Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection
BROWSE BY

RECENTLY VISITED

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Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection
BROWSE BY:
RECENTLY VISITED
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Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection

About the Collection
Wave of Amateur Filmmaking
The Professional Camera
Camera Collection in HKFA
Acknowledgments
Copyright Notice

Arriflex 35 II C

35mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Germany

The most popular model among the Arriflex II series

Arriflex 35 BL III

35mm / Marketed in the 1980s / Made in Germany

With an acoustically isolated PL Mount

Bell & Howell Model 2709

35mm / Marketed in the 1910s / Made in USA              

Historical significant movie camera

Bell & HowellEyemo Movie Camera


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

Widely used for filming newsreels from the 1930s to the 1960s

Cinema ProductsSilent Pellicle Reflex of Mitchell NC

35mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA

Conversion of the Mitchell NC with a reflex viewing system

DeVry Standard Automatic


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

The first model of 35mm camera produced by DeVry, known as the “lunch box” because of its appearance

Mitchell NC 10B

35mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in USA

“NC” stand for “Newsreel Camera”, originally intended for news reporting

Mitchell Mark II (Panavision Inventory)


35mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in USA

Arriflex 16ST


16mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany

The first professional 16mm movie camera with a reflex system

Bell & Howell Filmo Type 70

16mm / Marketed in 1923 / Made in USA


One of the very first 16mm cameras produced after the release of 16mm negative by Kodak

    
   

Bell & Howell Filmo Auto Load

16mm / Marketed in the 1940s / Made in USA    


           
   

   

   


   

   


   

   
   

Bolex H16 RX5 with Bolex 400 ft. magazine


16mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Switzerland / Single frame shooting


Equipped with a Bolex 400 ft. Magazine and an ESM self-regulating multi-speed motor

Bolex H16 RX5




16mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Switzerland / Single frame shooting

Magazine Ciné-Kodak

16mm / Marketed in the 1923 / Made in USA    

   

The viewfinder is attached to the outside of the camera which makes it handy for home movie making    


   

Pentacon Pentaflex 16



16mm / Marketed in 1955 / Made in East Germany


The company manufactured a limited number of 8mm and 16mm cameras but they were considered the best for amateurs

Fujica Single-8 P100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fixed focus filming


           
   



   

Fujica Single-8 C100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fixed focus filming


It is the smallest 8mm camera to date and is very handy



   



 

   

Fujica Single-8 AX100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1973 / Made in Japan / Silent    
        
       
           
   

Fujica Single-8 Z850 Sound

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Auto fade in and out functions


   


   

Bauer C 3 Super



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany / Silent / Single frame shooting


The viewfinder is mounted to the side of the camera so that the camera is a little bit shorter than the others

Bauer C 4 Makro



Super 8mm / Marketed in the 1970s / Made in Germany / Silent

Beaulieu 6008S Hall Sensor System

Super 8 mm/Marketed in 1979/Madein France/Magnetic sound recording/200ft.Super matic super 8 cassette 

Capable of taking interchange ablelenses


   

Bell & Howell 441 Autoload



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1968 / Made in USA / Silent


The first super 8 movie camera with “focus-Maric” function

Bell & Howell 1225 XL AF - Filmosonic

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1978 / Made in Japan by the US-based company / Magnetic sound recording



   


   

Bolex 160 Macrozoom



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Switzerland / Silent / Single frame shooting


Design of the camera resembles the professional 16mm or 35mm movie cameras

Braun Nizo S8T

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany / Silent / Single frame shooting 

Owning to its high quality and selling price, it was a kind of top and trendy product of the time

    
   

Braun Nizo S560



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Germany / Silent

Canon Auto Zoom 814





Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting

Canon Auto Zoom 518 SV

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1971 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fade in and out effects possible with manual aperture control


   


   

Canon Canosound 514XL - S

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1976 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording   


   



   

Canon 1014 XL-S



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1979 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording or synchronised recording on tape recorder


Multifunctions: 10x zoom, slow motion, selftimer, etc, it was hailed as the best super 8mm camera produced in Japan at the time

