Smena (Russian: Смена, Eng: "Change") is a series of low-cost 35 mm filmcameras manufactured in the Soviet Union by the LOMO factory from 1953 to 1991.[1] They were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of bakelite or black plastic for the later models.[2]
Their mode of operation was exclusively manual,[1] to the extent that winding of film is separated from shutter cocking.
In the 1960s and 1970s they were exported by Soviet era export conglomerate Mashpriborintorg (Russian: Машприборинторг).[2][3] Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exclusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC.[4][5]
