Belomo

MMZ (Minsk Mechanical Factory) was founded in 1957. It started making optical glass and producing cameras that were developed by GOMZ. In 1971 it became BelOMO (Belorussian Optical and Mechanical Association). It was based in Minsk, the capital of the former Soviet republic Belarus. Its unique camera product was the Chaika half-frame camera. In 1995 Zeiss and BelOMO founded the joint venture Zeiss-BelOMO, a lens production site.

Note that Peleng series automatic slide projectors were produced by another manufacturer, Rogachyov Diaproektor works (also a part of BelOMO).

Cameras

image by Paul Analog (Image rights)

• Agat 18
• Agat 18K
• Chajka series
• Elikon 2
• Elikon 3
• Elikon 4
• Elikon 35C
• Elikon 35CM
• Elikon 535
• Elikon Automat
• Elikon Autofocus (but in Cyrillic) (Clone of the Konica C35AF)
• Estafeta
• Etude
• Lomo LK-A
• Orion EE
• Siluet Elektro
• Shkolnik
• Smena
• Smena-2
• Vesna
• Vilia
• Vilia-Auto

8mm Fisheye lens for 35mm SLR image by pointnshoot (Image rights)

Lenses

• MC Peleng 3.5/8 Fisheye
• EWP Fisheye Lens 3.5/8
• MS 2.8/17

Flashes

• Peleng

Mini slide viewers

• Ogonyok
• Ogonyok 2
• Ogonyok 4
• Ogonyok 5

Links

• Vilia on rus-camera.com (archived) (with links to other Belomo cameras)
• Belarusian Optical and Mechanical Association homepage
• Belomo Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
• Belomo Cameras at Sovietcams.com