Heritage

This set is still complete: the casing and the tripod remain as well. It was my grandfather's and must be from the 50's of 60's.

Lubitel means "amateur" in Russian.
The Lubitel 2 was made in great numbers by the Leningrad GOMZ factory. More than two million were produced between 1954 and 1980. There are versions with a Cyrillic name plate or with one in Latin script as the one shown, and it was rebadged for various other markets. The camera body is made of plastic, possibly Bakelite. The waist level finder and focusing rings are made of metal. There is a stepless aperture scale under the taking lens with apertures from 4.5 to 22. Winding the film is done by a black knob on the right side of the camera.