Thanks all for the replies so far, and the links to K3 footage and
movies (they look great!). And Hi Benn! Small world, eh? I'd love to
give your K3 a try, but it could be impractical as I'm way up North
and you're on the South coast, but the offer's much appreciated.
Maybe if we lived a bit closer I could pop around and pick it up for
a test shoot, but never mind, it's kind of you to offer (and I
wouldn't want to hold you up from shooting yourself because I had the
camera!!).

Yea, the daylight mags have put me off the K2 a bit as they seem a
pain to unload - seems you'd either have to send the entire mag off
OR rewind the exposed film onto and empty spool for processing. A
pity as the price seemed a bargain! :-/

Anyway, for the short term at least, I think I'm going to do a few
more experiments on my Super 8 gear to get into the swing of "film"
again (and let's face it, it is CHEAPER), but I'm pretty sure the
temptation to go for a K3 will seduce me fully in the not-too-distant
future.

Benn, I look forward to receiving my film soon, and hope you can
manage the telecine ok.

I shall certainly continue to research the K3 and will stay tuned to
this forum for more news and info. The film clips I've seen so far of
the K3 have certainly impressed me!

Cheers,

Chris

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> Hi again Chris-yep im a member of this forum too! If you want to
try my krassie before you buy your welcome. I would still discourage
you from a k2 as they are cartridge loading, and try to get a screw
fitting lens as you can then go mad on cheap tele lenses, but getting
wide is a problem. Even a peleng is not that great on a
Krassie.However, i am developing a 35 to 16 lens adapter, meaning
that a 50 will mean 50 on a 16mm camera, not a 100ish! Also i have a
prototype variable shutter working. Cheers-I will develop your film
this week!
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> --- On Tue 04/03, Chris Harvey < cha7235521@... > wrote:
> From: Chris Harvey [mailto: cha7235521@...]
> To: k-3@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:06:50 -0000
> Subject: [k-3] New member and potential K3 owner
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> Hi all,I'm not sure how quick a reply I'll get as, sadly, it seems
this site isn't very active - and hasn't been for over a year, but
I'll post anyway. Who knows - maybe it'll coax some much-needed and
overdue activity from members!!!Basically, I have shot Super 8 and
video (in its many formats) for almost 30 years, although for the
past 15 or so I've shot predominantly on video. However, video has
never had the charm and "magic" that film always had for me, and
recently I dusted off my old Bauer C700 super 8 camera (found right
at the back of a drawer), put a fresh set of batteries in it and set
it running. I was amazed to hear it purr into life, seemingly as good
as the day I bought it. So I bought a roll of Super 8 film to test
it...Anyway, I digress somehwat, but basically my renewed interest in
the joy of FILM encouraged me to do some research online and to check
out Ebay for various film equipment... Then I came across the
Krasnogorsk 3 and was astonished to see some of
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