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Topic author: sovietcam

Posted on: 20080201054454

vlad,

this camera is a farm-2 aerial camera. has an helios-33 lens.
2 version: farm-2, farm-2a
tu-16 badger and tu-95 bear bomber ( in reconnaissace versions ) has this camera on board.
i have also this camera. i have read, it`s a submarine camera. but no confirmation. confirmation for aerial camera in books, and i have in a book, a picture,a farm-2 in a tu-95 bear. will send this picture to you.

regards, mike

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Reply author: Zoom

Replied on: 20080201082656

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Some kind of submarine camera based on words "Îñóøèòåëü" which means "dryer", implying nautical use.
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You think that there is no humidity in air, only in water? ;)

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20080201110816

hehehe, you got me there Zoom! [:D].. I guess Îñóøèòåëü made me first think of water applications.. I stand corrected and will change the description of the entry. And thank you Mike for identifying the camera - I love it! - the Wiki project at its best!

Vlad

Reply author: sovietcam

Replied on: 20080201173121

nice to help![:)]

regards, mike

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20100803184356

I recently purchased a FARM-3 camera, a very interesting piece, looks a lot like FARM-2, almost identical. There is another piece on eBay that has a viewfinder that goes into the film cartridge slot. I guess I'm a bit confused why you would need a viewfinder if there is already a viewfinder for both eyes on it... [:D]

here's the piece on eBay I'm talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/FARM-3-35mm-Russian-Aircraft-Special-Movie-Camera-KIT-/380255905302?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588904a616#ht_2881wt_1137

Vlad