I'm new here but have spent a lot of time reading the forums about the k-3 and trying to answer my own questions. I'm thinking of purchasing one to use in film school (Columbia College Chicago) since the Bolexes my school use are in constant demand and I live far from campus. Thought I'd save myself some of the grief and constraint.
I realize that the bayonet mount on the k-3s is the way to go but is the k-1 basically just the same camera without the zoom? Besides the magazine loading that is...though I'm not sure how difficult this would be to get the film into the mags.
The only other differentiate that I've seen is that the k-3 comes with a few more accessories like the filters etc. but I'm unsure how easy they would be to replace.
Besides the zoom I'm obviously interested in another wide, probably the Mir-11 but can anyone tell me if the LOMO OKS-3-10-1 1.8/10mm would work?
There's one on ebay here that I'd like to get if it works with the bayonet mount on the krasnogorsk cameras. I've read Olex's replies on these topics but with so many numbers flying around I've had trouble telling which other Russian lenses would work without modification etc.
My main goal is to keep costs down and not heavily invest in something that can't do more than wind up shooting.
I've seen the Kinor 16 posts and some on ebay but it seems thats more of a crapshoot with quality? I guess I just don't know enough about them or costs associated with getting them up to crystal sync.
On another front, if I got one that was modded to Super 16 - leaning away from this however - would the k-1 primes (mir & vegas) cover this? Is there any way to tell whether a lens will without testing it out first (ie calculating something out)?
Thanks for responses, I'm sorry if some of these have been answered before.
