Krasnogorsk (Красногорск) is a series of amateur cameras, consisting of spring-wound 16mm mirror-reflex movie cameras designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union by Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works (KMZ), produced between 1966 and 1993. This line of cameras originated from those designed for the Zond and Salyut space programs in the Soviet Union, but were later developed for consumer, amateur use. The cameras were popular among amateur filmmakers in Eastern Europe, and later in western film schools.
This series of cameras made use of single-lens reflex viewfinders via a mirrored shutter, allowing the operator to see the exact image being photographed without parallax distortion. Early models used film cartridges, but with the Krasnogorsk-3, the change was made to rolls of film. All of the models have built in light meters, variable frame rate, and spring-wound motors. A Krasnogorsk-4 was briefly manufactured, but was quickly discontinued in favor of its predecessor, the Krasnogorsk-3.
Krasnogorsk
The Krasnogorsk (Krasnogorsk-1, or K1) was a camera developed in the Soviet Union during the 1960s. Initially developed for the Zond program of lunar spaceflight, it was later developed into an amateur movie camera. The non-consumer model had a two-lens turret and electronic motor for film advancement.