Smena (camera)

Soviet series of 35 mm film cameras

Smena 8

Smena (Russian: Смена, Eng: "Change") is a series of low-cost 35 mm film cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union by the LOMO factory from 1953 to 1991.[1] They were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of bakelite or black plastic for the later models.[2]

Their mode of operation was exclusively manual,[1] to the extent that winding of film is separated from shutter cocking.

In the 1960s and 1970s they were exported by Soviet era export conglomerate Mashpriborintorg (Russian: Машприборинторг).[2][3] Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exclusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC.[4][5]

## Specifications[edit]

### Smena 8M[4][edit]

* Lens: Triplet 43, 40 mm, f/4, 3 elements
* Focal range: 1 m to infinity, scale-focus
* Shutter speeds : B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250
* Shutter type: 3 blades diaphragm shutter
* Apertures: f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16
* Film type: 35 mm film
* Size: 70 x 100 x 60 mm
* Weight: 289 g

## Models[edit]

The Smena models are:[1]

* Smena
* Smena-2
* Smena-2M
* Smena-3
* Smena-4
* Smena-5
* Smena-6
* Smena-7
* Smena-8 or Cosmic 35 for the UK market.[6]
* Smena-8M
* Smena-9
* Smena-35
* Smena-Rapid
* Smena-Symbol
* Smena-M
* Smena-Sl

## Model gallery[edit]

* Smena-6

* Smena-6

* Smena-8 and case

* Cosmic-35 (Smena-8 export version)

* Smena-8M

* Smena-35

* Smena-Symbol

* Smena-1

* Smena-3

* Smena-4

## See also[edit]

* Lubitel
* Lomography

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b c History from Antique Russian Camera website via the Internet Archive
2. ^ a b McKeown (1987–1988). Price Guide to Antique and classic Cameras. Centennial Photo Service. pp. 306–307. ISBN 0-931838-10-X.
3. ^ "Export magazine from USSR Photo website".
4. ^ a b Lomography specs Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Lomo PLC
6. ^ USSR photo.com on Cosmic 35

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Smena cameras.

* Smena page on the Lomography website
* We use film Smena 1- Specifications and pics
* weusefilm – smena 8 / cosmic – Manual & Specifications
* Few images taken with Smena Cosmic

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