page_title: Svema
section_title: Black-and-white photographic films
hierarchical_section_title: Svema / Black-and-white photographic films
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of the product packaging of a roll of Svema film
context_page_description: Svema is a registered trade mark and former name of the Shostka Chemical Plant, located in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It was founded in 1931 in then Ukrainian SSR.
  "Svema" used to be the major photographic film manufacturer in the USSR, but their film lost market share in former Soviet countries to imported products during the late 1990s. They made black-and-white photographic film, photographic paper, B&W/colour cine film and magnetic tapes until 2000. Colour film was made with equipment dismantled from the Agfa-Wolfen Factory after World War II. Svema products were known among enthusiasts as an easy and sturdy product for beginners in home film development and printing.
context_section_description: Before 1987
  (old GOST speed scale)
  Svema Foto 32; 32 GOST, ISO 40/17°
  Svema Foto 65; 65 GOST, ISO 80/20°; sheet films 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 GOST speed scale, same as ASA)
  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
  The plant's production of photographic products slowed through the 1990s and ceased entirely in 2000. Svema shut down completely in 2006, having served only as a district heating source for the town of Shostka in the intervening years.
caption: Svema 65 film
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