Cnopm (Sport)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Gomz
NATIONALITY: Russian
PLACE MANUFACTURED: USSR, Leningrad
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1935
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Industar 50mm f/3.5
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "c1935? This camera is reputedly dated 1935, which would qualify it
  as the first 35mm SLR. We have yet to see any proof of this date.
  Takes 50 exposures 24x36mm in special 35mm cassettes. Large boxy top
  housing serves as viewing hood for the focusing magnifier. Also
  features optical finder for direct viewing. Industar 10 f3.5/50mm
  lens. FP shutter B, 1/25-1/500. Once considered quite rare in the
  west, but now appearing regularly at auctions." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G637.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 47

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989. pp 144.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 217.//