Kit Carruthers

I bought a camera that was already re-centered, so I'm not sure of the actual procedure. It came from an ebay store in the Ukraine that specializes in Russian cameras. My guess is that converted K-3s are now more popular due to the HD 16:9 standard, so they're probably converting all of their cameras before they sell them. It would be great, though, if someone came up with a way to convert the viewfinder in a similar way. It kind of sucks to not know exactly what you're getting. Since super-16 is 20% more negative area, wouldn't it be simple to just expand the mask exactly 10% on each side? I've heard on here that when you re-center the lens, the Meteor covers the entire frame even at 17mm, but I'll have to test that to be sure.

Hey Everyone, I did a search for this and I found some conflicting answers so I thought I'd make it a post heading and ask again. I just bought a super-16 converted K-3 with a re-centered lens. Will the stock (Meteor) lens cover the entire S16 frame even at its most wide? How is this going to effect what I see in the viewfinder? Is there a conversion that widens the viewfinder to replicate the actual S16 frame that is recorded? I'm sure someone here has tested these things and it would be awesome to know in advance. Thanks! -K.