Perfect Sound Super Zoom

marketed in 1969-70

silent super 8 cartridge

lens: Synchronex Sound f: 1.8 \ F: ? mm

zooming ratio: 2x

focusing: fixed

zooming: manual

filter size: ?

viewfinder: single-lens reflex with adjustable eyepiece

viewfinder information: ?

exposure: auto exposure control; TTL EE, CdS cell

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

ASA notching: 4 pins

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

filming speed: 24 fps

shutter opening angle: <180 degrees

sound: double-system, socket for sound recording on synchronized tape recorder (1)

remote control socket: yes

cable release socket: no

movie light socket: screw type

film counter: 0-50 ft

handle: detachable pistol grip

film drive motor: DC micromotor

battery check button: yes

power source: 4 x AA batteries \ 1 x button cell for light meter

weight: ?

dimensions: ?

tripod socket: 1/4"

made in Japan by [Yashica ?]

• this movie camera seems to be designed by Synchronex

• (1) Synchronex Super8 System consists of the camera and a synchronised c-cassette player. After you finished taking your images, you placed both the film cartridge and the matching tape cassette in a prepaid mailing bag and you mailed to Synchronex Laboratories in New York. Your films were returned to your magnetically striped and lip-synchronized, ready to be played back on any Super8 sound-on-film (magetic) projector.

Picture by Rick Oleson, Lexington Kentucky (USA), www.flickr.com/photos/26262745@N08/