Zenit Quarz DS8-M
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Zenit Quarz DS8-M
Accepts Double Super 8 reel film
Date: 1968
Lens: Anastigmat Jupiter-24-1 F1.9 12.5mm
Frame rates: 12, 18, 24, 48 + single frame
Manual Exposure with exposure meter built in (meter supports GOST 16 - 180)
No sound
No batteries for the film's transportation (spring wound drive motor) needed, but a selenium photocell for the exposure meter
Made in Russia
Manufacturer: Zenit (Krasnogorsk USSR)
Weight: 1.2 kg
English/German instruction manuals: http://www.super8aid.net/cameras.html
Russian manual: http://zenit.istra.ru/mans/quarz-2x8s-1m/quarz-2x8s-1m.html
[edit] Comments
Double-Super8-Camera!!!
Description found here:
- Motor: mechanical motor with a clock spring machanism.
- Film frame: 3.6 x 4.9 mm
- Film: 2x8 film , plastic spools, long 10.5 m
- Speed: Speed - fixed 12, 18, 24, 48, frames per second, and single shooting.
- Shutter speed: 12fps-1/23s, 18fps-1/34s, 24fps-1/46s, 48fps-1/92s, single shooting 1/34s
- Lens: Fixed lens Jupiter-24-1 1.9/12.5mm with wide 0.5x= 6.25mm and tele 2.0x=25mm lens adapter
- Focusing:
- base lens - free focus or via distance marks on the lens.
- with 0.5 x wide adapter- free focus
- with 2.0x tele adapter - via distance marks on the adapter
- Sharp distance:
| F1.9 | F2.8 | F4.0 | F5.6 | F8.0 | F11 | F16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6m-inf | 1.2m-inf | 0.9m-inf | 0.7m-inf | 0.5m-inf | 0.4m-inf | 0.3m-inf |
- Light meter: The camera has light meter. The light meter has indicator in the viewfinder.
- Film speed setting: Manual setting of film speed from 12 up to 100 ASA
- Viewfinder: Telescopic with 0.4x
- Shooting mode: Camera has manual and semi auto mode to setup apperture.
- Size: 125x70x255mm
- Weight: 2.8 Kg
Found on eBay:
The spring drive ensures 2m film run.
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