Lomo 218

This Lomo (Avrora) 218 is another acquisition from eBay. I forgot how much I paid for it (I´ve never bought a camera off eBay for more than 30 euros....yet). Specs from super8wiki as follows:


year: 1978-79
lens: 2,4 / 12,5 - 12,5 mm
frame rate: 18
manual / auto exp (not TTL)
silent
made in Russia

This particular one that I have, seems to be missing its lens, which is quite a pity. Unfortunately, I´ve also read that its not 64t friendly. oh well, as long as it runs on batteries. Still undecided whether I should bother running a test 64T or a Tri-X through it. Opinions very much welcome.

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Sankyo CM-800

This is the camera that started it all basically. I acquired it from a flea market in Trier for euros 4,50. I was just glad to see one in the flesh, I guess. Didn't know about checking the batt compartment for corrosion...or the lens for fungus...stuff like that. And so, upon taking it home and further inspecting it, here is what I got:

The battery compartment is heavily corroded (I think there were batteries when I opened it,..don't remember). Two of the contact springs have been replaced, which caused the battery contacts and the closing of the latch to be all screwed up.

There's some sort of tape near where the cartridge release. Maybe light is leaking in? And the lens is loose, but in fairly good condition.

Here are her specs (thanks to super8wiki):

year: 1969-70

lens: Sankyo zoom 1,8 / 7,5 - 60 mm

microprism focusing

auto/manual zoom

18, 36 + single frame

manual/auto exp

backlight control

no sound

made in Japan

manufacturer: Sankyo Seiki MFG co.

There you go. I might tinker with it a bit, but no expectations as to wether I can make it work. It makes a good,huge deco piece though.

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Bauer Trouble

First off, BlogPress works great! If only I can find where to edit the tags though...

So, on to the Bauer. It is an S 209 that I wasn't really "planning" on getting but was pleasantly surprised when I did. The battery compartment was nice and clean, and sure enough when I tested it the film advance was smooth.
Then I tested the zoom, first with the auto. The motor was humming, but there was no movement. So i tried manually. The lens itself didnt seem to move, so when I budged it, I think i broke it, because when I opened the side panel and took out the lens (see photo), it looked like there's a circular disk that came off. Yikes. Whats worse, is that when I tried putting the lens back, I couldn't see through the viewfinder anymore. Sigh...a work in progress, I think. Pity, 'coz the mechanisms inside looked really sharp. Maybe I'll keep this one for "study" purposes. What do you think?











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This just in: Ektachrome and test 8mm film

Hello. As the title implies (slightly), my first roll of fresh 64T Ektachrome arrived in the mail today. Got it from eBay....again. So did the 8mm film of some Disney stuff that also arrived. The latter I got to hopefully test the Revue Lux 2003 mentioned from my previous post.











As for the Ektachrome, I'm still deciding what camera to test-shoot it with. I'm thinking between the Sankyo MF-303,the NiZo 116, or one of the 2 Canon 514's. What do you think?

By the way, another first in this post is my using BlogPress Lite to post this blog. Here goes nothin'!

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Revue Lux 2003 film projector

I got this projector at a flea market in Trier ("Floh Markt"). After some haggling by my tita Erma, we got this for 5 euros. At first I didn't really expect it to work, since we got it cheap, plus it was raining that time and although I tried my best to cover it, some moisture crept into it. It also didn't come with a power plug (I bought one at Saturn in Trier). But after plugging it in, it seems to be in working condition. The motor runs smoothly, and the bulb seems to be in perfect condtion. As of this time, I haven't really found anything about it online, and I really don't know how to operate it. I'm still waiting for a super 8 film I bought from eBay to test it. Some info and tips would be much appreciated. Updates soon.

My Super 8's

Hi All. Ages ago I ranted about culture shock, employment difficulties, unfair labor laws, etc. Seems I got the thinking that a blog about my problems would interest anybody and maybe even get me a job. Now although I still believe that the two afformentioned blogging reasons are still possible, I decided to make this blog more about my hobbies (passions?). Because I figured, this is way more fulfilling and easier to write about than my ongoing problematic life.

And so, after music and instruments, Capoeria, boxing, art and doodling, DJing, now its Super 8 (I still love all of these, mind you). I've been reading about super 8 filming and cameras for a while now, but only when I got the chance to buy an actual camera from a flea market in Trier that I really got into this world (that camera turned out to be defective).

So here's what I have so far. Articles on each coming soon.

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Is this the beginning of the end?

Daniel