. for other uses see lomo . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message lomo industry imaging medical founded petrograd russia 1914 headquarters st. petersburg russia products advanced optical instruments medical equipment consumer still and movie cameras lenses professional sound recorders for motion picture production website www.lomo.ru site english www.lomoplc.com lomo russian or leningrad optical mechanical association o m o leningradskoye optiko mekhanicheskoye obyedinenie is a manufacturer of advanced optical instruments medical equipment consumer still and movie cameras projectors lenses film editors splicers professional sound recorders for motion picture production based in st. petersburg russia . the factory is the holder of three lenin orders . its lomo lc a consumer camera was the inspiration for the lomography photographic movement . history edit factory logo nameplate logo lubitel 166 universal twin lens reflex 120 still camera lomo lc a the company was founded in 1914 in petrograd now saint petersburg . it was established as a french russian limited company to produce lenses and cameras . it manufactured gun sights during world war i. in 1919 it was nationalised . in the ensuing years the state optical industries were reorganised several times . in 1921 the factory was named the factory of state optics g.o.z. in 1925 camera production was resumed and several lens designs tested between 1925 and 1929 . in 1928 the factory was ordered to manufacture a 9x12 camera known as the fotokor . further reorganisations of the soviet optical factories in several stages finally resulted in that the factory at leningrad became gomz the russian optical and mechanical factory . in the transition period 1932 to 1935 a copy of the leica camera was developed the voomp i. it was followed by the voomp ii or the pioneer that was manufactured in small numbers . simultaneously designers began the development of a single lens reflex camera for 35mm cine film possibly inspired by similar work in germany especially at zeiss ikon in dresden since the lens mount is quite similar to that of the contax cameras of the time . zeiss themselves were not allowed to pursue their ideas due to the german armament . the new camera called the sport was introduced at about the same time as the ihagee kine exakta in 1936 . today lomo makes military optics scientific research instruments criminological microscopes medical equipment and a range of consumer products . it produced the first russian camera in 1930 . known as gomz state optical mechanical plant the company was transformed under the direction of mikhail panfilov who united several industries and founded the lomo association in 1962 . panfilov was the general director until 1984 when he retired and was replaced by georgy khizha as director general . in 1990 1997 ilya klebanov was the director general of lomo association . amateur movie equipment brands were lomo and avrora for cameras and russ for projectors . ritm is also used after lomo for professional sound equipment . it produced the one and only super 8 sound camera and projector in the ussr . the company went public in 1993 and was renamed lomo plc ; it is traded on the rts classic stock market . the company is iso 9001 certified and exports world wide . night vision devices and telescopes account for 30 % of the company s exports . germany is the largest importer of lomo products . medical equipment fiber optic cables and endoscopes optical components and cameras are consumed mainly by the russian market and other states of the former soviet union . military equipment and science research instruments make a significant share of production for export to such countries as israel india united states canada mexico and other international markets . its maksutov telescope range is highly regarded by amateur astronomers . the word lomo is often used to refer to the lomo lc a and other lomo branded consumer cameras ; while the cameras have a large following around the world the cameras themselves are a minor product for lomo plc. lomo is also currently a manufacturer of die cast models in 1 43 scale . lomo factory mass produces 1 43 scale models of the 1930s 1950s vehicles on amo zis zil and gaz chassis . social standing edit lomo is regarded in st. petersburg for its advanced medical centre with well equipped facilities for advanced treatment of a range of medical conditions . lomo medical centre has a steady reputation in general surgery and trauma oncology and radiology ob gyn pediatrics physical therapy and other specialties of medicine . medical instruments such as endoscopes and surgical microscopes made by lomo are used by the doctors at lomo medical centre thus providing prompt feedback from doctors to engineers and designers of medical equipment . external links edit official website lomo america inc. ussrphoto.com wiki catalog of lomo manufactured cameras . see gomz lomo sections dowling stephen 2012 11 21 . did the lomo camera save film photography . bbc news online . retrieved 2012 11 21 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lomo & oldid 742771986 categories manufacturing companies of russiamanufacturing companies of the soviet unioncompanies based in saint petersburgelectronics companiesoptics manufacturing companiesphotography companies of russiaphotography in russiaphotography in the soviet unioncompanies established in 1914russian brandssoviet brandshidden categories articles lacking sources from november 2009all articles lacking sourcesarticles containing russian language textofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutsch espa olfran aisitalianolietuvi nederlands polskiportugu s suomit rk e edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 18 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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