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Darek Dziadek's avatar

My parents has also similar Smena. And just to be technically accurate - it's actually Smena 8M, and it has nothing in common with a rangefinder camera. It's a regular point'n'shoot with just simple tunnel viewfinder, and manual focus without any confirmation whether your subject is in focus or not.

Funny camera :)

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Darek. You are correct. I assumed that a rangefinder was any camera where you can't see directly through the lense. But I should have known that Smena 8M doesn't have the rangefinding mechanism, where two separate images coincide for focusing. It is a funny camera. But it offers great light leaks :)

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perfectlight's avatar

same as you: i call "rangefinder" anything that doesn't see ttl. technically darek is right. i have 3x35mm + 1 mf cameras that are manual focusing but not rangefinder, it is more like they are using a guestometer but i still call them rangefinders.

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Good to know all that. Thank you both!

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Darek Dziadek's avatar

Guestometer :D i love it :D

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Glenn Gers's avatar

“The analog camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see with a digital camera” - that's wonderful!

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Thank you, Glenn!

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George Appletree's avatar

Thanks Alex for your mention. Beautiful shots reminding grain still exists

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Thanks, George. Grain rules! :)

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