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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
The '''Smena 8''' was made from 1963 to 1971 by the [[LOMO]] company in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is fitted with a 40mm f/4.0 lens called T-43. Shutter speeds are B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250 sec. It has a [[self-timer]] and a cocking mechanism that is not integrated into the film advance wheel. The camera has a plastic body.
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The '''Smena 8''' is a plastic-bodied [[35mm]] Viewfinder camera made from 1963 to 1971 by the [[LOMO]] company in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia - one of a series of Smena cameras. The Smena 8 is actually a modernized [[Smena 6]] with a film rewind knob added (Smena 6 used a two-cassette system); sadly, as opposed to the [[Smena 8m]], the Smena 8 does not offer choice of working with one or two cassettes. It is fitted with a 40mm f/4.0 lens called T-43. Shutter speeds are B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250 sec, with [[flash sync]]h (at all shutter speeds for electronic flashes, while 1/15 sec and B for flash bulbs). The [[shutter release]] can be locked down by turning whilst pressed (this feature unlocks the frame counter sprocket for winding the film back). The camera has a [[self-timer]] and a cocking mechanism that is not integrated into the [[film advance]] wheel. The Smena 8 was also sold as the '''Cosmic 35''' and the '''Global 35''' in English-speaking countries.
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A further version of the Smena 8 is the Smena 9, which has no self-timer (it is the Smena 7 with a film rewind knob added).
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==Specifications==
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* Type: [[viewfinder camera]]
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* Manufacturers: [[GOMZ]]/[[LOMO]]
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* Year of launch: 1963
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* Film: [[35mm]]
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* Lens: T-43 triplet 40mm f/4
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* Shutter: leaf, manually cocked
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* Shutter speeds 1/15 sec. to 1/250 sec. and B
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* Aperture: f4 to f16
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* Focusing range: 1 m to infinity
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* Selftimer: mechanical
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* Film transport: manual, without double exposure safety
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* Tripod socket: 3/8"
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* The Camera Site's [http://kotisivu.dnainternet.fi/lauro/smena.htm Smena page]
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* [http://www.sovietcams.com/index3437.html?tmpl_into=middle&tmpl_id=230&_m_e_id=11&_menu_i_id=115 Smena 8] on [http://www.sovietcams.com SovietCams.com]
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* [http://thecamerasite.lauro.fi/07_Viewfinder_Cameras/Pages/smena.htm Smena page] at [http://thecamerasite.lauro.fi/ The Camera Site]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=43 Smena 8] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.com] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/cosmic-35/cosmic-35.htm Cosmic 35 manual] at [http://www.butkus.org/ Mike Butkus's site]
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* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=60565060@N08&q=Smena Smena camera versions] pictured by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/darerampage/ darerampage] on Flickr
  
 
[[Category: 35mm viewfinder]]
 
[[Category: 35mm viewfinder]]
[[Category: Former USSR]]
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[[Category:Soviet cameras]]
 
[[Category: LOMO]]
 
[[Category: LOMO]]
 
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[[Category: S]]
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[[Category:1963]]

Latest revision as of 04:10, 16 January 2022

Description

The Smena 8 is a plastic-bodied 35mm Viewfinder camera made from 1963 to 1971 by the LOMO company in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia - one of a series of Smena cameras. The Smena 8 is actually a modernized Smena 6 with a film rewind knob added (Smena 6 used a two-cassette system); sadly, as opposed to the Smena 8m, the Smena 8 does not offer choice of working with one or two cassettes. It is fitted with a 40mm f/4.0 lens called T-43. Shutter speeds are B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250 sec, with flash synch (at all shutter speeds for electronic flashes, while 1/15 sec and B for flash bulbs). The shutter release can be locked down by turning whilst pressed (this feature unlocks the frame counter sprocket for winding the film back). The camera has a self-timer and a cocking mechanism that is not integrated into the film advance wheel. The Smena 8 was also sold as the Cosmic 35 and the Global 35 in English-speaking countries.

A further version of the Smena 8 is the Smena 9, which has no self-timer (it is the Smena 7 with a film rewind knob added).

Specifications

  • Type: viewfinder camera
  • Manufacturers: GOMZ/LOMO
  • Year of launch: 1963
  • Film: 35mm
  • Lens: T-43 triplet 40mm f/4
  • Shutter: leaf, manually cocked
  • Shutter speeds 1/15 sec. to 1/250 sec. and B
  • Aperture: f4 to f16
  • Focusing range: 1 m to infinity
  • Selftimer: mechanical
  • Film transport: manual, without double exposure safety
  • Tripod socket: 3/8"

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