Ross Trimboli Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hello All, A fellow Super-8 fan here. I've recently dug up an old Canon Auto Zoom 318M and gave the unit a bit of a clean up - cleaned inside the battery compartment, resoldered some weak joins etc and so forth, anyway, the camera is in what I think is good opperating condition it seems, motor runs nicely, zoom works (can be seen from outside the lens) except for the view finder. I believe the mirror had been dislodged long before I got my hands on it. It was ratteling around but was able to get it out safely when I took one side panel off (It was just floating were the trigger is). What I'm looking for is a repair manual or even a direction to a site if anyone has a repair or disasembly detailed. I can't for the life of me remove the left hand side cover (battery compartment side), hoping that I will be able to re-fit the dislodged mirror for the viewfinder to get this little beauty operational again. It seems useable as it is, however I wouldn't want to waste valuable film by just guessing.Any help would be much appreciated. Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustaining Member Alessandro Machi Posted May 7, 2013 Sustaining Member Share Posted May 7, 2013 I wish they would do an occasional advertisement on cinematography dot com...This company might have a repair manual for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Trimboli Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) Thank you for your response Alessandro, just ordered the user/instruction manual. Hopefully it should arrive shortly. Although the operation of the camera seems pretty straight forward although I've rarely really dealt much with video (only still photography), I'm a big fan of the Super-8 format. Looking to experimenting with it and see what I can come up with, just need to get that mirror repaired now and it should be all set. Ross Edited May 7, 2013 by Ross Trimboli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Jaeger Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hope you didn't pay too much for the manual, you could probably find a replacement camera with a manual included on ebay for very little money. A quick search found this one (albeit with a faulty zoom) for 10 pounds: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-318M-Auto-Zoom-Super-8-Cine-Camera-With-Instructions-FAULTY-ZOOM-/230958956378?pt=UK_Photography_VintageCameras_SM&hash=item35c639ff5a A lot of S8 cameras have screws hidden under the decals or leatherette. You can peel them off using a bit of acetone to soften the adhesive and then glue them back on later with epoxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Loredo Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 A lot of S8 cameras have screws hidden under the decals or leatherette. You can peel them off using a bit of acetone to soften the adhesive and then glue them back on later with epoxy. I use that kind of tape that has glue on both sides. At least with Canon leatherette works superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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