May 19th, 2006
Krasnogorsk-3 Battery adapter Kit
I Bought a K3 on eBay a few months ago and the guy that was selling it said the internal electronic lightmeter wasn’t working. I guessed that this may be down to the fact that there was no battery in the camera.
Like many lightmeters, the K3 was designed to use a mercury cell that is no longer available (the PX640).
To address this problem, k3camera.com created a Battery adapter that allows the use of a zinc-air cell in the K-3. Zinc-air cells are also known as “hearing aid batteries”, are available everywhere, and are inexpensive.
The adapter is sold in a kit that includes the precision machined brass adapter and four zinc-air cells. Instruction Sheet Only $29! (+$4 shipping in the US, $5 to Canada, $8 Elsewhere)
I decided I’d try it out and see if the lightmeter would work afterall. A few days ago it arrived in the post so I put it in to the camera and turned it on, Bingo! the needle appeared in the view finder.
Now all I have to do is get some stock and see what sort of results I get from this baby!
Will post up results when I get them.
June 14th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Hello fellow k-3 user! I just shot a 4-5 minute short on a k-3 i bought off ebay from the ukraine(i live in the us) i am mailing my 2 reels into pittsburgh today to get them developed and a negative transfer to mini dv, i can let you know of my results when i know. i talked to a guy that shoots film at the transfer house and he said that the meteor lens on the camera is not the best in the world and has what he said was a funny sort of contrast to it. he suggested that i try to shoot in the middle to get the sharpest results (f5.6-f11 or so). anyway ill check back to see if you post your short and if you like i can tell you how mine went. good luck!
June 14th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
i’ve yet to order the stock i’m afraid, thing is i’ve a friend with loads of super16 stock, if only! i’d expect to order in the next week or so and do a few camera tests and see how it goes… it’s all a matter of trail and error really. i’d love to see the results of how your’s went.