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In 1975 Eastman Kodak presented the Supermatic 200 camera. This new apparatus is exactly as the Ektasound 140, but it accepted a new cartridge with capacity for 200-ft movie film. The shape of the new cartridge was like a sound cartridge with a hexagonal magazine added to the top. The film chamber of the camera, at the top, had a cover that could be removed to put a new cartridge inside. The movie film was sold with the option of having magnetic stripes. The new proposal was taken up by some cine equipment manufacturers, but it was no very successful. About 30 cine cameras were built to accepts this super 8 magazine.

The available emulsions during the second half of seventies were: Ektachrome EF 7242 (ASA 125, 3200 K, balanced for tungsten, silent and sound), Ektachrome SM 7244 (ASA 160, 3400 K, balanced for photo lamp, silent and sound) and Kodachrome 40 (ASA 40, 3400 K, balanced for photo lamp, silent and sound). The first two emulsions in supermatic cartridge were discontinued in the middle of the eighties. And, in 1997, Eastman Kodak stopped making sound cartridges and supermatic magazines.

The following cameras were designed to accept 200-ft cartridges:

Beaulieu 1028

Beaulieu 1068

Beaulieu 6008 series

Beaulieu 7008 series

Beaulieu 9008 series

Chinon 200/8 XL Pacific

Chinon 200/12 XL Pacific

Cosina MSXL 204 M

Cosina MSXL 206 M

Cosina MSXL 208 M

Elmo 612-XL

Elmo 1012 S-XL

Elmo 230 S-XL

Elmo 240 S-XL

Elmo 260 S-XL

Elmo F 20 S XL

Kodak Supermatic 200

Nizo 6056

Nizo 6080

Sankyo XL 61-200

Sankyo XL 600 S