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CameraFile: Lomo Smena 8M
Lomo Smena 8M
Camera Model: Smena 8M
Manufacturer: Lomo
Format: 35mm film.
Type: Manual Compact
Price: £15 or less on ebay or £75 for a refurbished one from lomography.com
Reasons to Buy: A fairly sharp lens (40mm f/4) with good contrast and saturation at a great low price. The joy of this little compact is that although it is manual it is still extremely simple to use, all of the dials used to set up the camera are labelled with both useful numbers and symbols. So even a numpty like me with a good grasp of the weather at the time and the distance between the camera and subject can take a good shot. There also a few other bonuses of having manual control such as being able to not wind on the film and take multiple exposures and also set the shutter to bulb mode (B) and keep the shutter button depressed to take long exposures. It’s pretty versatile and good fun! The Smena was my first Lomo camera and still one of my favourites which I think is often overlooked.
Processing: Like a few of the other film cameras recently featured here the Smena 8M shoots standard 35mm film, so can be processed absolutely anywhere. Most developers will be willing to cross-process as well, although some of the high street stores/supermarkets might require a bit of talking around – as it is true that if you process lots of E6 film in C41 chemicals it will affect the chemicals and make them less effective when processing C41 film. However it’s perfectly safe (apparently) to cross process one E6 film for every 10 or so C41 film. (Or you could always just start developing your own film!) › Continue reading
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