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* The Camera Site's [http://www.thecamerasite.net/07_Viewfinder_Cameras/Pages/smena.htm Smena page] | * The Camera Site's [http://www.thecamerasite.net/07_Viewfinder_Cameras/Pages/smena.htm Smena page] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/gomz/html/gomz_smena_8.php Smena 8] at www.collection-appareils.fr | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/gomz/html/gomz_smena_8.php Smena 8] at www.collection-appareils.fr | ||
+ | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/cosmic-35/cosmic-35.htm Cosmic 35 manual] at [http://www.butkus.org/ Mike Butkus's site] | ||
[[Category: 35mm viewfinder]] | [[Category: 35mm viewfinder]] |
Revision as of 20:02, 22 March 2008
Cosmic 35 - English badged version of Smena 8 |
Description
The Smena 8 was 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. 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. The shutter-release can be locked down by turning whilst pressed. 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 in English-speaking countries.
specifications
- Type: viewfinder camera
- Manufacturers: GOMZ/LOMO
- Year of launch: 1963
- Film: 35mm
- Lens: T-43 40mm/f4
- Shutter: Speeds 1/15 sec. to 1/250 sec. and B
- Aperture: f4 to f16
Links
- Smena 8 on Valdis's Antique Russian Cameras
- The Camera Site's Smena page
- Smena 8 at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Cosmic 35 manual at Mike Butkus's site