- Kinor
The Kinor company of
Russia ] , (Kinor-Cinema) are manufacturers of 35mm and 16mmmotion camera s. Most notably the 16CX-1m and 16cx-2m 16mm cameras. Using a German lens manufacturing process, the resulting product is of a high grade with low mechanical noise andcartridge loading film .The 16mm Kinor 1m has a turret type lens mounting and a variable shutter. The 2m, and the rare 3m, model are supplied with a 10-100
zoom lens , which has front and rear mountable filters. The usual kit is comprised of four magazines, 3x 100 foot, and one 400 foot. Synchronized sound is achieved using async-pulse known as a 'pilot tone', and the motor generates an accurate 25fps to attain this. Variableframe rate s require a relatively cheap modification form third party developers, or the factory producedvariable drive unit . This is very quickly and simply replaced. It is common to see this type of modification coupled with the addition of truecrystal-sync .Their use in the West is gaining popularityFact|date=March 2008 as film makers grow accustomed to Russian manufacturing quality. Compared to the Krasnogorsk series of Russian cameras, the build quality is of a higher standardFact|date=March 2008, although these too are a well designed unit. Their price compared to the benchmark Arri series film cameras is drastically cheaper, this is partly the reason new film makers are finding themselves the ownersFact|date=March 2008 of these very practical film cameras.
The 35mm Kinors are self-blimped and have been used to make films world-wide.
External links
* [http://www.kinor.ru Kinor Digital Cinema ]
* [http://konvas.org Konvas and Kinor 35mm Cinema Cameras]
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