super 8 database \ how to describe a super 8 camera
 

film wide:

 8 mm \ 16 mm

film loading system:

double super 8 spool (10, 30, 60 m)

silent super 8 cartridge \ sound super 8 cartridge

silent single 8 cartridge \ sound single 8 cartridge

60 m Super 8 cassete (supermatic cassette)

polavision cartridge

tellcin cartridge

image size:

 4.2 x 5.27 mm

lens focal lenght:

 F: n-n mm

lens composition:

n elements in n groups

lens zooming ratio:

 nx

lens aperture:

 f/n

focusing:

manual

automatic

semi automatic

focus free

focus fixed

minimum object/lens distance:

 n meters

zooming:

auto zooming by electric micromotor

  • coupled to film drive or not

  • with variable speed

manual zooming

 zoom rotation angle:

 n degrees

macro focusing:

  wide-angle macro:

  n mm from the film plane mark

 (n mm from the lens top)

  field of view: n x n mm

  telephoto macro:

  n mm from the film plane mark

 (n mm from the lens top)

  field of view: n x n mm

filter size:

screw in: n mm

fit on: n mm

viewfinder:

single-lens reflex

not reflex, Galilean type with parallax

rangefinder:

aerial

split image

microprism

dual beam

ground glass, etc

viewfinder dioptric adjustment:

 +/- n diopters

viewfinder information:

f/stop indicator

over/under-exposure warning signal

film end precaution / film transport indicator

battery indicator

sound recording level indicator

sound recording signal, etc

exposure control:

manual exposure control

semi automatic exposure control (light meter in viewfinder)

automatic exposure control by Electric Eye:

  • manual ASA selection

  • automatic ASA selection by notches in film cartridge

Electric Eye lock:

 yes/no

Thru-The-Lens Electric Eye:

 yes/no

photocell type:

Si: Silicon

Se: Selenium

CdS: cadmium sulfide

film speed settings:

EE callibrated in 2/3 f/stop increments from 16 to 400 ASA:

16, 25, 40, 64, 100, 160, 250, 400

tungsten/daylight/panchromatic

ASA notching:

pin system

slide system

step system

aperture range:

 from f/n to f/n

EE metering range:

 ASA 400, f/1.4, 9 fps, shutter opening at 220 degrees, without CCA filter - ASA 25, f/45, 36 fps, shutter opening at 150 degrees, with CCA filter

exposure compensation:

 n steps compensation

backlight control:

 auto (by button), manual (by EE lock)

built-in CCA filter:

yes/no

Wratten type

CCA filter cancelation:

CCA filter is automatically cancelled with loading of a daylight type film cartridge

manual cancellation of the CCA filter is possible with the CCA filter switch

automatic cancellation of the CCA filter when movie light is coupled

built-in Neutral Density filter:

yes/no

2x, 4x

film drive motor:

power filming by a high performance micro-motor

spring wound motor

filming:

 forward, reverse, single frame

filming speed:

 n fps

film counter

 0 to n meters, it automatically resets to zero when the film is unloaded

frame counter:

 0 to n frames, it automatically resets to zero when the film is unloaded

rewinding mechanism

 power or manual rewinding

self timer:

 n seconds shooting with N seconds delay

interval timer:

 n frames shooting per every N seconds

shutter opening angle:

n degrees

shutter sectors:

fixed

variable, and lockable at 0, 3/4, 1/2 or 1/4

shutter type:

disc

guillotine, etc

picture fading:

auto

manual

lap-dissolve:

auto

manual

superimpositions:

 yes/no

flash synchronization socket:

yes/no

usable for double-system recording

sound recording system:

single-system, magnetic reording on super 8 film

double-system, synchronized recording with a external audio record

double-system type:

1000 Hz pulse every 1or 4 frames

pilotone

quartz crystal, etc

camera sound inputs:

microphone

auxiliary

input sound mixing

yes, no

camera sound outputs:

earphone

amplifier output

input/output characteristics:

jack type

impedance

sensivity

usable equipment

recording characteristic:

frequency response

signal/noise ratio

distorsion rate

wow and flutter

speed desviaton

sound controls:

tone, normal or bass

recording level: manual or auto (ALC, Audio Level Control)

sound fading, auto or manual

remote control socket:

 yes/no

cable release socket:

single frame

continuous running

movie light socket:

Kodak type

srew type, 1/4"

Elmo type

accessory sockets:

shoe

screw

handle:

 fixed, removable, retractable

tripod socket:

 1/4", 3/8"

weight:

 grams

dimensions:

 millimeters

power source:

for film drive motor: n x batteries

for Electric Eye: n x batteries

for amplifier: n x batteries

external power outlet

 n V DC with charger