[Konvas] A RUSSIAN 70mm camera

[Leo Vale]

--- On Thu, 4/16/09, Peter Haas <peterhaas at cruzio.com> wrote:

  
> Interesting camera. > Pulldown claw like a Mitchell, including the drill holes to
> lighten the claw structure (but I'll bet the structure is
> NOT a steel forging, as the Mitchell is).
> 
> Mags like the Kinor 35 PII, except twice as wide.
> 
> Hard to tell what aperture it has.
> 
> Could be 10-perf (military type; AKA "A") or 5-perf
> (Todd-AO type; AKA "B").
 
---It's 5 perf Todd-AO type.  I'm guessing it wouldn't be too difficult to convert to 65mm.

The 'War and Peace' extras show that the hand held operator rests the magazine on his chest.

---LV