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I recently bought a Beaulieu R16 camera body from a seller on eBay that was “untested”. The camera was in good shape, an ASA dial missing and original handle battery dead. Applying power to battery grip handle pin terminals and the DIN plug revealed it would run (hooray!). Based on a battery set-up by RotarySMP on YouTube of his R16 battery setup: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv4CzyTmZjw&t=487s> I adapted a Sony 7.4v video camera battery as a power supply with a similar Small Rig rail set-up and this worked well, though a bit klunkier than the original battery handle grip. Here is a unedited scan test roll I shot on Kodak Vision 3 50D color negative film with this camera and Pentax 12.5mm (with and ND4 filter) and 25mm TV lens primes. This was shot at a local community car show event in Redwood City, CA (Google photos) https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yjfc2FXW29PNaW8W8 Exposure was manual with a separate hand-held meter. The built-in camera meter was functioning, very handy for shooting in changing light situations (sunlit to shade), but I had no ref without the ASA dial. You can see some stretched out distortion with the Pentax 12.5mm but not bad. I’ve been mostly using wind-up 16mm cameras (Pathe, Bolex Rex 4 and Bell & Howell) so the Beaulieu R16 is a very nice electric set-up and fairly lightweight to use with primes. Attached is a photo of the battery rig I used (but showing a different 12.5-75mm Angenieux lens). Mark Eastman Palo Alto, CA

Selling my Pentax 67II in great shape, all electronics are working little lcd has no bleeding, comes with a Pentax 67 55mm f4. Camera located in Switzerland asking 2600$, shipping and taxes not included.

I have an k-01, And I was wondering how it compares to the eos M? Not just on the spec sheet but in practice. In case it's not obvious, I only care about using it for video. thanks.

This is definitely a question better suited to a photography forum, however I'd rather be active on cinematography.com as I find it one of the best forums in terms of the community feel it has. I recently invested in an old Pentax Super ME 35mm camera, and was just wondering if someone could shed some light on what the little switch to the left of the lens mount does? You can pull it down, and then it slowly ticks back into the start position. Is it some kind of self timer?