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FILM TESTED Minolta Super-8 movie camera: Autopak-8 D12

FILM TESTED Minolta Super-8 movie camera: Autopak-8 D12

Regular price $725.00 AUD
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The top-of-the range Minolta Super-8 camera - one of the finest Super-8 movie cameras ever made.

The Minolta D12 is superb Super-8 cine camera with advanced features for serious movie making. It features a 'lap-dissolve' function that lets you transition from one scene to another, with an overlapping fade out / in. Very few cameras have this capability.

It has a very sold die-cast metal body and metal case, and one of the brightest viewfinders we have seen on a Super-8 (in this respect it is a step up from the competing Nikon R10/R8 cameras). 

This camera was released with a range of professional accessories including an intervalometer (which takes a single frame automatically at preset intervals), and a radio remote release. We occasionally have these accessories - please contact us for details.

This camera is film tested - see the sample video for a test film including testing of the lap dissolve function. 

It 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 original condition with no damage
  • Lovely clean lens
  • All functions working well including the automatic exposure control, exposure override, variable shutter, fade-in / fade-out
  • Clean battery compartment 

 

 

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