Canon Auto Zoom 1218 Super 8

marketed in April 1968

silent super 8 cartridge

image size: 4.2 x 5.7 mm

lens: Canon Zoom Lens C8 f: 1.8 \ F: 7.5-90 mm

composition: 19 elements, 13 groups

zooming ratio: 12x

focusing: manual, 1.8 m to infinity

rangefinder: split image

zooming: auto with 2 speeds (3-6 and 10-12 sec) and manual

zooming rotation angle: 150 degrees

filter size: 82 mm (inner diameter), 85 mm (outer diameter)

viewfinder: single-lens reflex with non-reverse image; adjustable eyepiece: -3 to +1 diopter

viewfinder information: aperture value, exposure meter needle, over/under exposure warnings

exposure: autom and manual exposure control; TTL Electric Eye, super high sensitive CdS exposure meter

metering range: 250 ASA, f/1.8, 18 fps - 16 ASA, f/16, slow motion

film speed: automatic for 16/25, 25/40, 40/64, 64/100, 100/160 and 160 /250 ASA (daylight/tungsten)

ASA notching: 5-pin

CCA filter: built-in 85A filter, with filter control switch; automatically cancelled with loading of a daylight type film cartridge

filming speed: 18, 24 fps, slow motion (approx 45 fps), single frame

shutter opening: 165 degrees

fading: possible using a ND filter and manual aperture setting together

sound: no

remote control socket: yes

2 cable release sockets: single frame and continuous running

movie light socket: no

handle: detachable pistol grip (32 x 115 x 128 mm / 280 g)

footage counter: automatic resetting by unloading of a film cartridge

battery check button: yes

film drive motor: DC micromotor

power source: 5 x AA batteries \ 2 x 1.3 V HD mercury cells

weight: 2000 g

dimensions: 89 x 104 x 256 mm

tripod socket: 1/4"

made in Japan by Canon

Pictures by César Ballesteros, Requena (Spain).