AMP Sound Super 8 Camera - Model 1 (1)

marketed in 1970-71

silent super 8 cartridge

lens: AMP Sound Super-8 f: 1.8 \ F: 9.5-32 mm

zooming ratio: 3.4x

focusing: manual, 1.5 m to infinity

rangefinder: ?

zooming: manual

filter size: ?

viewfinder: single-lens reflex with adjustable eyepiece

viewfinder information: exposure meter, film run signal

exposure: auto exposure control only; TTL Electric Eye, CdS photocell

film speed: auto for 25/40 and 64/100 ASA (daylight/tungsten)

ASA notching: 1-pin

CCA filter: built-in 85A filter, coupled with movie light socket

shutter opening angle: <180

sound: double-system, socket for external recording with a synchronized tape recorder (2)

remote control socket: yes

cable release socket: no

movie light socket: screw type

film counter: 1-15 m

handle: fixed, chamber for penlight batteries

battery check button: no

film drive motor: DC micromotor

power source: 4 x AA batteries \ 1 x PX14, 2.7 V button cell for light meter

weight: ?

dimensions: 50 x 200 x 225 mm

tripod socket: 1/4"

made in Japan by ?

• (1) The model 1 is same as the model 2, but without manual exposure control and battery tester.

• (2) This movie camera came with a tape recorder connected by a cable to the camera and synchronized with the movie film advance. The tape recorder uses the compact cassettes.

• United States Patent 3297835, Moving picture camera switch with improved rotary contact disc structure, filing date 12/03/1965, publication date 10/01/1967, Jesse L Colodner & Pearl River, asignee to International Camera Corporation, New York, New York.