Canon AF 514XL-S




Super 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Autofocus


The first and only autofocus super 8mm sound camera produced by Canon

Elmo Super 103T



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent


Fitted with a hand grip to meet the market needs for super 8mm cameras suitable for outdoor filming

Elmo Super 8 Sound 1012S-XL Macro

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1978 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Single frame shooting


It supports 200 ft. Supermatic super 8 cassette


   


   

Halina Super 8 Cine Camera

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Hong Kong by W. Haking Enterprises Ltd. / Silent / Fixed focus filming


   
       
       
           
   


   


   

Hanimex CPM 53 Compact Loadmatic

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1977 / Made in Japan by the Australia-based manufacturer / Silent


Another version is in silver-black colour
       
  
   

   

Minolta Autopak-8 K7



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting




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Minolta Autopak-8 D6


Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting


The viewfinder is mounted to the lower part of the camera, which is very different from the others

Minolta XL-225 Sound



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1976 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording


It was once used in Phoenix Cine Club’s filmmaking courses

Minolta XL-Sound 42




Super 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording

Nikon 8X Super Zoom


    


    

 

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan by Nippon Kogaku / Silent    


Nippon Kogaku started to produce high-performance super 8mm cameras after the first Nikon 8mm Movie Contest was held    




   
   

Nikon R8 Super Zoom

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1973 / Made in Japan by Nippon Kogaku / Silent / Single frame shooting     

With a built-in Tungsten filter, which was uncommon at the time    


   

   

   


   

   


   

   

Yashica Super-40 Electric Zoom

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1968 / Made in Japan by Cosina / Silent / Single frame shooting    



   

   

Bauer Electric


   

   


    


     


   


8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany    

   
   


   

       
 
       
 
       
   

Bell & Howell Model 252


   

   


   


    


   

   

8mm / Marketed in the 1950s / Made in USA    

   
   




       
   
       
   
       
   

Bell & Howell Duozoom Model 7125


   

       


       


   

8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in Japan by the US-based manufacturer    




           
           
       

Bell & Howell Autoload Reflex Zoom (Model 315 PZ)

8mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in Japan by the US-based manufacturer / Single frame shooting    


   

   

   
   

   


   

   


   

   

Bolex Paillard B8


    


    


    

   


   


    

8mm / Marketed in 1953 / Made in Switzerland    




   
   
   

Canon Eight (Cine 8-T)


    


    

8mm / Marketed in 1956 / Made in Japan / Twin-lens turret system
   


The first Canon 8mm movie camera and the third movie camera in Japan    




   
   
   

Canon Reflex Zoom 8


    


   

   

   

8mm / Marketed in 1959 / Made in Japan    


The first Canon movie camera equipped with a zoom lens    




   
   
   

Canon Cine Zoom 512

8mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Japan / Single frame shooting    


   





   
   
   

Cineland RZ-33 Reflex

8mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Japan    


   






>
   
   

Adams Fingertip Zoom 725

8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA    

Produced by Dejur for the Montgomery Ward Store        
   

   

   


   

   

   


   

   
   

Cine-Kodak Eight Model 20


8mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in UK by the US-based manufacturer     


   
   
   

Sankyo 8-Y


8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in Japan

Sankyo AUTO-4X

8mm / Marketed in the 1963/ Made in Japan


       
   



   

Sekonic Dualmatic-Zoom

8mm / Marketed in the 1950s / Made in Japan



           
   

   

Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8



8mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany


Film spools are arranged horizontally, where the film is twisted 90 degrees before entering the film gate, and then is twisted another 90 degree after leaving the film gate
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Arriflex 35 II C

35mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Germany

The most popular model among the Arriflex II series

Arriflex 35 BL III

35mm / Marketed in the 1980s / Made in Germany

With an acoustically isolated PL Mount

Bell & Howell Model 2709

35mm / Marketed in the 1910s / Made in USA              

Historical significant movie camera

Bell & HowellEyemo Movie Camera


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

Widely used for filming newsreels from the 1930s to the 1960s

Cinema ProductsSilent Pellicle Reflex of Mitchell NC

35mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA

Conversion of the Mitchell NC with a reflex viewing system

DeVry Standard Automatic


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

The first model of 35mm camera produced by DeVry, known as the “lunch box” because of its appearance

