Salyut
Salyut is a medium format SLR film system camera, manufactured by Arsenal Factory, in Kiev, Ukraine, former USSR , made from 1957-1974 with quantity 50000. Its successor is the Salyut-S.
Contents
Specifications
- Format: 120 roll
- Picture size 6x6cm
- Mount: Coarse-thread screw mount (Hasselblad 1600 copy)
- Standard Lens: Industar-29 80mm f/2.8 chrome standard lens
- Aperture: f/2.8-f/22, semi-automatic (aperture spring mechanism must be set separately from film advance/shutter winding for each shot)
- Focus range: 0.9-20m +inf
- Shutter: Horizontal focal plane metallic curtain
- Speeds
- 1/2 - 1/1500 +B (early types)
- 1/2 - 1/1000 +B (late types)
Types
There are 4 types and 2 sub-types [1] [2] [3] [4]
Type 1
Type 1a
- 1957-59
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1500 +B
- With Self-timer
- Activates by shutter setting knob
Photos in Fotoua (archived)
Type 1b
- 1959-63
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1500 +B
- Added a special knob for actuating of the selftimer
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| Salyut type 1b w/ Industar-29 80mm f/2.8 image by Siim Vahur (Image rights) |
Type 2
- 1958-65
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1500 +B
- Without Self-timer
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| Salyut type 2 image by parkluck (Image rights) |
Type 3
Type 3a
- 1965-74
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1000 +B
- Black speed dial
Type 3b
- Distinctive feature of type with label "Made in USSR"
Type 4
- No camera name on the body
- Export type
- With label "Made in USSR"
Export types with a different name
- Zenith 80
- Revue 6x6
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| Zenith 80 image by Paul Clayton (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ According to Alaxander Komarov in Fotoua (archived). You can also find serial numbers for dating of the cameras in this site
- ↑ There is another classification of former-USSR cameras by Aidas Pikiotas at SovietCams
- ↑ Pages from the the book of former USSR cameras by Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin
- ↑ Discussion about clasifications in the books of Princelle and Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin in USSR Photo Forum
Bibliography
In English
- 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.
In Russian
- 1200 Cameras from USSR by Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin, 2009 , more info about book
Links
- The similar Zenith 80 user manual at Butkus.org
- Medium-format SLR cameras page, archived at the Internet Archive in 2020, formerly at Communist Cameras by Nathan Dayton
- Saliut S at Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils (in French)
- Salyut-C at Matt's cameras
- At ussrphoto.com:
- Hasselblad 1600 vs Salyut by Steve Ash
- Red Salyut at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.
