One of the clockwork cameras I'll probably purchase is the Russian Quarz 1x8 Super-2. By all accounts that I've read on this forum and elsewhere, it is a good clockwork camera with a good lens. If there are any other choices in Super 8 clockwork cameras, I'd love to hear about them.
But I'd also like to get a regular 8mm camera, and here is where I really need help. There seem to be many types.
Olexandr Kalynychenko's website here: http://www.geocities.com/russiancamera/index.htm
has:
- 2x8 Super DS8 cameras like the Quarz 2x8 Super-1M and the Quarz 2x8 Super-3
2x8 D8 cameras like the Quarz 2x8-1M, the Quarz 2x8-3, and several others
8mm cameras like the Ekran-1 and Ekran-3
Can someone please explain the difference between the DS8, D8, 8mm formats, and for which ones film is still available? Does anyone have any experience with the non-Super Russian cameras? Also, what regular 8mm camera would you choose from among those that are commonly available, and why (optics, mechanical reliability, interchangeable lenes, etc.)?