Filed under: 35mm, cross processing, expired film, lomo, smena | Tags: 8m, cross processing, double exposure, fuji, lomo, mx, smena, sunset, UP Diliman, xpro
Having the Smena is a wonderful thing. I’ve had it for a year now, and I’ve only started warming up to it, and actually using it the “proper” way. But in my natural absent-mindedness, there are things that I do forget despite muscle memory and force of habit. Fortunately, not all accidents are ugly. Here are two of my lucky shots from the last roll of film:
Both photos: Lomo Smena 8M | Expired Fuji Velvia | UP Diliman | January 2009
Filed under: 35mm, cross processing, expired film, lomo, smena | Tags: 35mm, 8m, anna, cross processed, cross processing, eastwood, expired film, jan, kerwin, lomo, mendrado, russian, smena, smena 8m, xpro
Filed under: cross processing, expired film, lomo, smena | Tags: blue lagoon, chrome, cross processing, ekta, elite, expired film, ilocos, kodak, lomo, maira-ira, pagudpud, smena, smena 8m, vacation, xpro
As it turns out, I still haven’t gotten the hang of using the Smena 8M, since there are so many things to consider. But from the first two rolls of our Ilocos Adventure, I did get a few lucky shots – there’s a third roll still inside the camera right now that’s in Black and White. I really don’t think so much before shooting, so maybe that’s another thing.
Top Photo: Smena 8M, Cross Processed Kodak Elite Chrome (Expired), taken at Blue Lagoon, Maira-ira Beach (Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte)
Bottom Photo: Smena 8M, Cross Processed Kodak Ekta Chrome (Expired), taken at NAIA Terminal 3
Filed under: cross processing, expired film, lomo, smena | Tags: bangui, ektachrome, expired film, ilocos, kodak, lomo, pagudpud, smena 8m, vacation, windmills, xpro
Here’s a Sneak Peak: More photos to come!
| Smena 8M | Kodak Ektachrome 64 | Bangui Windmills, Ilocos Norte | November 2008 |
Filed under: cross processing, expired film, lomo, smena | Tags: 8m, bangka, camera repair, coron, expired, expired film, fuji, palawan, quiapo, smena, smena 8m, vacation, velvia
| Smena 8M | expired fuji velvia 100 | coron, palawan | May 2008 |
Ok, so in a back post, I promised myself to send my sick Smena 8M to the HongKong Lomo shop where it was purchased. Turns out, it’s more complicated than I thought.
First of all, shipping! It’s gonna cost me 1200Php, which I’m not willing to shell out at this time because of our upcoming vacation.
Filed under: cross processing, lomo, smena | Tags: anilao, batangas, brief, cross processed, fuji, lomo, sensia, smena, smena 8m, summer, undies, vacation, xpro
| lomo smena 8m | cross processed | fuji sensia 100 | anilao, batangas | may 2008|
It has been a few months since i found out that my smena’s sick. Everything’s working perfectly well except it’s B-mode. The shutter simply doesn’t stay open. It must’ve been my fault since the shutter stays open when I first received it. Luckily, it’s still under warranty since I only acquired my Smena 8M this April. I’ve actually been putting off it’s send-off to Hong Kong because I’ve been so busy and I keep on telling myself that an occasion to shoot might come around and my Smena’s gonna miss the fun.
The email I got says that it’s going to take 8 weeks to repair it. 8 weeks?? That means I might get the camera after christmas! But the deed has to be done. I’m not exactly chummy to any camera repairmen =.=
So tomorrow, my Smena’s going to be on its way to Hong Kong. I feel like I’m sending a pet for surgery, only I have 8 weeks to wait for results. sheesh.
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The Smena 8M is my favorite camera in my collection. So far I haven’t mastered shooting with it yet, nor have I maximized all of its features.
It almost feels like I have an SLR because everything in the Smena is fully manual – focus, shutter speed and aperture.
I’m just so in love with this camera that I feel so upset about this!
Filed under: expired film, lomo, smena | Tags: expired film, film, fuji, lomo, smena, smena 8m, UP Diliman
Kidadoblog left me a meme to fill up. 
here goes
- My parents called me up this year, now that I’m 24, to tell me they have accepted the fact that i’m inherently nocturnal and that even as a child they are unable to put me to bed.
- I hate being alone, but I don’t always want to be interactive. (Maybe I should get a dog when I/we move to a new city.)
- I have been the biggest japanophile in high school that i’d buy any magazine that said japan on it.
- I attempted to teach myself chinese in high school, didn’t work. hahahaha.
- My dream job is to be a book shopper.
- it’s very easy to bribe me into doing things: chocolate (or any kind of food)
Filed under: cross processing, expired film, lomo, smena, toy camera, underwater camera | Tags: 35mm, 8m, anawangin, anilao, batangas, coron, cross processing, expired film, fuji, fuji astia, fuji sensia, lomo, palawan, smena, underwater camera, zambales
during the crazy cebu pacific promo rush, nina, karl, jan and i booked cheap flights to laoag, wishing we can pull off pagudpud and vigan all in a weekend’s time on november. wish us luck, as all these thunderstorms are sending us off to daydreams of the beach. this year we’ve covered: anawangin (zambales), coron (palawan) and of course, the standard anilao (batangas). can’t wait for november!
anawangin, zambales (march 2008) | generic plastic focus free 35mm camera | expired fuji sensia asa 100 | xpro |
| banol beach (coron, palawan) may 2008 | fuji astia asa 100 | lomo smena 8m | xpro |
anilao, batangas april2008 | snap snights! underwater camera | some cheap asa 200 color film (forgot, sorry) |
Filed under: lomo, smena | Tags: baguio, coron, focus, how to, lomo, palawan, serendra, smena, smena 8m
I don’t really have SLR knowledge (f/8? f/11? huh?) so buying the smena was a risk – it’s fully manual!
I only know the basic things – if it’s really bright, keep the shutter speed fast, and when it’s dark keep it slow. opposite goes for the aperture – big apertures for the dark and small apertures for the sun. And when you adjust the shutter speed, you have to compensate with the aperture. Am I babbling? Just follow the picture icon guides on the camera. and advise from the manual.
But the other more adventurous thing with the smena is focusing. How the hell does that happen? There’s a “viewfinder” that has been described as nothing better than punching a hole through the camera because really – it has absolutely nothing to do with the lens.
Well, unfortunately I can’t teach you shit about how to do it. The photos below are samples of how you can go wrong. 
but i love every one of my photos. I don’t care if they don’t follow the rigid rules of what’s aesthetically pleasing.
Photo one contains francis – perfectly focused, but overexposed. I know, it’s a bad portrait.
Photo two contains Jan, but it seems like the guy behind him with the printed tie was better focused than he is.
Photo three contains Bryan, Thea and Jan. Obviously it’s completely off with nobody in focus at all!
Happy Smena-ing :3