Mitchell NC 10B

35mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in USA

“NC” stand for “Newsreel Camera”, originally intended for news reporting

Mitchell Mark II (Panavision Inventory)


35mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in USA

Arriflex 16ST


16mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany

The first professional 16mm movie camera with a reflex system

Bell & Howell Filmo Type 70

16mm / Marketed in 1923 / Made in USA


One of the very first 16mm cameras produced after the release of 16mm negative by Kodak

    
   

Bell & Howell Filmo Auto Load

16mm / Marketed in the 1940s / Made in USA    


           
   

   

   


   

   


   

   
   

Bolex H16 RX5 with Bolex 400 ft. magazine


16mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Switzerland / Single frame shooting


Equipped with a Bolex 400 ft. Magazine and an ESM self-regulating multi-speed motor

Bolex H16 RX5




16mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Switzerland / Single frame shooting

Magazine Ciné-Kodak

16mm / Marketed in the 1923 / Made in USA    

   

The viewfinder is attached to the outside of the camera which makes it handy for home movie making    


   

Pentacon Pentaflex 16



16mm / Marketed in 1955 / Made in East Germany


The company manufactured a limited number of 8mm and 16mm cameras but they were considered the best for amateurs

Fujica Single-8 P100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fixed focus filming


           
   



   

Fujica Single-8 C100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fixed focus filming


It is the smallest 8mm camera to date and is very handy



   



 

   

Fujica Single-8 AX100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1973 / Made in Japan / Silent    
        
       
           
   

Fujica Single-8 Z850 Sound

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Auto fade in and out functions


   


   

Bauer C 3 Super



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany / Silent / Single frame shooting


The viewfinder is mounted to the side of the camera so that the camera is a little bit shorter than the others

Bauer C 4 Makro



Super 8mm / Marketed in the 1970s / Made in Germany / Silent

Beaulieu 6008S Hall Sensor System

Super 8 mm/Marketed in 1979/Madein France/Magnetic sound recording/200ft.Super matic super 8 cassette 

Capable of taking interchange ablelenses


   

Bell & Howell 441 Autoload



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1968 / Made in USA / Silent


The first super 8 movie camera with “focus-Maric” function

Bell & Howell 1225 XL AF - Filmosonic

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1978 / Made in Japan by the US-based company / Magnetic sound recording



   


   

Bolex 160 Macrozoom



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Switzerland / Silent / Single frame shooting


Design of the camera resembles the professional 16mm or 35mm movie cameras

Braun Nizo S8T

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany / Silent / Single frame shooting 

Owning to its high quality and selling price, it was a kind of top and trendy product of the time

    
   

Braun Nizo S560



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Germany / Silent

Canon Auto Zoom 814





Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting

Canon Auto Zoom 518 SV

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1971 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fade in and out effects possible with manual aperture control


   


   

Canon Canosound 514XL - S

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1976 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording   


   



   

Canon 1014 XL-S



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1979 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording or synchronised recording on tape recorder


Multifunctions: 10x zoom, slow motion, selftimer, etc, it was hailed as the best super 8mm camera produced in Japan at the time

Canon AF 514XL-S




Super 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Autofocus


The first and only autofocus super 8mm sound camera produced by Canon

Elmo Super 103T



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent


Fitted with a hand grip to meet the market needs for super 8mm cameras suitable for outdoor filming

Elmo Super 8 Sound 1012S-XL Macro

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1978 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Single frame shooting


It supports 200 ft. Supermatic super 8 cassette


   


   

Halina Super 8 Cine Camera

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Hong Kong by W. Haking Enterprises Ltd. / Silent / Fixed focus filming


   
       
       
           
   


   


   

Hanimex CPM 53 Compact Loadmatic

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1977 / Made in Japan by the Australia-based manufacturer / Silent


