FILM TESTED Minolta Super-8 movie camera: Autopak-8 D10. Rewind pickup.

This camera is available for purchase at Rewind Photo Lab, Alexandria NSW.

The Minolta D10 is a top quality Super-8 cine camera with advanced features for serious movie making.

See the gallery for a short test film taken with this camera.

Built to compete with the legendary Nikon R10/R8 range it has superb build quality and a stunning 10x zoom lens (f/1.8).

The D10 has a range of manual controls for advanced creativity and the ability to deal with a variety of shooting conditions including:

• 5-stage variable zoom speed (from 2 to 12 seconds for full zoom range)
• Full viewfinder information: f/stop, exposure warning signal, shutter open / close degree, safe-run signal, film-end signal
• Exposure override control (+/- 2 stops in automatic exposure mode)
• Manual exposure control
• Manual control of shutter opening degree
• Automatic shutter opening / closing (for fade-out and fade-in)
• Extremely wide range of film speeds: ISO 16, 25, 40, 64, 100, 160, 150, 400 and 640 
• Shooting speeds 8, 12, 18, 24, 32, 50 fps (32 and 50 require an additional battery pack)
• Takes 5x AA batteries
• Beautiful chrome metal body, with a weight of 1990g.

Condition

• In overall excellent condition
• Leatherette in good condition with no damage
• Lovely clean lens
• All functions working well including the light meter, exposure override, variable shutter, fade-in / fade-out
• Clean battery compartments