Camera Name: | Start (Старт) |
Image Alt: | A photograph of the silver-black camera's front, on a white table, lighted from above |
Maker: | Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk (KMZ) |
Type: | Single-lens reflex |
Production: | 1958–1964 |
Lens Mount: | Proprietary (breech-locking bayonet) |
Lens: | 44-58mm 2.0 Helios-44 |
F-Numbers: | 2.0 |
Res: | ) --> |
Filmformat: | 35mm |
Filmsize: | 24×36 mm |
Recording Medium: | Film |
Focus Type: | Manual |
Fsynch: | 1/25 s, 1/30 s |
Shutterrange: | 1 s to 1/1000 s |
Shutter Speeds: | B, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25 |
Viewfinder: | Pentaprism |
Ovf: | Waist-level |
Body Comp-Feats: | Iron |
Dimensions: | 14.4 cm × 10.1 cm × 9.8 cm |
Weight: | 1,300 g |
Made In: | Soviet Union |
Successor: | Start-2 |
Start (Russian: Старт) was a Soviet 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by the Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk (KMZ) from 1958 through 1964. The camera was inspired by the Exakta camera. The Start used bayonet-mounted lenses and had an Exakta-style shutter release arm, a KMZ Helios 44-58 mm 2 lens, and a cloth focal-panel shutter.[1]
An improved version, the Start-2, was produced ca. 1963–1964, featuring an automatic diaphragm and a metered prism.[1]