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The Smena Symbol is a [[35mm]] camera that features a LOMO T-43 40mm f/4 coated triplet lens.  It was produced from 1973-1993 by [[LOMO]] in St. Petersburg, Russia.  Production estimates are in the 10s of millions. In essence, the Symbol is little more than a [[LOMO Smena 8m|Smena 8m]] with symbols added to the lens for zone focusing.
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The '''Smena Symbol''' (also marked "Смена Символ" "Smena Symvol", or called '''Cosmic Symbol''') is a [[35mm]] camera that features a LOMO T-43 40mm f/4 coated triplet lens.   
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It was produced from 1973-1993 by [[LOMO]] in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia.   
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Production estimates are in the 10s of millions. Export versions were available from German [[Foto-Quelle]] as the '''Revue 135 Symbol''' and in the UK as the '''Cosmic Symbol'''.
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In essence, the Symbol is an improved [[Smena 8m]] with a [[film advance]] lever (replacing the knob) coupled with shutter cocking, which make the camera much faster and more convenient in use. Smoothly working shutter release lever replaced the crude button on top of the Smena 8M body, sadly the [[cable release|cord release socket]] was deleted. A flash is now [[flash sync|synchronized]] by a [[hot shoe]] contact instead.
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The lens - similarly to the Smena 8M - is equipped with symbolic scales: [[Sunny_16#Weather_Symbols|weather symbols]] as additional shutter speed scale, and the distance scale with distance symbols, meter values and feet values mixed.
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Below the lens tube is a second speed scale, a numeric one running from 1/15-1/250 + B. The weather symbol scale has a smart indexing system allowing double distance of the weather symbols compared to value distances on the numeric scale- that is, the weather symbols are apparently more widely spaced than the shutter speeds, which are on the same ring. The symbols are indexed by white squares appearing in holes beside the symbols; the holes are at two different distances from the body.
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The aperture scale (inside the [[filter thread]], so unusable if a filter is fitted), doubles as a [[film speed]] scale (marked in [[Film_speed#Film_Speed_Scales|DIN]] and [[GOST|ГОСТ]]-[[ASA]]) when using the weather symbols to set the shutter speed.
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|''distance scale & weather symbols - set to<br>dark cloud. Moving up one stop to light cloud would<br>put a white square in a hole below/right of the cloud<br>(closer to the body).
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'''Added features'''
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* It features a [[flash sync|X-sync]] [[hot shoe]] for single contact flash.
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* Construction is improved, especially the shutter release, and it feels heavier than Smena 8M.
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* It has multiple exposure protection.
  
 
== Links ==
 
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* Matt Denton's [http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton/photo/cameras/smena_symbol.html page of information] about the Smena Symbol
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* [https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1013009/Lomo-Smena-Symbol.html Smena Symbol user manual] at [https://www.manualslib.com/ Manualslib]
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* Matt Denton's [http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/smena_symbol.html page of information] about the Smena Symbol
 
* Commie Cameras page of [http://www.commiecameras.com/sov/simplecameras/index.htm Soviet Simple Cameras]
 
* Commie Cameras page of [http://www.commiecameras.com/sov/simplecameras/index.htm Soviet Simple Cameras]
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* [http://www.sovietcams.com/indexa4d2.html?tmpl_into=middle&tmpl_id=236&_m_e_id=11&_menu_i_id=121 Smena Symbol] 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=44 Cosmic Symbol] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French)
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[[Category: 35mm viewfinder]]
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[[Category:Soviet cameras]]
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[[Category: LOMO]]
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Latest revision as of 06:54, 6 May 2021

5517639748_a80f54a368.jpg
Cyrillic nameplate
image by darerampage (Image rights)

The Smena Symbol (also marked "Смена Символ" "Smena Symvol", or called Cosmic Symbol) is a 35mm camera that features a LOMO T-43 40mm f/4 coated triplet lens. It was produced from 1973-1993 by LOMO in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. Production estimates are in the 10s of millions. Export versions were available from German Foto-Quelle as the Revue 135 Symbol and in the UK as the Cosmic Symbol.

In essence, the Symbol is an improved Smena 8m with a film advance lever (replacing the knob) coupled with shutter cocking, which make the camera much faster and more convenient in use. Smoothly working shutter release lever replaced the crude button on top of the Smena 8M body, sadly the cord release socket was deleted. A flash is now synchronized by a hot shoe contact instead.

The lens - similarly to the Smena 8M - is equipped with symbolic scales: weather symbols as additional shutter speed scale, and the distance scale with distance symbols, meter values and feet values mixed. Below the lens tube is a second speed scale, a numeric one running from 1/15-1/250 + B. The weather symbol scale has a smart indexing system allowing double distance of the weather symbols compared to value distances on the numeric scale- that is, the weather symbols are apparently more widely spaced than the shutter speeds, which are on the same ring. The symbols are indexed by white squares appearing in holes beside the symbols; the holes are at two different distances from the body.

The aperture scale (inside the filter thread, so unusable if a filter is fitted), doubles as a film speed scale (marked in DIN and ГОСТ-ASA) when using the weather symbols to set the shutter speed.

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2175374172_c8fc450fc9_m.jpg
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
Cosmic-badged version.
Aperture/film speed scale around lens 		distance scale & weather symbols - set to
dark cloud. Moving up one stop to light cloud would
put a white square in a hole below/right of the cloud
(closer to the body). 		with Blik accessory rangefinder


Added features

  • It features a X-sync hot shoe for single contact flash.
  • Construction is improved, especially the shutter release, and it feels heavier than Smena 8M.
  • It has multiple exposure protection.

Links

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