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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  05:25:32 AM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi,

today is great day, while very interesting camera have arrived from local post office Seems to be an earliest version of regular Smena-Symbol. The particular camera comes with gray top plate (and bottom plate either) and initial design of T-43 lens. I have found images of two prototype Symbol cameras with identical T-43 lenses in Sovetskoe foto. Serial number is #710557 ...


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/smena-symb_1.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/smena-symb_2.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/smena-symb_3.jpg

Best Regards,
Aidas

Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  05:31:02 AM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/sm-symbol_prototype.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/smena-symbol_preseries.jpg
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Juhani Halmeenmaki
cedricfan
Finland
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  08:51:31 AM  Show Profile  Visit cedricfan's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Wow, congratulations! And before Alain sees this: next one you find please for me...
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  09:27:37 AM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi Juhani,

Thanks! It's a deal! Next one will be yours ...


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Aidas
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  09:47:03 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Congrats Aidas! Interesting piece! Would really appreciate it if you could also add it to Wiki, otherwise it'll get lost here in forums!

Thanks!
Vlad
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  2:06:47 PM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi Vlad,

no problems, I'll add it on next monday, ok?

Best Regards,
Aidas
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
814 Posts
Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  08:09:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hello boys..just awake now in late :
sure the next after yhe next ...for me ! ok ?
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  10:29:47 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
How do I get in line? Now I'm convinced that Aidas has a camera tree he grows these early cameras on.

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Juhani Halmeenmaki
cedricfan
Finland
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  10:32:30 AM  Show Profile  Visit cedricfan's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Or he has gotten moulds to make different colour plastics?

Smena rules
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Michel
France
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  10:41:49 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Or he bought the factory…
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Nov 16 2008 :  12:18:05 PM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi,

sorry to disappoint you, guys, but particular camera (not the whole factory, as Michel said ... ) was bought on Molotok at price of 1.200 russian roubles. So, I'm using the same sources to complete my collection, as you do ...


Best Regards,
Aidas
Edited by - AidasCams on Nov 16 2008 12:34:03 PM
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Juhani Halmeenmaki
cedricfan
Finland
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Posted - Nov 16 2008 :  12:37:34 PM  Show Profile  Visit cedricfan's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Approx 37 euros, not a bad price in my opinion
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Nov 17 2008 :  02:16:21 AM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Juhani,

I do think so ... In addition black Smena rangefinder with leather case was included

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Aidas
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
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Posted - Nov 17 2008 :  11:53:05 AM  Show Profile  Visit Luiz Paracampo's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Aidas
Congratulations on achievement.I still want to see a knob wind Symbol without hot shoe.
regards!
LP
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
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Posted - Nov 17 2008 :  12:47:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi Friends,
may be you prefer original ?

extract from my shelves..all heavy lackered metal (die cast aluminium)
http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
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Posted - Nov 17 2008 :  3:48:48 PM  Show Profile  Visit Luiz Paracampo's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Unhappily pictures did not come
LP
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
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Posted - Oct 13 2009 :  06:09:30 AM  Show Profile  Visit AidasCams's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi,

early mentioned "camera's tree" is growing up again ... . Very successful mission of collectors from Finland-Lithuania (or Juhani-Aidas ...) allows us to introduce you with two more versions of earliest regular Smena Symbol.

So, at least 3 versions of gray Smena-Symbol are known to exist right now:

1. An earliest so far known camera with internal accessory shoe and round viewfinder's window (cameras known: #710129 (SovietCams) and #710133 (Juhani's coll.));
2. the 2nd early Symbol with external accessory shoe already (look at the camera #710557 above). Rectangular finder's window;
3. The latest known gray Symbol with regular lens design already (camera known: #710640, SovietCams).

Illustrations below:


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/13102009_symbol_early_1.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/13102009_symbol_early_2.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/13102009_symbol_early_3.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/13102009_symbol_early_4.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/13102009_symbol_early_5.jpg


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/13102009_symbol_early_6.jpg

Best Regards,
Aidas
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