Articles Tagged ‘soviet’

Holgablog has gone red(for a few days)! International Commie Camera day is coming!

You may have noticed the slightly different looking banner on our site! Here on Holgablog we are incredibly excited about International Commie Camera Day 2009. The date is set for May 1st, so drag out that FSU camera, take some photos, and post them on the ICCD09 Flickr Group. To celebrate ICCD09 (we’ve mentioned it »

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May 1st: International Commie Camera Day 2009

Fellow Comrades, Comrade General inetjoker on Flickr has declared International Commie Camera Day. I’ll let him take over: On May 1st 2009 you go out and shoot a roll or as many as you want with any camera built in the FSU. I will even allow Chinese Seagulls but nothing from Lomography except real Soviet »

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The Cosmic (Smena) Symbol (vs. Holga comparison!)

While at the Barras a few weeks ago I saw an old camera lurking in a mahoosive box of old camera junk: It was a Cosmic Symbol , it was covered in dirt and bits of dust (and possible old food, urgh), but I bought it anyway for a few quid and cleaned it up. »

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Belomo Vilia Auto

I bought a Belomo Vilia Auto from t’bay for the pricely sum of £9 inc postage from Moscow. The Belomo Vilia was one of the most mass-produced cameras ever made, with over 2 million being churned out over 20 years. The auto version is a wee bit rarer, with a light sensor on the front, »

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