Quantity: 1 set as photo. Total weight with case: 1216 grams. SLR camera 35mm START, lens Helios-44 2/58, Soviet vintage. In total, about 76,500 pieces were produced. "Start" was a camera of a higher class than the Zenit models produced in the same years, and is considered one of the attempts to create a Soviet professional photo system.
The main differences between the Start and other Soviet small-format SLRs of those years were the interchangeable viewfinder and the bayonet mount of the lens with a semi-automatic pressure diaphragm. The shutter with an anchor delay mechanism worked out the full range of shutter speeds from 1/1000 to a whole second, which was also uncharacteristic for mass cameras. Such versatility in the USSR of those years was found only in medium-format Salyuts, which were much more bulky and less suitable for reportage shooting on remote business trips.
Despite the originality of the design, the influence of the German Exakt cameras is clearly traced in it. This can also be said about the double-cassette charging with a knife for cutting off the exposed film, and about combining the shutter release button with the pressure diaphragm drive in the lens barrel tide.
Type of photographic material used - perforated 35 mm film (film in cassettes type-135). Instead of a take-up spool, you can install a second cassette. The design of the sliding cover locks makes it possible to use, in addition to standard cassettes with "velvet", curtain cassettes of the "Contax" type (in the USSR, the "FKTs" type). Type of focal shutter - mechanical, curtain-slit with horizontal movement of cloth curtains. Shutter speeds - from 1 to 1/1000 s (automatic), "B" (by hand) and long (not available when using a standard lens).
The aperture button, located on the lens barrel, is paired with a shutter release on the front of the camera, similar to Exakta, Topcon, Alpa and Miranda cameras. Working length of the camera - 42 mm. Pentaprism - removable, can be replaced by a shaft. Pentaprism eyepiece magnification - 5×. The size of the frame image visible in the viewfinder is 22 × 32.5 mm, which is much larger than that of the Zeniths. Type of focusing screen - frosted glass with Doden wedges. There were also screens without wedges, but they were not widely used. To connect flashes, there are two PC-type sync contacts: one for electronic (with a lightning sign) and the other for disposable ones. The sync speed with electronic flashes is 1/30 second (1/25 for the first releases). There is no "shoe" due to a removable pentaprism. The back cover is removable, with two twist locks.
When the lid was unlocked, the locks automatically closed the two-cylinder cassettes. A knife is provided for cutting off the captured part of the film and a mechanical self-timer.
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