Smena (camera)

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).²³ Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exclusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC.⁴⁵

Source:⁴

• 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

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

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  Smena-6
• 
  Smena-6
• 
  Smena-8 and case
• 
  Cosmic-35 (Smena-8 export version)
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  Smena-8M
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  Smena-35
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  Smena-Symbol
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  Smena-1
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  Smena-3
• 
  Smena-4