[Frameworks] Aaton camera?

Francisco Torres fjtorrespr at gmail.com
Sun Mar 2 20:58:11 CST 2025


Krasnogorsk 3 cameras can be found for about 150 - 200 on ebay.  They are
grungy but sure take a beating.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2025, 10:41 PM Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:

> The Aatons are available used and are lovely to shoot with if you want
> synch sound.  They are sharp and clean and far, far more expensive than
> a Beaulieu, Bolex, or B&H, and good lenses will be even more expensive.
>
> They take daylight loads with emulsion out which is not a standard film
> configuration, so you will have to wind down from a 400 foot pancake onto
> the daylight reels, or get the lab to do it for you.  This is fine at home
> but might be a problem when travelling.
>
> If you are looking for a good first camera I would be more apt to recommend
> something much simpler.
> --scott
>
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