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I am an Soviet and Russian camera collector residing in State of Illinois, USA. I have only somewhat recently started collecting (since May 2007) these fine examples of Soviet and Russian mechanical engineering and design that until late 80s have been closed off to the rest of the world. Now that these cameras have come to light, I want to share them with all of you. Recently I have decided to start cataloging Soviet and Russian cameras online, thus the USSRPhoto.com project was born, which is a Wiki catalog of Russian and Soviet cameras.
Vlad's Soviet/Russian Photographic Equipment Collection

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Smena 8M Cursive Logo

Vlad's Description
Body Serial #:
Lens Serial #:

Wiki Catalog Entry

Earlier variation of a Smena 8M.

All labels Cyrillic. Front of the lens has only one ring(pic.2) and marked only in GOST(pic.6,7).

Earlier cameras did not have rivets on the faceplate(pic.3). The back door's lock unpainted and it made from metal (pic.4). First butch of cameras has black frame counter and later white frame counter with black ring(pic.5).

Earlier camera had unusual every-ready case made from brown vinyl(pic.8,9).

Wiki Catalog Images


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