Photo: Stephen Dowling What were the most-produced 35mm cameras of all time, you ask? Perhaps the Argus C3, the Olympus Trip 35, or maybe the Nikon F? Nope, those cameras didn't even come close the the number of Soviet-era Smena-8's and Smena 8M's that rolled off the assembly line; a combined 21 million in total.
The next closest of the cameras mentioned is the Olympus Trip 35 with 5. 4 million units made.
So what's the deal with these apparently ubiquitous cameras, produced by Leningradskoye Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye Obyedinenie (Lomo), which many of us have probably never seen/heard of? Our good friends over at Kosmo Foto have the full scoop and more. Click the link and read on!
Read: Kosmo Foto – These are the most produced 35mm cameras of all time
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. dpreview.com2020-8-29 17:00
