Minolta Autopak-8 S 6

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Minolta Autopak-8 S 6

Year: 1968-70

Lens: Rokkor 1,8 / 8,4 - 50 mm

Aerial Focusing

Manual Zoom

Frame rates: 18 + single frame

Auto Exposure

Remote control socket

Interval timer

No sound

Made in Japan

Manufacturer: Minolta

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I bought this camera off ebay a couple years back. I think i paid somewhere in the ballpark of 8 bucks. I've ran 6 rolls of Kodak Plus-X through it. As my introductory camera to the Super 8 world, I find this camera to be just fine for standard shooting.

I'm not so sure how the auto-exposure function works... but it does. Actually, i cannot even find a battery compartment for the auto-exposure...unless it runs off the four AA batteries. The film is exposed properly so I have no complaints...if only I had a projector that wouldn't EAT and mangle my film. I haven't had the pleasure of employing the remote socket - but I don't particularly care to do so. The single frame function is cool though.

Despite this camera's age, it works as if it were brand new. It's got a nice solid pistol-grip feel to it and it runs smoothly.

This camera is just fine for shooting. Forget the fades and dissolves - go for straight forward cinematography results and get a camera that's stripped of bells and whistles that'll eventually break (if not already broken) and run your batts down. You can do all the fades you want in post anyway.

Yale Film and Video in California offers wonderful Super 8 transfers. I had my stock transfered to miniDV tape.

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