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Do you think the K3 is a good camera?

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No
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BigBeaner wrote:If you have to money I would say the Bolex Reflex H16, Reflex is the important word there because there is no parallax error.
Parallax error on my non-reflex Bolex is minimal and manageable.
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Post by film_idaho »

Do you think any of you could post some stills or movies you have shot with your K3 :)? That would be the best help I could use!

Thanks

-Alex Mason (teenage Super 8 junkie)

P.S. Is there a "blimp" that goes on the K3 :??
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Post by ccortez »

Go watch Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus". It's got a fair amount of K3 footage in it. Great movie anyway...

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http://www.k3camera.com/
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http://www.extremesoundonline.com/video ... school.wmv

http://www.extremesoundonline.com/video ... lmsnow.wmv

These need some color correction and there is a bit of jitter in the snow clip....but that's par for the k3.Sometimes I get a rock steady image....sometimes it bounces mildly.

These were done with a crystal motor but the spring wound one I have does just as well.I do notice an occasional vibration in it though that I think that may be coming from the spring.

Good cameras ..if you want rock steady registration though...you need a pin registered camera.
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Post by edgebsl »

http://backstreetlaw.com/id152.htm

Some stills from my k3
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Post by Evan Kubota »

edgebsl - what's up with the images? They seem to be mildly posterized or compressed with only 256 colors or something. Do you have uncompressed versions?
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Post by edgebsl »

there is a little compression there.
The 100t shots are grainy but the vison 2 stuff came out pretty smooth.

The video is fuji eterna and Im having issues with it because it came out way too gritty for a fine grained stock.We're doing some editing tomorrow so maybe I can publish a much larger video clip that is a lot clearer.

here's an eterna still:
http://extremesoundonline.com/film2.jpg
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Post by chachi »

Forgot to mention one thing!

If your using the plastic daylight spools that come with the K-3 be carefull!
These reels tend to be bent and thus not collect the film properly.

If possible, avoid using these as the take up spool. I have personally found them to be a the root of my K-3 jamming issues.

What happens is that the film will not wind tightly to the spool as it has warped spots that are to narrow and thus the film will not wind tightly as a result and eventually roll of the edge of the reel and cause all sorts of havoc in the camera.

just a heads up, don't want you ruining that K-40 :wink:
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Post by BigBeaner »

BigBeaner wrote:If you have to money I would say the Bolex Reflex H16, Reflex is the important word there because there is no parallax error. But hey, if a k3 does the job for cheaper and is reflex I would go with it. Even better is if you could somehow borrow/rent a H16 (yes I know owning is better).
After all that talk I ended up getting a Victor 16mm non-reflex for $46 with a bunch of filters off of ebay. Probably post more info later on it if needed.
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Post by ropbo »

film_idaho wrote:Do you think any of you could post some stills or movies you have shot with your K3 :)? That would be the best help I could use!

I found this short-film sometime ago:

http://www.oase.udk-berlin.de/~soenke/u ... wyddog.mpg

It was shot with a K-3.
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Post by Patrick »

Ive only exposed two films in my K3 - one colour and one black & white. Both were very steady and I didn't notice any bouncing or vibration. I thought the optical quality of the stock lens was good but nothing outstanding. I should test out that Takumar 200m lens I bought for this camera.
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Post by eggart »

Does the K-3 have a run-lock on it?
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Post by eggart »

Nobody knows?
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Post by JGrube »

Does the K-3 have a run-lock on it?
It does not.

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Jason
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