Start (SLR)
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The Start is a SLR camera body that was made in the USSR by KMZ, between 1958-64.
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The Start cameras have their own type of lens mount, the Start bayonet, and a fast focal plane shutter made of cloth. The shutter has a wide range of speeds from 1 to 1/1000 sec. , with flash synchronized speed 1/30 sec. The aperture release lever of the mounted lens is pressed together with the shutter release, a similar concept to that of some old Exakta lenses on Exa and Exakta cameras. The viewfinder screen has a dual prism rangefinder in the central area. The camera's pentaprism finder is detachable. Typical standard lens was a Helios-44 58mm f/2.
The Start takes 24x36mm frames on 35mm film running between two Kiev cassettes, and is equipped with a knife to cut the film[1].
Cameras for export has the name written in roman italics, Start, while those for the domestic market has cyrillic style, Старт.
source
- Start on rus-camera.com
- Start on Sovietcams.com
- Andrzej Wrotniak's review A Vintage Russian Start SLR Camera
- Start User Guide on zenit.istra.ru (Russian)
- Start User Guide (PDF English translation of Russian)
