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THE CAMERA

The camera incorporated a fixed focus
10mm f1:1.15 lens, with automatic
exposure and a simple above the lens
viewfinder. It was battery operated with
two AA size batteries. A simple 1 to 0 (full
to empty) film usage indicator is located
on the side.

There are two operate buttons located at
the top of the camera, the black one
(above the ‘C100’) is the regular ‘run’
control. The orange button is the still
image button.

When a still image was wanted, the
normally black area between the
perforations was exposed by an internal
light source, which was detected by the
viewer and paused the film on playback.
As mentioned earlier, the still image
As with all Super 8 cameras, the cleverly function is automatic with the film
designed notches in the film cartridge transport halting once the flashed area of
engaged with a switch, which the film is detected. The operator has the
automatically set the exposure control to option of pressing the black key on the
suit the speed of the film in the cartridge. front to return to movie mode, or engaging
the timer which will automatically restart
THE VIEWER the mechanism after about 5 seconds.

The viewer is mains operated, with a 50 The image is clear, bright and steady.
watt lamp. Reel capacity is 400 feet on Overall, the system would have offered a
swing out arms. The three position great way to film and view family films with
function control provided for play and a minimum of ‘filmic’ knowledge.
rewind, as well as stop..

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