Suggestions for a Compact Super 8 Camera?
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Do these suffer from the Amazing Spontaneously Disintegrating Gears(TM) ?super8film wrote:Thanks for the suggestions. I've seen some of the the Kodak Instamatic Hawkeye S8 cameras and noticed that they're probably the smallest S8 cameras I've seen, however they're fixed speed, fixed focal length, and from what I can tell, manual aperture. That said, some features like auto aperture and aperture lock would be helpful.
As for compact and convenient for vacation shooting, it's very hard to beat the Agfa Microflex series. It might be easy to slip off the shooting button, and it can't cope well with too bright and too dark scenes leaving only a thin area where it'll give great results, but that's nothing to bother you, right?
It's a 40/160ASA-only cam with no compensation dial, so the only current color stocks it'll take are Velvia50D and 100D.
It's a 40/160ASA-only cam with no compensation dial, so the only current color stocks it'll take are Velvia50D and 100D.
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No, the Agfa Microflexes have been manufactured by Minolta. Therefore some of the Microflexes have been sold as Minolta-cameras in the USA and some other cameras, too.aj wrote:The Agfa Microflexes look smart and are very compact but a bit heavy. I believe these are Chinon OEM gear.
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The Canon AF310XL is a nice cam, as someone has mentioned - small and light, BUT only suitable for K40 and Tri-X, so once you've used up your last K40, it's not a lot of good for colour film-making as it can't handle E64T. Might be quite good for Cinevia 50, though - I'm planning on trying a roll in it myself sometime.
My smallest S8 camera is the incredibly basic Instamatic M2. Fixed focus, 18fps, completely manual exposure, tiny direct vision viewfinder - but it's suitable for any S8 film ever made, and produces surprisingly good results.
My smallest S8 camera is the incredibly basic Instamatic M2. Fixed focus, 18fps, completely manual exposure, tiny direct vision viewfinder - but it's suitable for any S8 film ever made, and produces surprisingly good results.
I used to have an Elmo Super 103. Small, light, silver (almost looks like a mini DV cam) and can handle 64T and all the current stocks.
I say "used to" because I dropped mine and mangled the viewfinder prisms. I disassembled it but couldn't remedy the situation. If I recall correctly it also has manual exposure in addition to a good auto system, 3x zoom lens though not a particularly wide angle at the wide end. It was a very nice little camera.
I say "used to" because I dropped mine and mangled the viewfinder prisms. I disassembled it but couldn't remedy the situation. If I recall correctly it also has manual exposure in addition to a good auto system, 3x zoom lens though not a particularly wide angle at the wide end. It was a very nice little camera.
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??? Really??? My Elmo Super 103 only has got a single lever to distinguish a 40-ASA-Tungsten from a 160-ASA-Tungsten film!? (Or did you have the "T"-modell with Superimposer? Or a 104?)Angus wrote:I used to have an Elmo Super 103. Small, light, silver (almost looks like a mini DV cam) and can handle 64T and all the current stocks.
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