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
Some photos from the Smena 35 camera
Industar 52mm lens – Murray River photos
On a day trip to the Murray River towns of Waikerie and Blanchetown, I packed a camera bag (Lowepro Passport Sling) with the following light recording items: Olympus OMD EM5 Micro Four Thirds digital body with an Industar 52mm 2.8
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
Packing a camera bag for Gumeracha
We recently took a trip to the Giant Rocking Horse at a small Adelaide Hills town called Gumeracha. Yes, you read that right – a Giant Rocking Horse. Of course, I packed up three film cameras in a new camera
The Russian Camera Revolution – The FED Camera
When most people think of cameras, they think of Japan, Germany or the US. But behind the Iron Curtain, the Soviet Central Command Economy had ordered the production of millions of cameras and lenses across the decades; many of which