Svema (russian: Свема, Светочувствительные Материалы - 'Light-sensitive Materials') is a registered

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and former name ("NPO "Svema") of the Shostka Chemical Plant, located in Shostka,

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most ...

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. It was founded in 1931 in then

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. "Svema" used to be the major photographic film manufacturer in the

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, but their film lost market share in former Soviet countries to imported products during the late 1990s. They made

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photographic film Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The sizes and other characteristics of the crystals determine ...

photographic paper Photographic paper is a paper coated with a light-sensitive chemical formula, like photographic film, used for making photographic prints. When photographic paper is exposed to light, it captures a latent image that is then developed to form a ...

, B&W motion picture film until 2010s, colour photographic and motion picture film until ~1995 and magnetic tapes until 2014.Kronke, Claus: "'Finished!' The Decline of the Svema Film Works", "Smallformat", 01 2007 Svema products were known among enthusiasts as an easy and sturdy product for beginners in home film development and printing. The use of Svema color film was common for Soviet and post-soviet cinema from the late 1960s until the late 1990s with some student's works being shot on Svema up until 2010s.

Color photographic films

* Svema DS-4 Color Negative Film ISO/ASA 50 * Svema CO-32D Color Reversal film ISO/ASA 32 * Svema CO-50d Color Reversal film ISO/ASA 50 * Svema CND 64 Color Negative Film ISO/ASA 64 * Svema TsNL 65 Color Negative Film ISO/ASA 80 * Svema LN-9 Color Negative Film, 35mm motion picture film stock * Svema DS-5M Color Negative Film, 35mm motion picture film stock

Tape

Reel to reel tapes *

Black-and-white photographic films

Before 1987
(old

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speed scale) Svema-film-65

* Svema Foto 32; 32 GOST, ISO 40/17° * Svema Foto 65; 65 GOST, ISO 80/20°;

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s 6.5×9 cm - 30×40 cm, KB, 6×9", bulk * Svema Foto 130; 130 GOST, ISO 160/23°; KB, bulk * Svema Foto 250; 250 GOST, ISO 320/26° (Daylight); 350 GOST, ISO 400/27° (Tungsten); KB, bulk 1987-1990
(new

speed scale, same as ASA) Soviet photographic film 2, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

* Svema Foto 32; ISO 32/16° * Svema Foto 64; ISO 64/19° * Svema Foto 125; ISO 125/22° * Svema Foto 250; ISO 250/25° (Daylight); ISO 320/26° (Tungsten) * Svema Reporter; 200 GOST, ISO 200/24° (actually cinematographic filmstock); KB, bulk After 1990
( ISO speed scale) * Svema Foto 50; ISO 50/18° * Svema Foto 100; ISO 100/21°; KB, 6×9", bulk * Svema Foto 200; ISO 200/24°; KB, bulk * Svema Foto 400; ISO 400/27°; KB, bulk {{commons category

References

1931 establishments in Ukraine Photography companies of Ukraine Ukrainian brands Chemical companies of the Soviet Union Soviet brands History of Sumy Oblast Photographic film makers Chemical companies established in 1931 Defunct photography companies

Color photographic films

Tape

Black-and-white photographic films

See also

References