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Some photos from the Smena 35 camera

Some photos from the Smena 35 camera

I haven’t had much luck so far with the Russian made Smena camera. In my last attempt, the Smena 8M busted on me whilst rewinding the film, so I decided to try the more modern looking, and later produced, Smena

Steve May 30, 2016June 2, 2016 Film Photography 4 Comments Read more

First photos from the Smena 8M camera

First photos from the Smena 8M camera

I previously wrote about loading film into my Smena 8M camera in this post. I even took the camera to Gumeracha to finish off a roll of Fuji film. Well, I’ve finally had my first roll processed and scanned by

Steve June 27, 2015November 23, 2015 Film Photography 4 Comments Read more

Cranky plastic : loading film into a Smena 8M

Cranky plastic  : loading film into a Smena 8M

This is what Camerapedia says about the Smena 8M: “The LOMO Smena 8m is an entry-level camera from the 1970s Soviet Union, now mostly regarded as a toy camera. It is an extremely low-tech, fully manual, no-frills plastic box capable

Steve March 16, 2015March 17, 2015 Film Photography 2 Comments Read more

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