The perfect super 8?

[honzav]

Hi,

I am brand new to shooting film and would like to buy my first super 8 camera. After seaching ebay and many other places, there seem to be hundreds of models to choose from. I have a 'wish list' of things I wish this camera had:

 

1. Lightweight ( <4lbs ) and with a removable or foldable handle so I can possibly use it on a Steadicam JR.

 

2. Manual exposure / apperture.

 

3. Intervalometer for timelapse shooting

 

4. Wide lens... preferably 6mm +/-

 

 

Does such a camera exist?

 

Any feedback on what you may recommend is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

Honza

[Chris Burke]

I recommend any Nizo, especially the 6080.

[Nate Downes]

Chinon 200/12

[Giles Perkins]

Nizo 801 or Nizo Pro, German engineering, look darn good when not is use (always a bonus in my book!)

 

Giles

www.onsuper8.org

Super 8 is forty in 2005, what are you doing to celebrate?

[Matt Pacini]

Most of the top end Super 8 cameras will do most of that, but the only one with a lens that wide, is the Bauer 715XL-S.

It's a great camera, with a 6mm-90mm Angenieux lens.

 

Trhe Canon 1014XL-S has a 6.5-65mm lens, so that's the second widest.

Most S8 cameras start at 8mm, & go up to 70mm or 80mm.

 

The only quiet Super 8 camera on earth is the Nizo 6080 (& perhaps the 6056 or 4080).

 

Matt Pacini