Smena () is a series of low-cost 35 mm film

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s manufactured in the

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by the

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factory from 1953 to 1991.History from Antique Russian Camera website via the Internet Archive
/ref> They were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of

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or black plastic for the later models. Their mode of operation was exclusively manual, 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

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

Specifications

Smena 8MLomography specs

* 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

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* 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

The Smena models are: *Smena *Smena-2 *Smena-2M *Smena-3 *Smena-4 *Smena-5 *Smena-6 *Smena-7 *Smena-8 or Cosmic 35 for the UK market.USSR photo.com on Cosmic 35
/ref> * Smena-8M *Smena-9 *Smena-35 *Smena-Rapid *Smena-Symbol *Smena-M *Smena-Sl

Model gallery

Image:Smena6.jpg, Smena-6 Image:Smena6-wiki.jpeg, Smena-6 Image:Smena 8 and case.JPG, Smena-8 and case Image:Cosmic 35 version 2.JPG, Cosmic-35 (Smena-8 export version) Image:2023 Aparat fotograficzny Smiena 8M.jpg, Smena-8M Image:Смена-35.jpg, Smena-35 Image:Smena Symbol.JPG, Smena-Symbol File:Smena 1 camera GOMZ.jpg, Smena-1 File:Smena-3.jpg, Smena-3 File:Smena-4.jpg, Smena-4

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