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[quote]I know this is going to come up one way or the other, and the seller himself somewhat green lighted this post:

I will neither mention the seller's name nor provide a link to the actual auction because I do not want to make this post as an advertisement for him. This is purely from collector's interests since it peaked my curiosity and I've contacted him about it since I know he was doing similar thing with LC-A before.

You may have noticed some Smena 8M cameras with BLUE face plate on eBay these last couple of days. I know the person who sells these. Before you can scream fake consider this story told me by this dealer (I bought quite a lot of other rare Lomo cameras from him, he is quite a nice and honest man so far by my impression):

These cameras are refurbished from older (some unsold) models at LOMO factory today with blue face. According to him, there is a department on LOMO, where seller's company (big company too - about 500 LOMO cameras sold a month in Europe (his words), he is not really an primarily eBay seller) special orders batches of refurbished LC-A and Smena 8M cameras that are colored (I guess "authentic" lomo ones with blue metal faceplate). Lomographic society supposedly uses same people. So according to him this are done AT THE Lomo factory today by special order.

How collectible are these - I don't know?

I guess the fact is that LOMO still breathes, they do not manufacture cameras but they refurbish old stock in some serious quantities too. And that seems to be a significant fact for me.

Vlad[/quote]

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