I bought this camera last week. £5-00 from a local charity shop.
The Cosmic-35M, also known as Smena-8 is a 35mm camera made at the LOMO factory in St. Petersburg.
Technical Detail
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
It looks fantastic, I might put a roll of film in it ! You have to be careful though as the the shutter can be pressed without you winding the film on, which means you get double exposures !
@casablanca Casa' , I'm not too sure if it will focus correctly...If i keep turning the focus ring the whole barrel comes off in my hand , so i am not too sure how accurate the scale will be as your can get the same distance marker twice as your turn the barrell !!!
I had one of these. Nice little camera with nice character in the lens. Excellent lomo camera without the price. It weighs nothing. I didn't use mine enough. Too many cameras and lenses.
@happypat ha ha Pat, i do actually have a part time job now ...Remember Margaret, one of my strangers, my vicar stranger in the mask , that i entered into the National Portrait Gallery competition, well i now work for her as her PA / Communications
manager :)
manager :)
@pdulis thany you peter
@sangwann it has been used it does show that it has when you look closely
@ellida thank you so much graham
@brigette thank you brigette :)
@jackies365 Jackie, thank you , i think the retro look is why i bought it , it just looks so nice :)
@spanner too many cameras and lenses is a bit of a common thread here too ..... you have GAS......Gear Acquisition Syndrome !!!
@lynnz thanks lynn most of my knowledge is self taught and from the internet !!!!
@marlboromaam i think i might just do that maggie :)