Another version is in silver-black colour
       
  
   

   

Minolta Autopak-8 K7



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting




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Minolta Autopak-8 D6


Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting


The viewfinder is mounted to the lower part of the camera, which is very different from the others

Minolta XL-225 Sound



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1976 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording


It was once used in Phoenix Cine Club’s filmmaking courses

Minolta XL-Sound 42




Super 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording

Nikon 8X Super Zoom


    


    

 

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan by Nippon Kogaku / Silent    


Nippon Kogaku started to produce high-performance super 8mm cameras after the first Nikon 8mm Movie Contest was held    




   
   

Nikon R8 Super Zoom

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1973 / Made in Japan by Nippon Kogaku / Silent / Single frame shooting     

With a built-in Tungsten filter, which was uncommon at the time    


   

   

   


   

   


   

   

Yashica Super-40 Electric Zoom

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1968 / Made in Japan by Cosina / Silent / Single frame shooting    



   

   

Bauer Electric


   

   


    


     


   


8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany    

   
   


   

       
 
       
 
       
   

Bell & Howell Model 252


   

   


   


    


   

   

8mm / Marketed in the 1950s / Made in USA    

   
   




       
   
       
   
       
   

Bell & Howell Duozoom Model 7125


   

       


       


   

8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in Japan by the US-based manufacturer    




           
           
       

Bell & Howell Autoload Reflex Zoom (Model 315 PZ)

8mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in Japan by the US-based manufacturer / Single frame shooting    


   

   

   
   

   


   

   


   

   

Bolex Paillard B8


    


    


    

   


   


    

8mm / Marketed in 1953 / Made in Switzerland    




   
   
   

Canon Eight (Cine 8-T)


    


    

8mm / Marketed in 1956 / Made in Japan / Twin-lens turret system
   


The first Canon 8mm movie camera and the third movie camera in Japan    




   
   
   

Canon Reflex Zoom 8


    


   

   

   

8mm / Marketed in 1959 / Made in Japan    


The first Canon movie camera equipped with a zoom lens    




   
   
   

Canon Cine Zoom 512

8mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Japan / Single frame shooting    


   





   
   
   

Cineland RZ-33 Reflex

8mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Japan    


   






>
   
   

Adams Fingertip Zoom 725

8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA    

Produced by Dejur for the Montgomery Ward Store        
   

   

   


   

   

   


   

   
   

Cine-Kodak Eight Model 20


8mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in UK by the US-based manufacturer     


   
   
   

Sankyo 8-Y


8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in Japan

Sankyo AUTO-4X

8mm / Marketed in the 1963/ Made in Japan


       
   



   

Sekonic Dualmatic-Zoom

8mm / Marketed in the 1950s / Made in Japan



           
   

   

Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8



8mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany


Film spools are arranged horizontally, where the film is twisted 90 degrees before entering the film gate, and then is twisted another 90 degree after leaving the film gate
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Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection

About the Collection
Wave of Amateur Filmmaking
The Professional Camera
Camera Collection in HKFA
Acknowledgments
Copyright Notice

Arriflex 35 II C

35mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Germany

The most popular model among the Arriflex II series

Arriflex 35 BL III

35mm / Marketed in the 1980s / Made in Germany

With an acoustically isolated PL Mount

Bell & Howell Model 2709

35mm / Marketed in the 1910s / Made in USA              

Historical significant movie camera

Bell & HowellEyemo Movie Camera


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

Widely used for filming newsreels from the 1930s to the 1960s

Cinema ProductsSilent Pellicle Reflex of Mitchell NC

35mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA

Conversion of the Mitchell NC with a reflex viewing system

DeVry Standard Automatic


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

The first model of 35mm camera produced by DeVry, known as the “lunch box” because of its appearance

Mitchell NC 10B

35mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in USA

“NC” stand for “Newsreel Camera”, originally intended for news reporting

Mitchell Mark II (Panavision Inventory)


35mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in USA

Arriflex 16ST


16mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany

The first professional 16mm movie camera with a reflex system

Bell & Howell Filmo Type 70

16mm / Marketed in 1923 / Made in USA


One of the very first 16mm cameras produced after the release of 16mm negative by Kodak

