On Jan 21, 12:57 am, wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have to admit my K100 is as good as someone like me (a total amateur)
> can want (specially at the price paid...)
>
> The most ennoying thing about this camera, beside its clear
> technological limitation, is its ergonomics.
> Filming hand held is a pain!
>
> Does someone know of a pistol grip going on it?
>
> OTOH, I was thinking to make my own grip but then, how the heck am I
> suppose to connect to the trigger??
>
> Is there a cable trigger connector that I missed?
>
> last thing: does someone knows what are the three little crosses in the
> finder?
>
> Thanks
Used a K100 extensively to make commercials at a local TV station in
1960's. Always on an animation stand. The K100 really wasn't
suitable for field use, no matter what the users' manual showed.
(Several of Disney's true-life adventure wildlife movies were shot
with K100s...on Kodachrome Commercial...despite this opinion.) There
was a very extensive list of accessories for the K100, including
several styles of cable releases and what we would now call "shoulder
rests". I had a little box containing about 50 different matte slides
(hearts, split by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, circle, etc.). There was, I think, a
lapse-dissolve device for the variable shutter functionally similar to
the Bolex H-16/H-8 version. I always thought the K100 and its
accessories were made in (the former) W-Germany simply because of how
they felt. You are simply going to have to work to find all this
stuff.
The 3 crosses you mention indicate the center of the FOV at
successively closer focusing distances for specific lenses, IIRC.
If you're intersted in buying a well-broken-in Bolex H-16 (non-reflex
body), with an Angenxeau 8:1 zoom lens with reflex finder, let me
know. Filter slot and a dozen (or so) gel filter holders. Pistol grip
and on-camera filter holder included. Will solve all usability
problems built into the K100.
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