Start (Soviet camera)

{{Short description|Soviet 35mm camera}}

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| camera_name = Start (Старт)

| image = START camera from Evgeniy Okulov collection 1.JPG

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| image_alt = A photograph of the silver-black camera's front, on a white table, lighted from above

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| maker = Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk (KMZ)

| type = Single-lens reflex

| production = 1958–1964

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| lens_mount = Proprietary (breech-locking bayonet)

| lens = 44-58mm {{f/}}2.0 Helios-44

| f-numbers = 2.0

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| filmformat = 35mm

| filmsize = 24×36 mm

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| recording_medium = Film

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| focus_type = Manual

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| fsynch = 1/25 s, 1/30 s

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| shutterRange = 1 s to 1/1000 s

| shutter_speeds = B, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25

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| viewfinder = Pentaprism

| ovf = Waist-level

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| body_comp-feats = Iron

| dimensions = 14.4 cm × 10.1 cm × 9.8 cm

| weight = 1,300 g

| made_in = Soviet Union

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| successor = Start-2

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Start ({{langx|ru|Старт}}) was a Soviet 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by the Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk (KMZ) from 1958 through 1964. The camera was inspired by the Exakta camera. The Start used bayonet-mounted lenses and had an Exakta-style shutter release arm, a KMZ Helios 44-58 mm {{f/}}2 lens, and a cloth focal-plane shutter.McKeown, p. 389

An improved version, the Start-2, was produced ca. 1963–1964, featuring an automatic diaphragm and a metered prism.