    
   

Bell & Howell Filmo Auto Load

16mm / Marketed in the 1940s / Made in USA    


           
   

   

   


   

   


   

   
   

Bolex H16 RX5 with Bolex 400 ft. magazine


16mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Switzerland / Single frame shooting


Equipped with a Bolex 400 ft. Magazine and an ESM self-regulating multi-speed motor

Bolex H16 RX5




16mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Switzerland / Single frame shooting

Magazine Ciné-Kodak

16mm / Marketed in the 1923 / Made in USA    

   

The viewfinder is attached to the outside of the camera which makes it handy for home movie making    


   

Pentacon Pentaflex 16



16mm / Marketed in 1955 / Made in East Germany


The company manufactured a limited number of 8mm and 16mm cameras but they were considered the best for amateurs

Fujica Single-8 P100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fixed focus filming


           
   



   

Fujica Single-8 C100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fixed focus filming


It is the smallest 8mm camera to date and is very handy



   



 

   

Fujica Single-8 AX100

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1973 / Made in Japan / Silent    
        
       
           
   

Fujica Single-8 Z850 Sound

Single 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Auto fade in and out functions


   


   

Bauer C 3 Super



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany / Silent / Single frame shooting


The viewfinder is mounted to the side of the camera so that the camera is a little bit shorter than the others

Bauer C 4 Makro



Super 8mm / Marketed in the 1970s / Made in Germany / Silent

Beaulieu 6008S Hall Sensor System

Super 8 mm/Marketed in 1979/Madein France/Magnetic sound recording/200ft.Super matic super 8 cassette 

Capable of taking interchange ablelenses


   

Bell & Howell 441 Autoload



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1968 / Made in USA / Silent


The first super 8 movie camera with “focus-Maric” function

Bell & Howell 1225 XL AF - Filmosonic

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1978 / Made in Japan by the US-based company / Magnetic sound recording



   


   

Bolex 160 Macrozoom



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Switzerland / Silent / Single frame shooting


Design of the camera resembles the professional 16mm or 35mm movie cameras

Braun Nizo S8T

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany / Silent / Single frame shooting 

Owning to its high quality and selling price, it was a kind of top and trendy product of the time

    
   

Braun Nizo S560



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Germany / Silent

Canon Auto Zoom 814





Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting

Canon Auto Zoom 518 SV

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1971 / Made in Japan / Silent / Fade in and out effects possible with manual aperture control


   


   

Canon Canosound 514XL - S

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1976 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording   


   



   

Canon 1014 XL-S



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1979 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording or synchronised recording on tape recorder


Multifunctions: 10x zoom, slow motion, selftimer, etc, it was hailed as the best super 8mm camera produced in Japan at the time

Canon AF 514XL-S




Super 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Autofocus


The first and only autofocus super 8mm sound camera produced by Canon

Elmo Super 103T



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent


Fitted with a hand grip to meet the market needs for super 8mm cameras suitable for outdoor filming

Elmo Super 8 Sound 1012S-XL Macro

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1978 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording / Single frame shooting


It supports 200 ft. Supermatic super 8 cassette


   


   

Halina Super 8 Cine Camera

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Hong Kong by W. Haking Enterprises Ltd. / Silent / Fixed focus filming


   
       
       
           
   


   


   

Hanimex CPM 53 Compact Loadmatic

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1977 / Made in Japan by the Australia-based manufacturer / Silent


Another version is in silver-black colour
       
  
   

   

Minolta Autopak-8 K7



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting




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Minolta Autopak-8 D6


Super 8mm / Marketed in 1970 / Made in Japan / Silent / Single frame shooting


The viewfinder is mounted to the lower part of the camera, which is very different from the others

Minolta XL-225 Sound



Super 8mm / Marketed in 1976 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording


It was once used in Phoenix Cine Club’s filmmaking courses

Minolta XL-Sound 42




Super 8mm / Marketed in 1980 / Made in Japan / Magnetic sound recording

Nikon 8X Super Zoom


    


