[Konvas] Kinor 35 PL conversion

[Bruce Taylor]

I second colcam's take on this. Arri BL's are very inexpensive now, and the cost of buying and converting a Kinor with a video tap and new electronics would equal the cost of the Arri, even before you had it converted to PL, which, if you can find someone to do it, would cost thousands. As several have pointed out, the advantage of the Kinor is the inexpensive, excellent OCT19 glass.
 
I spoke to Kinor guru Anders Banke about the PL conversion which he has done to at least one of his Kinors and he said he would never do it again. The problems are the shorter ffd of the PL mount and limited clearance behind the lens of a Kinor 35H.
 
Another issue is reliability. I have had Richard at Cinema Engineering working on my Kinors, and every time I see him he shakes his head and comments on the odd ideas the Russian's used in assembling the Kinor. And every time I remind him that the Kinor 35H was designed as a location camera to be sent out with a "camera mechanic" to keep it running.
 
Bruce Taylor
www.indi35.com
 


--- On Fri, 2/5/10, colcam at aim.com <colcam at aim.com> wrote:

The reason to go Kinor is the oct19 glass, and for the cost of a Kinor and conversion you can pick up a ready to roll PL hard fronted Arri 35BL or 35BL2 to stick the PL mount lenses onto.