AMP Sound Super 8 Camera - Model 2 (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 and manual 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: yes
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 2 is same as the model 1, but with 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.