At 07:59 1996-05-11 -0400, Simone Fary wrote: >Does anybody out there have any experience with, or heard about >the "krasnogorsk-3" 16 or super 16 mm camera - the one with >the american motor and russian body that is advertised at a very >good price in the back of The Independent? A friend was >considering a purchase, but hasn't heard anything about it. I recall that "krasnogorsk" was THE most frequently referred-to camera-brand name in the segment of Austrian underground-filmmaking I was affiliated with (read: friends of mine or other illustrous bar-acquaintances) in the late 80s (before 1989). A number of "lowest budget"-productions I know were done with Krasnogorsk-cameras, and these cameras were held to be the cheapest reliable product around. Add to which, these people mainly used ORVO-films - ORVO was an East-German company, films being only available in Hungary/CSSR (or other Eastern European countries) at the time, and regular smuggling trips to Budapest were quite a common phenomenon in those days. I heard that ORVO made a new start recently, and that they were trying to revive their honourable tradition. It would be interesting to know how far Krasnogorsk cameras actually went - did they actually make it to the U.S.? Birgit Kellner Department for Indian Philosophy University of Hiroshima ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]