Pathé Webo DS8 BTL (1) - Model I

marketed in 1965 (2)

double super 8 spool, 30 m

lens: interchangeable lenses, C-mount triple turret (3)

viewfinder: single-lens reflex with locable eye-sight adjuster

viewfinder information: needle for aperture scale indicator

exposure: semi-automatic exposure control; TTL Electric Eye, CdS photocell

film speed: manual selection between 12 and 400 ASA (4)

filming: forward, reverse (5)

filming speed: 8, 16, 24, 32, 64, 80 fps, single frame

shutter opening angle: variable and lockable at 160º, 120º, 80º, 40º and closed

sound: no

handle: detachable pistol grip

film counter: 0 up to 30 m with auto reset

frame counter: 0 up to 100 frames

photocell battery: 1 x Mallory RM 1

camera drive: spring wound motor

weight: 2700 g (body only), 3400 g

dimensions: 110 x 180 x 24 mm (body only)110 x 180 x 360 mm

tripod mount: 1/4"

made in France by Pathé

• Precedent: Pathé Webo M Super 16, marketed in 1946. Movie camera with possible techniques: film rewind (double exposure, lap-dissolve) and variable shutter (fade-in/fade-out, backlight).

• (1) BTL =Behind The Lens.

• (2) Article in New York Times, October 17, 1965, Sunday, page 37.

• (3) Angenieux lenses : f: 1.9 \ F: 8-64 or f: 1.2 \ F: 6-90.

• (4) 12, 16, 20, 25, 32, 40, 50, 64, 80, 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400.

• (5) Reverse shooting or film rewind with crank, 8 frames with every one rotation.