Lubitel-2

The Lubitel-2 is a Soviet made TLR camera, it's mainly made from plastic, the lenses are focused by turning either the viewing or taking lens, they are focused with a cog based system around the lenses, the focusing screen is mostly all in focus, except for a bit in the middle which is for focusing. It's fairly sturdy for being made of plastic.

It's fairly difficult to use and it's also difficult to remember to wind on between exposures, all of the controls are around the taking lens with the aperture and shutter speeds being set by two separate rings. You have to cock the shutter between shots and there is a small lever to activate the shutter, it's much easier to use a shutter release cable than to use the lever. Despite being not very user-friendly it's a good camera to start with medium format.

I've recently got my first roll of film back from this camera, and looking at the positives, I am delighted by the quality that this camera can give for very little money.