    

 

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1967 / Made in Japan by Nippon Kogaku / Silent    


Nippon Kogaku started to produce high-performance super 8mm cameras after the first Nikon 8mm Movie Contest was held    




   
   

Nikon R8 Super Zoom

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1973 / Made in Japan by Nippon Kogaku / Silent / Single frame shooting     

With a built-in Tungsten filter, which was uncommon at the time    


   

   

   


   

   


   

   

Yashica Super-40 Electric Zoom

Super 8mm / Marketed in 1968 / Made in Japan by Cosina / Silent / Single frame shooting    



   

   

Bauer Electric


   

   


    


     


   


8mm / Marketed in 1966 / Made in Germany    

   
   


   

       
 
       
 
       
   

Bell & Howell Model 252


   

   


   


    


   

   

8mm / Marketed in the 1950s / Made in USA    

   
   




       
   
       
   
       
   

Bell & Howell Duozoom Model 7125


   

       


       


   

8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in Japan by the US-based manufacturer    




           
           
       

Bell & Howell Autoload Reflex Zoom (Model 315 PZ)

8mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in Japan by the US-based manufacturer / Single frame shooting    


   

   

   
   

   


   

   


   

   

Bolex Paillard B8


    


    


    

   


   


    

8mm / Marketed in 1953 / Made in Switzerland    




   
   
   

Canon Eight (Cine 8-T)


    


    

8mm / Marketed in 1956 / Made in Japan / Twin-lens turret system
   


The first Canon 8mm movie camera and the third movie camera in Japan    




   
   
   

Canon Reflex Zoom 8


    


   

   

   

8mm / Marketed in 1959 / Made in Japan    


The first Canon movie camera equipped with a zoom lens    




   
   
   

Canon Cine Zoom 512

8mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Japan / Single frame shooting    


   





   
   
   

Cineland RZ-33 Reflex

8mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Japan    


   






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Adams Fingertip Zoom 725

8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA    

Produced by Dejur for the Montgomery Ward Store        
   

   

   


   

   

   


   

   
   

Cine-Kodak Eight Model 20


8mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in UK by the US-based manufacturer     


   
   
   

Sankyo 8-Y


8mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in Japan

Sankyo AUTO-4X

8mm / Marketed in the 1963/ Made in Japan


       
   



   

Sekonic Dualmatic-Zoom

8mm / Marketed in the 1950s / Made in Japan



           
   

   

Zeiss Ikon Movikon 8



8mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany


Film spools are arranged horizontally, where the film is twisted 90 degrees before entering the film gate, and then is twisted another 90 degree after leaving the film gate
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Arriflex 35 II C

35mm / Marketed in 1964 / Made in Germany

The most popular model among the Arriflex II series

Arriflex 35 BL III

35mm / Marketed in the 1980s / Made in Germany

With an acoustically isolated PL Mount

Bell & Howell Model 2709

35mm / Marketed in the 1910s / Made in USA              

Historical significant movie camera

Bell & HowellEyemo Movie Camera


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

Widely used for filming newsreels from the 1930s to the 1960s

Cinema ProductsSilent Pellicle Reflex of Mitchell NC

35mm / Marketed in the 1960s / Made in USA

Conversion of the Mitchell NC with a reflex viewing system

DeVry Standard Automatic


35mm / Marketed in 1926 / Made in USA

The first model of 35mm camera produced by DeVry, known as the “lunch box” because of its appearance

Mitchell NC 10B

35mm / Marketed in the 1930s / Made in USA

“NC” stand for “Newsreel Camera”, originally intended for news reporting

Mitchell Mark II (Panavision Inventory)


35mm / Marketed in 1963 / Made in USA

Arriflex 16ST


16mm / Marketed in 1952 / Made in Germany

The first professional 16mm movie camera with a reflex system

Bell & Howell Filmo Type 70

16mm / Marketed in 1923 / Made in USA


One of the very first 16mm cameras produced after the release of 16mm negative by Kodak

    
   
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