16mm MOVIE CINE CAMERA SET KRASNOGORSK-3 (METEOR 5-1 lens)

The movie 16-mm camera Krasnogorsk-3 is one of the most perfect cameras for the amateurs filming on the 16-mm color or black-and-white film. The Krasnogorsk-3 has been adopted by many film schools, including the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television. Its low price, rugged construction and sophisticated optics have made it very popular with both beginning filmmakers and professionals. ITEM'S CONDITION: near NEW The "Krasnogorsk-3" movie camera with the lens "Meteor-5-1" were made in USSR in 1984 year. It looks that this camera was never used before, and just stored... part of accessories even never were unwrapped from original paper. As usually, previous owner bought the camera in 1990 before USSR was ruined and wanted to re-sell it at flea market somewhere at Poland or Romania, but couldn't to make it. All functions are available. Film transport was tested, battery compartment is clean, light meter pin moves. * the wide aperture zoom lens "Meteor-5-1" F=17-69mm, f/1:1.9; * focusing of the lens is from 2m, for closest distances can be used magnifying lens F=1734mm. At Instruction Manual You'll receive the special table which shows depth of sharpness according with lens focus distance, aperture and distance on the scale of the lens. * the half automatic aperture setting with the thru-the-lens (TTL) exposure-meter provides the high accuracy of the film exposition; * the parallaxless reflex viewfinder provides the complete correspondence of the field of sight with the shot frame, appearing on the movie film; * the matte screen provides the clearance setting control; * adjustable sharpness of eyepiece; * the wide range of the filming frequency (8, 12, 16, 24, 32 and 48 frames per second) provides the wide possibilities for the trick shooting and animation; * the half-automatic film loading into the film track simplifiers and make it faster to prepare the camera for the work. * film speed setting from 8 up to 250 ASA. * lens mount is M42 Pentax screw mount, it allows to use M42 lenses from well-spread 35mm SLR cameras; * spring motor-drive works without any battery, one cocking provide 5m film winding; * power source is 1 cell RZ-55, it can be changed by any modern cell with same dimensions. We are more than happy to welcome any international bidders!!! We ship the item FREE WORLDWIDE! Item will be shipped via Russian Mail service immediately upon receipt of your payment. Shipping time is mostly about 2-3 weeks to receive the item as Registered Air Mail package with the tracking number (or by registered and insured Air Mail parcel for heavy items), but sometimes (but not very often) it can be up to two month. If you need really fast shipping, DHL and UPS are available here, but shipping a metal 35mm camera can cost over $100, thus this kind of shipping is rarely used.