BelOMO Siluet Elektro

BelOMO Siluet Elektro

Lens: Triplet 69-3, 40 mm f/4

Film speed settings: 20-320 ISO, set manually

Film Format: 35mm

Shutter: 8to 1/250 sec

Aperture: f/4 to f/16

Focusing: Manual

Light Meter: Battery Powered

Battery: 4 x PX625

Flash: Hot Shoe

Year: 1975 - Onwards

Country: USSR

The good:

·         Shutter fires well, and tested exposures reveal no timing issues.

·         Focus ring is smooth and accurate.

·         Film transport arm is smooth and solid.

·         Flash hot shoe works as expected.

·         Light meter reacts well, and generates expected exposures.

The less good:

·         The batteries this camera takes a re difficult to find, however, a very easy to find LR44 worked well for me.

·         The lens itself has a few specs of dust, but nothing that is noticeable in the final images (see attached sample photos)

·         General wear and tear.

You can find a copy of this camera’s manual here: Siluet Elektro