marketed in 1969-70

silent super 8 cartridge

lens: Zoom Lens f: 1.2 \ F: 12-24 mm

zooming ratio: 2x

focusing: fixed

zooming: manual

filter size: ?

viewfinder: not reflex

viewfinder information: ?

exposure: auto exposure control; not TTL EE, CdS cell

film speed: ?

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 Hong Kong by Halina

• Test report on Synchronex Mark I and Mark IV:  Movie Maker Magazine, March 1972.

• In 1970 the price of camera and record unit was $139.95 and, projector price, $169.95. Print advertisment in Popular Mechanics Magazine, Vol 134, Num 5, published by Hearst Magazines, Usa, November 1970, pages 229.

• (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.

• 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.

• United States Patent 3582196, Scene commencement indicating device for combination motion picture camera and tape recorder, filing date 12/06/1968, publication date 06/01/1971, Jesse L Colodner & Pearl River, asignee to The Synchronex Corporation, New York, New York.

• United States Patent 3583796, Synchronization of pre-recorded audio tape signals of motion picture film, filing date 11/05/1968, publication date 06/08/1971, Jesse L Colodner & Pearl River, asignee to The Synchronex Corporation, New York, New York.