Joerg Polzfusz

Maybe it's only a dummy used as a prop in some movie? In any case it's broken as the lens hangs down...

Your camera has got at least two mirrors: a semi-transparent one that sits between lens and film and that "splits" the light so that it goes onto the film and into the viewfinder. And then there's another mirror that redirects the light by 90 degrees so that the viewfinder can be placed at the camera's rear. I fear that one of these mirrors isn't at the correct position any more. Of course the light's path to the viewfinder could have "collapsed". It also sounds that your camera has got a shutter to close the viewfinder (to prevent light falling through the viewfinder onto the film in case you're not looking through the viewfinder while the camera is running). Maybe that shutter is broken and stuck at the "closed" position? Jörg

Great samples! I thought that the 500T would have more grain... Thanks for sharing!

Because: a) the two lenses for the Leicina have in fact been made by Schneider-Kreuznach and have been available in both M-mount and C-mount. b) I do have at least 5 nice C-mount-lenses (for my Fujica ZC1000). Unfortunately the M-mount-lens that came with my Leicina has got some "issues". And as the "original" Leicina-lenses normally sell for 300EUR and more on eBay, getting an adapter sounds feasible. (Especially as it would prevent me from hoarding even more lenses. Not to mention that other M-mount-lenses are expensive and can only be used as "tele"-lenses on a Super8-camera.)

I'm aware of this problem. Hence I thought that the adapters might include some optical elements. However it looks like the c to f adapter protrudes into the camera so that the lens will be at the correct distance? I wonder if this will work at all for any camera?

Hi, is there any way to attach C-Mount-lenses to a Leicina Special (M-Mount)? Most people on some German forums told me that this isn't possible due to the different distances between film plane and lens. However I could get myself a "C-Mount to Nikon F-Mount"-adapter and then I could use a "Nikon F-Mount to Leica-M-Mount"-adapter to mount this on the Leicina?! Or did I miss something important? Jörg

Kahl doesn't sell films to amateurs any more and one can only guess which film-stocks have been used. Hence this question can't be answered and is more or less obsolete (unless your a film-student or unless you can order film via a film-related company).

AFAIK there's no Super8-camera that accept D-Mount-lenses. The only Super8-cameras with replaceable lenses use C-Mount, M-Mount or some manufacturers' proprietary mount (e.g. for the Nalcom FTL 1000 Mk II). If you want to use a D-mount-lens, then you'll have to buy a Double8-camera.

Hi, I never heard of "Hamshika". Hence I would assume that it was either Yashica or Fujica. As Fuji never produced any Super8-cameras, this would reduce it to "Yashica Super 8". http://super8wiki.com/index.php/Category:Yashica http://super8data.com/database/cameras_list/cameras_yashica/cameras_yashica.htm At least Yashica used women in their ads: http://www.retrothing.com/2012/03/the-image-of-women-in-photo-ads.html?ModPagespeed=noscript Jörg

Hi, when the film stock is acetate-based, then you can only fill 10-12m into a 15m-Single8-cart, depending on the material. Even though the Agfa 200D is polyester-based, it's only a little bit thinner than acetate-based stocks. Hence several Single8-filmers reported that only approx. 13m fit into a 15m-Single8-cart. Jörg

Maybe you should state your position on this planet when asking a "where"-question!? (At least assuming that you don't want to travel several thousand kilometres/miles for selling this movie-camera ;))

The new CHS100 II can be used as reversal stock as well as it's on a clear base.

BTW: I never heard of any plans of releasing the CHS100-II as Super8, even though it's mentioned on ADOX' webpage?!

Hi, fact is that the old CHS100 was produced by Fotokemika in Samobor (Croatia) - see http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/Art/Series.html . However ADOX' only Super8-film (ADOX PAN-X Reverso Super8) is rumoured to contain film-stock that was produced by Agfa-Gevaert in Moertsel (Belgium) or by Agfa-Gevaert/Agfaphoto in Leverkusen (Germany)*. So when the rumours are correct, then neither the old CHS100, nor the current CHS100-II are related to the PAN-X. Jörg * = Leverkusen would mean that the film was produced before 2004/2005

The "funniest" fact about pre-striped films is that both Kodak and Fuji sold pre-striped film until 2011 or 2012 (end of APS-film-production).

Please don't confuse Agfa-Gevaert with AgfaPhoto! These companies only share the "Agfa" in their logo, but that's it since 2004/2005! Since 2004/2005 neither Agfa-Gevaert produces something for AgfaPhoto nor vice versa! The Agfa Aviphot is made by Agfa-Gevaert, while the 135er-films sold by AgfaPhoto under the old Agfa product-names are currently made by Fuji (colour) and Kentmere (b&w).

Hi, why don't you check the online-shops that used to have Velvia?! http://www.spectrafilmandvideo.com/Film.html http://www.cinevia.eu/ http://wittner-cinetec.de/katalog/04_filmm/s8_filmm.php http://wittner-cinetec.de/katalog/04_filmm/16_filmm.php http://film.club.ne.jp/english/eng_cinevia.html http://super8.nl/english/e_index.htm (I hope that this list is complete!) Jörg

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaphragm_%28optics%29 The diaphragm usually has two to eight blades, depending on price and quality of the device in which it is used. Straight blades result in polygon shape of the diaphragm opening, while curved blades improve the roundness of the iris opening. In a photograph, the number of blades that the iris diaphragm has can be guessed by counting the number of spikes converging from a light source or bright reflection. For an odd number of blades, there are twice as many spikes as there are blades. In case of an even number of blades, the two spikes per blade will overlap each other, so the number of spikes visible will be the number of blades in the diaphragm used. This is most apparent in pictures taken in the dark with small bright spots, for example night cityscapes. Some cameras, such as the Olympus XA or lenses such as the MC Zenitar-ME1, however, use a two-bladed diaphragm with right-angle blades creating a square aperture. Similarly, out-of-focus points of light (circles of confusion) appear as polygons with the same number of sides as the aperture has blades. If the blurred light is circular, then it can be inferred that the aperture is either round or the image was shot "wide-open" (with the blades recessed into the sides of the lens, allowing the interior edge of the lens barrel to effectively become the iris). The shape of the iris opening has a direct relation with the appearance of the blurred out-of-focus areas in an image called Bokeh. A rounder opening produces softer and more natural out-of-focus areas.

I doubt that this is possible as I can't think of any camera that would allow enlarging the gate wide enough. Not to mention that the camera then would have to transport frames that are two perforation holes wide (instead of one hole per frame as before the modification).

Back then both Kodak and Fuji claimed that they had to stop pre-striping due to environmental concerns (and that the demand was too low to justify investigating alternatives).

There was also a "modernized" K3 (called "K3M" on some webpages). K3: http://www.ussrphoto.com/wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=61&ParentID=58&ContentID=538 K3M: http://www.ussrphoto.com/wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=61&ParentID=58&ContentID=537 or http://www.filmvorfuehrer.de/topic/6771-krasnogorsk-k3m/ It looks like the K3M was produced since 1991. Hence it could be that the "K3M" replaced the "K3" in 1991 without being listed as "new camera" in that Soviet production list...

And here's a Russian manual: http://www.zenitcamera.com/mans/krasnogorsk-3/krasnogorsk-3.html

http://www.zenitcamera.com/catalog/moviecameraproduction.html Contains a list with "soviet cameras produced per year", including your camera.

There are still ten or more shops in Europe that offer striping in post. And AFAIK e. g. Fipra still offers pre-striping.

I fear that it'll just be another movie that fulfil all points of this webpage: http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html