RARE Soviet/Russian LOMO-135M post-Leningrad spring motor camera

ABOUT ITEM'S ORIGIN (You can SKIP it!) LOMO-135M is very uncommon kind of Russian cameras because it has the spring motor-drive. It was only LENINGRAD motor-drive camera before, also issued at LOMO plant before, and it gave good experience to produce more simple camera, without RF system. You can turn the winding knob and after it you can take 8 pictures without winding the film manually and without cocking the shutter. You need press for each shoot shutter release, but if do you make it quickly you can take more that 2 pictures per second. LOMO-135M camera has very special design. LOMO-135M camera is much smaller than other Russian spring-motor Leningrad camera and was expensive in Soviet terms. The camera is fully mechanical, it provides very high reliability of this camera at any environment and situation. You don't need any batteries for this camera. ITEM'S CONDITION: EXCELLENT+ Cosmetically camera in FINE condition, it was used very accurately, lens still clean, black and chrome painting is complete, scales of distances and apertures also has no any wearing. Film wind and rewind, shutter, flash synchronization, aperture, focusing, ALL WERE TESTED and WORKED FINE! Film winding from full cocking of spring motor provides 8 shutter clicks. All functions are available. TECHNICAL FEATURES * Frame size 24x36mm. * Central shutter provide speeds 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15 & B. There is two scales connected with shutter speed: scale of weather symbols on top of the lens and usual shutter speeds at right side of the lens. * Synchronization with flash at any shutter speed, only "hot shoe" connection available. * Shutter release button has standard conic groove for cable release. * Film winding: spring motor-drive, which provides up to 8 frames from one cocking, but amount of frames depends from film cassette, if the film comes through the cassette tightly, You'll receive less frames from one spring cocking * Lens: four element coated Industar-73 (One of Soviet Tessar copies) 40mm, same lenses provides very clear, sharp and contrast images. The lens is mostly clean, without scratches and fungus, but with one cleaning mark at front element. * Aperture from 2.8 to 22 with clicks. There is two types of scale connected with aperture: usual scale of apertures, scale with weather symbols and scale of film speeds in ASA and DIN. * Scale of film speed allows to use weather symbols connected with shutter speed dial and with aperture scale, thus You can receive properly exposed images without any automatic or light meter. Modern negative films will provide very good quality in that case. * Film speeds: from 16 to 500 ASA (with clicks), however You can use any other films with sensitivity more than 500 ASA, but You'll have over-exposition at bright Sun and You'll have to use neutral filters. * Focusing from 1m to infinity according with scale of distances or with symbols of distances seen into the viewfinder (portrait, group, building). You can use external rangefinder "Blik" or "Smena" to make focusing more exact, but in most of cases definition of distance "on eye" provides excellent sharpness. * Viewfinder is very simple, sharp and bright, with additional parallax frame and symbols of distances. * The back wall is removable, to open the camera You should rotate the dial which situated around the tripod socket. * Film rewind is possible with the special crank and with unscrewed dial, which situated between the accessory shoe and tripod socket. * Tripod mount: standard groove 1/4 inch. * Dimensions: 81х87х108 mm. * Weight 525 gr. * Easy in using, light and compact camera will Your first step to serious artistic shootings! * Made for export, all signed on English. SHIPPING TERMS We are more than happy to welcome any international bidders!!! We ship the item FREE WORLDWIDE! Item will be shipped via Russian Mail service immediately upon receipt of your payment. Shipping time is mostly about 2-3 weeks to receive the item as Registered Air Mail package (or by registered and insured Air Mail parcel for heavy items), but sometimes (but not very often) it can be up to two month. If you need really fast shipping, DHL and UPS are available here, but shipping a metal 35mm camera can cost over $100, thus this kind of shipping is rarely used.