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== Description == | == 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 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''' in English-speaking countries. | + | 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. The Smena 8 is actually a modernized Smena 6 with a film rewind knob added (Smena 6 used two cassettes system); sadly, as opposed to the Smena 8M, 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''' in English-speaking countries. |
+ | A further version of the Smena 8 was the Smena 9, which just had the selftimer deleted (it was basically the Smena 7 with film rewind knob added). | ||
===specifications=== | ===specifications=== | ||
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* Year of launch: 1963 | * Year of launch: 1963 | ||
* Film: [[35mm]] | * Film: [[35mm]] | ||
− | * Lens: T-43 40mm/ | + | * Lens: T-43 triplet 40mm f/4 |
− | * Shutter: | + | * Shutter: leaf, manually cocked |
+ | * Shutter speeds 1/15 sec. to 1/250 sec. and B | ||
* Aperture: f4 to f16 | * Aperture: f4 to f16 | ||
+ | * Focusing range: 1 m to infinity | ||
+ | * Selftimer: mechanical | ||
+ | * Film transport: manual, without double exposure safety | ||
+ | * Tripod socket: 3/8" | ||
== Links == | == Links == |
Revision as of 09:54, 16 September 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. The Smena 8 is actually a modernized Smena 6 with a film rewind knob added (Smena 6 used two cassettes system); sadly, as opposed to the Smena 8M, 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 in English-speaking countries. A further version of the Smena 8 was the Smena 9, which just had the selftimer deleted (it was basically the Smena 7 with film rewind knob added).
specifications
Smena 8 (roman lettering) |
- 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"
Links
Cosmic 35 and cyrillic-labelled Smena (Смена) |
- 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