LOMO Museum Tour Video

Thanks to Aidas for the link, here's the LOMO museum page and on the bottom if you click the large image there is a 30 minute video tour.

http://www.lomo.ru/site/about/index.php?stid=153&any=y

Cheers,
Vlad

Thank you Vlad and Aidas for the link.


On 15th minute: "the developers of the universal measuring microscope UIM-21 have obtained the State Prize".

I have imagined that the German engineers of Otto Eppenstein's Feinmess department obtained this prize in 1946 for the development dated back to 1926. [:D]

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/3152016_Microsc

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/3152016_Microsc

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/3152016_6289.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/3152016_6289.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/3152016_WB864211-gr.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/3152016_WB864211-gr.jpg

Great movie. I have learned many new facts.

I have never seen in real this, let's call it, Smiena8M-nagativ. Only in this movie. Is it popular ?

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/3152016_smiena-negatyw.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/3152016_smiena-negatyw.jpg

There are a few for sale on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMENA-8m-LOMO-black-Russian-lomography-camera-/371625528758?hash=item56869b8db6:g:j7QAAOSw3ydV61tz

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINTY-CMEHA-SMENA-8M-LOMO-35MM-CAMERA-USSR-SOVIET-UNION-W-Film-/142009456918?hash=item21106c5916:g:M8sAAOSwQaJXTIfY

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOMO-SMENA-8M-35mm-Film-Camera-USSR-/272231047308?hash=item3f623c208c:g:skQAAOSw9ZdXJ60L

Thanks Vlad, I was wondering if prices are high. But I can see it is not very rare and the prices are absolutely not high. [:)]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Vlad</i>
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About links... Vlad, btw: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160518-the-retro-camera-that-changed-how-we-take-pictures ;)
Sorry if this has already been.

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About links... Vlad, btw: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160518-the-retro-camera-that-changed-how-we-take-pictures ;)
Sorry if this has already been.
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Thank you Zoom, promoting this website whenever I can [:)]

Cheers,
Vlad

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/662016_DSCF1644_wrongtext.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/662016_DSCF1644_wrongtext.JPG

Beware of "reproductions"...

http://www.ussrphoto.com/resize/resize_image.aspx?ImgWd=800&IptFl=/UserContent/662016_DSCF1645o2.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/662016_DSCF1645o2.JPG

A more rare "negative" one [8D]

Best regards,
Juhani

Thank you Juhani, that's very useful, new information for me! The 8AM is great! Never encountered such camera!

Best regards,
Vlad

So, is the SMENA 8AM real ?
I saw on ebay this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Of-4-Colored-SMENA-8M-USSR-LOMO-Lomography-Cameras-VERY-GOOD-/152112620733?hash=item236a9e64bd:g:~4kAAOSwrhlXT9yQ
and yellow one too
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMENA-8M-Russian-Lomo-Camera-EXCELLENT-YELLOW-/390902741673?hash=item5b039e7aa9:g:xqwAAMXQXQxRZwwr

Are they fakes ?

The AM is a mystery.
Yes, there is some clearly "reproduced" ones in ebay, but the AM is not a commonly faked camera-model, like the black 8M is. So why hasn't the AM been discovered as a way to add value to a normal gray-8M, when black 8M is already out of interest?
My AM has more correct text than the "8M" fakes, so why would this be better made than the popular black 8M is done? If it a reprinted frontplate, it would more likely have same faults than black 8M has.
So I say it may be either real or fake.

2nd ebay-link says "Seller refurbished" so he already says it is not original...
1st one looks very typical way to try and sell an otherwise uninteresting & cheap camera...

Best regards,
Juhani

Juhani, thanks for the explanations.
I have never interested in SMENAs before. I used one of them for some time in 80's. The lens was better than I expected (I mean the lens produced quite good image) but lens speed f/4, hmmm it could be more. And range of shutter speed was not sufficient. Nevertheless I have made many interesting photos with SMENA 8M.

I don't think that they are fakes. I'm not an expert, in no way, but just look at the prices. the seller of the 4 different ones has 4 ordinary ones for nearly the same price. it makes no sense to produce coloured metal plates and have them screen printed for a gain of 1 or 2 dollars. "seller refurbished" is the only category ebay offers if an item is as new. there is "new" and then "used", there is no "as new" category. so quite some sellers choose this category to tell the buyer that the item is as new and works perfectly.

www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu

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<br />I don't think that they are fakes, just look at the prices. the seller of the 4 different ones has 4 ordinary ones for nearly the same price. it makes no sense to produce coloured metal plates and have them screen printed for a gain of 1 or 2 dollars.
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To me that means the ordinary ones are expensive.
I bought my ordinary 8M for $1, so $58 for 4 colored ones is a nice profit.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Lenny</i>
To me that means the ordinary ones are expensive.
I bought my ordinary 8M for $1, so $58 for 4 colored ones is a nice profit.
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yes, that's possible, to have one for $1, but look at the "sold" section on ebay, there are hundreds of ordinary ones that sell even for $20...so why take the pain...

www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by xya</i>
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yes, that's possible, to have one for $1, but look at the "sold" section on ebay, there are hundreds of ordinary ones that sell even for $20...so why take the pain...

www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu
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Often on ebay, what they show as sold was not sold, especially the BUY IT NOW items. You need to click the item twice to see the original listing, when it is mentioned there that it was sold then it was sold. If it's not mentioned there then the offer only expired. Also sometimes the seller might place one bid by himself to force collectors to bid otherwise the item might be sold to another collector :) and 2 weeks later the item is offered again.

And in the case of 8M the common fakes are easy to tell: just look at the letters & symbol...

Best regards,
Juhani