FILM TESTED Sankyo XL-620 Supertronic Super-8 movie camera.

A very clever camera from Sankyo, with an extremely large set of features. One of the most impressive we have seen on a Super-8.

See the gallery for a test film we shot with this camera (includes a test of the lap dissolve feature).

This camera amazingly has all of the following:

• Automatic zoom
• Manual exposure control
• Shooting speeds of 18 / 24 / 36 frames per second
• Fader function
• Lap dissolve function (to merge from one scene to another)
• Interval timer: automatically takes a single frame at a preset interval
• Animation timer: shoots either single or four-frame animation shots
• Preset timer: stops the camera after 4 or 15 seconds
• Self timer: filming after a 10 second delay, and then stops after 5 or 10 seconds

• Animation timer: shoots either single or four-frame animation shots

It comes with a folding hand-grip and is fairly compact.

• Power zoom lens (gets you 4x closer to the action)
• Fully automatic exposure
• Manual exposure control
• Remote control socket
• Film counter
• Battery check button
• Tungsten / Daylight switch
  
• Takes film speeds ISO 25-100 (Daylight) and 40-160 (Tungsten)

Condition

Camera in very good condition

The camera lens and viewfinder are very good.

Takes 4 x AA batteries.