19]]
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|image=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/354356406_610f430e84_t.jpg
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|image_align=right
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|image_text=Smena Symbol
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|image_by= Michele M. F.
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|image_rights= non-commercial
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}}
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* [[Smena Symbol|Smena Symbol / Cosmic Symbol]]
 
* [[Smena SL]]
 
* [[Smena SL]]
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* [[Sokol 2]]
 
* [[Sputnik]]
 
* [[Sputnik]]
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* Lomo LC-M
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* Lomo LC-M2
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* [[Zenit 35F|Lomo 35F/Zenit 35F]]
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* [[Lomo 135|Lomo 135BC and 135M]]
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* [[Voskhod]]
  
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=== Lubitel cameras ===
  
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|image_text= Lubitel 2
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|image_by= Dries van den Elzen
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|image_rights= wp
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}}
  
=== Lubitel Cameras ===
 
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* Lubitel
 
 
* [[Lubitel 2]]
 
* [[Lubitel 2]]
* Lubitel 166
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*   Lubitel 166
 
* [[Lubitel 166B]]
 
* [[Lubitel 166B]]
* Lubitel 166U
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* [[Lubitel 166 Universal|Lubitel 166U]]
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* [[Sputnik]]
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{Princelle USSR}}
  
In addition to the cameras made by the LOMO factory, Lomographic is also selling other cameras, ''see the [[Lomography]] page.''
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==Notes==
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<references />
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=72&ParentID=1 GOMZ/LOMO TLRs at USSRPhoto.com]
* [http://www.lomography.com/ Home of the Lomographic Society International ]
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* [http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=71&ParentID=1 GOMZ/LOMO Smena Cameras at USSRPhoto.com]
* [http://members.aol.com/mysciencestuff/lomo.html A Trip Through The LOMO Factory], by Mahlon G. Kelly
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* [http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=12&ParentID=1 Other LOMO Cameras at USSRPhoto.com]
* [http://www.rus-camera.com/camera.php?page=lubitel Lubitel pages at Antique Russian Camera]
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* [http://lomoplc.com/ LOMO America]
* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon Listing of instruction manuals for Russian cameras] Alphabetical listing, look under "Russian" for PDF versions and HTML versions that can be translated
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* [http://members.aol.com/mysciencestuff/lomo.html A Trip through the LOMO Factory], by Mahlon G. Kelly
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/gomz/html/complements.php Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.fr
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/russian.htm Russian camera instruction manuals - English] including Fed, Kiev, Zenit and Lubitel
* [http://www.picturenoise.com/ Picture Gallery using Lomo Cameras] www.picturenoise.com
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeL_imagettes.php#Lomo Cameras and User manuals] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Collection Appareils] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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[[Category: Camera makers|Lomo]]
 
[[Category: Camera makers|Lomo]]
[[Category: Former USSR|Lomo]]
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[[Category:USSR|Lomo]]
[[Category: L|Lomo]]
 
 
[[Category: LOMO|*]]
 
[[Category: LOMO|*]]
 
[[Category: Russia]]
 
[[Category: Russia]]

Revision as of 06:46, 6 August 2018

The Leningradskoe Optiko Mechanichesckoe Objedinenie (LOMO, or ЛОМО, in Cyrillic)[1] was one of the largest and most secretive companies in the Soviet Union. Before 1966 it had been GOMZ. It designed and made almost all of the optics used by Soviet military and space programs, but also made humdrum cameras like the Voigtländer Brillant copy LOMO Lubitel 2. In 1976 LOMO made the world's largest telescope, with a mirror six meters in diameter.

Now, however, Russia has lost her client states and hence LOMO has lost most of its military and scientific contracts. The company that once employed over 30,000 people now employs about 10,000 but still remains the largest firm in St. Petersburg. It produces microscopes, spectral instruments, measuring instruments, sighting tubes, objective lenses, telescopes, sights, night vision devices, and more. LOMO no longer manufactures cameras.

Two Viennese students of marketing - Matthias Fiegl and Wolfgang Stranzinger - came upon a LOMO LC-A while traveling in 1991. They shot random snapshots of their travels with this, not knowing what would turn up on film. The resulting images, they claimed, had amazing colour and saturation, and were unlike anything they'd seen before. And so Lomographische AG and "Lomography" were born. Fiegl and Stranzinger then founded Lomographic Society International, a camera retailer and obtained exclusive rights to distribute the LOMO LC-A outside Russia.

Cameras made by the LOMO factory

LOMO cameras

Lubitel cameras


Bibliography

  • Princelle, Jean Loup (2004), The Authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras ('Made in USSR'), Le Reve Edition. ISBN 2952252106; or the earlier edition: Hove Foto Books, 2nd edition, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 1874031630. Paperback.

Notes

  1. Ленинградскoe Оптико-Механическое Объединение; Leningradskoe Optiko Mechanichesckoe Objedinenie [Lenigrad Optical and Mechanical Enterprise].
  2. In 2006 Lomographic Society International released a version of the LOMO LC-A called the LC-A+. This camera was made not by LOMO but by Phenix Optical Instrument Company in China. Some LC-A+ models did use lenses manufactured by LOMO, however.

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