[Konvas] Kinor 35H anamorphic ground glass

[Peter Haas]

On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:31 PM, colcam at aim.com wrote:

> NONE of the "critical" parts drop fit-- they are all hand fitted on  
> the Arri, also.

And, on almost all competitive cameras, too.

It is probably best to obtain a camera which is Full Aperture, and  
then let the target A/R be accommodated in post-production.

N.B. -- Fox Studio Cameras were Full Aperture from the git-go, in  
about 1939, as this allowed for shooting process plates Silent/ 
1.33:1, or Academy/1.37:1, or Flat Widescreen/1.85:1, or CinemaScope/ 
2.66:1, or CinemaScope/2.55:1, or CinemaScope/2.35:1, all with the  
same camera, and without any changes thereto.

Of course, the FSC was not a reflex camera, but the issues were the  
same.

Alas, the FSCs did not last into the Super-35 era, which assumes a  
Full Aperture, artificially masked to 1.85:1 or to 2.35:1 in post.

These 20 cameras were decommissioned in 1969, which pre-dated  
Super-35,which was actually a simple and obvious adaptation of 1955's  
SuperScope.