Smena Symbol

I can’t remember when or how I came to own my Smena Symbol, mostly because I’ve got two young kids and can barely remember what I had for dinner yesterday but at a guess I’d say I’ve had it for almost a decade. It’s one of those cameras thats always been there, not really screaming at me to use it but never failing when I do.

Despite shooting film for almost nine years now, until recently I have never taken a picture on black and white film. It just wasn’t my thing. But when I got two rolls of Ilford XP2 Super included in a random film assortment, I knew I wasn’t gonna get a better opportunity to finally try it.