Salyut is a medium format SLR system film camera, manufactured by Arsenal Factory, in Kiev, Ukraine, former USSR , made from 1957-1974 with quantity 50000.
Its successor is the Salyut-S.
Specifications
- Format: 120 roll
- Picture size 6x6cm
- Lens: Industar-29 80mm f/2.8 chrome standard lens
- Aperture: f/2.8-f/22
- Mount: Bayonet (Hasselblad 1600 type)
- Focus range: 0.9-20m +inf
- Shutter: Horizontal focal plane metallic curtain
- Speeds
- 1/2 - 1/1500 +B (early types)
- 1/2 - 1/1000 +B" (late types)
Types
There are 4 types and 2 sub-types [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Type 1
Type 1a
- 1957-59
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1500 +B
- With Self-timer
- Activates by shutter setting knob
Type 1b
- 1959-63
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1500 +B
- Added a special knob for actuating of the selftimer
Type 2
- 1958-65
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1500 +B
- Without Self-timer
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| Salyut type 2 w/Industar-29 80mm f/2.8 Image by siimvahur (Image rights) |
Type 3
- 1965-74
- Speeds: 1/2-1/1000 +B
- Black speed dial
Type 3b
- Distinctive feature of type with label "Made in USSR"
Type 4
- No camera name on the body
- Export type
- With label "Made in USSR"
Export types with a different name
- Zenith 80
- Revue 6x6
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| Zenith 80 Image by paulclayton (Image rights) |
Notes and references
- ↑ According to Alaxander Komarov in Fotoua. You can also find serial numbers for dating of the cameras in this site
- ↑ There is another former USSR cameras classification and info by Aidas Pikiotas in SovietCams
- ↑ There are usefull books about cameras of former USSR and have classifications also.
- ↑ Pages from the the book of former USSR cameras by Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin
- ↑ Discussion about clasifications in the books of Princelle and Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin in USSR Photo Forum
Bibliography
In French
- Boussat, Jean-Claude .- Les appareils soviétiques. In : France-Photographie, n° 209, février 2008, pp. 8-9.
In English
- Princelle, Jean Loup - Made In USSR - The Authentic Guide To Russian And Soviet Cameras, Le Reve Edition, 2004 (ISBN 2952252106 (ISBN13: 9782952252102) Paperback
In Russian
- 1200 Cameras from USSR by Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin, 2009 , more info about book
Links
- in Communist Cameras by Nathan Dayton
- Saliut S at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Salyut-C at Matt's cameras [1]
- Zenith 80 at ussrphoto.com [2]
- Salyut at ussrphoto.com [3]
- Red Salyut at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.