Posted: 2/15/2013 12:57:03 PM EDT
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Going through some boxes of stuff at a buddies house, came across some camera/recording equipment, no idea what it is. He says it's from about 1965-ish. Any help is appreciated!
The box the camera thing came in 
The camera 
The next thing, came in a case 
Open it up 
The last item, I don't know if it opens, I didn't want to mess it up or something 
The owner was a Captain in the U.S. Army, was a helicopter pilot, and later in his career was an escort/photographer for high ranking people, if you guys can help identify the items, and if possible, a price range on them, it would be very helpful, thanks! |
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Old Super 8 camera. Low end auto everything model.
B&H made good cameras and projectors. Super 8 was introduced in 1965. Any Vietnam era home movies kicking around? The projector is a better model. Worth a bit more than the camera if working. Some in that series are dual 8mm/Super 8. It's auto-threading, those clear plastic guides form the loop. Nice mid-century styling, particularly the camera. Camera $15-$20. Projector, guessing <$50. |
| DPreview.com is probably the largest photographic site on the web. It is Digital Photography centric, but there are a lot of knowledgeable people on there, and many, not so much. If you get a non-smart ass answer, it is probably close to accurate. You can also check ebay and/or KEH.com for resonable resale value (KEH may be a little higher than ebay, but are usually pretty fair). From my quick search of ebay, the responses so far in this thread seem accurate. |
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Quoted: Old Super 8 camera. Low end auto everything model. B&H made good cameras and projectors. Super 8 was introduced in 1965. Any Vietnam era home movies kicking around? The projector is a better model. Worth a bit more than the camera if working. Some in that series are dual 8mm/Super 8. It's auto-threading, those clear plastic guides form the loop. Nice mid-century styling, particularly the camera. Camera $15-$20. Projector, guessing <$50. That's what my dad used. Poked it out the side window. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkoulvnF1I
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Old Super 8 camera. Low end auto everything model. B&H made good cameras and projectors. Super 8 was introduced in 1965. Any Vietnam era home movies kicking around? The projector is a better model. Worth a bit more than the camera if working. Some in that series are dual 8mm/Super 8. It's auto-threading, those clear plastic guides form the loop. Nice mid-century styling, particularly the camera. Camera $15-$20. Projector, guessing <$50. That's what my dad used. Poked it out the side window. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkoulvnF1I That's what I'm talkin'! 
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that would be cool as hell
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Most of the American WWII gun camera footage you see came from electric drive 16mm B&H cameras.
Their spring wound 16mm "Filmo" cameras were very robust and popular with the Signal Corp for field use. A lot of those cameras went to surplus. My film department had about a half dozen of them. We had this model: 
That's a turret mounted set of prime lenses geared to a turreted set of corresponding lenses on the viewfinder. These are not reflex cameras, no TTL but also simpler, sturdier and less prone to light leakage. 
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