Ryan Hannaby

oh i forgot to ask on other thing: what are the plugs on either side of the handle for?

You guys Rock! mystery solved It all makes sense now. I think remember reading somewhere (maybe here) that Chinon was one of the largest manufactures of super 8 cameras and made them for other companies or something to that effect. I guess thats why it looks so similar to the actual Chinon cameras, and with the Chinon Lens i guess thats what threw me off. So what i have is actually a GAF ST1000. I guess the GAF 500 switch on the side should have been a dead giveaway i just didn't make that connection (duh). The only thing wrong aside from missing its badges is the auto zoom only works out (all i have to do is tap W and it goes without holding it) in (T) for some reason doesn't work at all (i guess thats what you get for $3.99 at the goodwill). not sure if its worth getting serviced any thoughts? Art: thanks for the links, helpfull yet mildly confusing (maybe i should reread it not at 3:30am) ;) loved the outtakes Thanks everyone for the help :D its very much appreciated

Thanks Nate. As per you suggestion i removed the crappy old eyecup. ive also take some better pictures so maybe someone is able to better identify this camera of the 2 buttons on the side the one on the left makes the camera run faster FPS as mentioned. the one on the right doesn't seem to do anything Reads a wide aray of Film speeds and also has a switch on the top and side for 500ASA also the white print on the inside of the door says "071" and i know there is a Chinon 1071 but.. this is a 1071 DeLuxe i found on ebay snazzy faux wood paneling and this one dosnt have the switch for 500asa film then there is this guy the 1072 DeLuxe which has some other little buttons but is most like mine and square fade button mine is round doesn't have the 500asa switch on the side but looks like it may have it on the top on top of mine there is also dial for auto and manual Exposure there seems to very limited info on the net about these cameras. http://www.super8data.com/ has data for a 1070 1071 1072 and lists a 1000 but has no info for it. Aswell im not sure if there are both DeLuxe and non-DeLuxe versions of each. and there is also some confusion with respect to running 36fps or 48fps when cross referenced with super8wiki. I guess it doesn't really so much matter it would just be nice to know a bit more about this camera before i go test it out. which im sure you can all appreciate. again thanks for taking the time

i recently acquired this Elmo Projector. now when i first opened it to have a look inside it seemed to me the door was quite snug but now it wont seem to close all the way. when i removed the black casing over the lamp the thing would then shut the way you would expect it to "snug". im wondering what im doing wong? is the metal catch that snaps it shut bent and in the way or am i just retarted and doing something wrong. it a very nice machine and i don't want to mess it up by forcing it so i thought if anyone here had one of these maybe they would know here are some photos here is the metal catch on the inside of the door that i think is the culprit any clues? thanks in advance

so i found this Chinon at the Goodwill the other day. but im having trouble figuring out which model it is as all the badges have be ripped off of it. It takes 4xAA and 2xmercury/zinc battaries and printed on the lens is "CHINON Reflex Zoom Lens f:1.7 6.5 ~ 65mm" also im wondering, there isn't much left of the eye cup and its getting a bit messy (tar like) does anyone know if there would be a suitable replacement ? here are 2 quick photos i took i know one of those two buttons on the side make the camera run at a faster speed i presume its 36fps. thanks in advance