Canon 514 XL-S AF

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Canon 514 XL-S AF

Year: 1980-1983

Weight: 1600 g

Lens: Canon zoom 1,4 / 9 - 45 mm (filter size: 52mm)

Macro focusing

Auto Focusing

Auto / Manual Zoom

Frame rates: 18, 24 + single frame

Shutter degree: 220

Manual / Auto Exposure

Backlight Control

Remote control socket

Auto / Manual Recording Level Control

6 X AA batteries

Made in Japan

Original price in England (in the year of introduction): £260

[edit] Comments

Essentially the same as the non-autofocus 514XL-S, this has an autofocus module above the zoom lens. The autofocus has two rangefinding windows using visible light but no moving parts apart from the motor driving the lens focussing. The camera should not be used with a lens hood or wide angle attachment since this blocks the rangefinding windows. The autofocus can switched off and the lens focussed manually.

One of a handful of autofocus models made by Canon, Elmo, Sankyo, Bolex and others, introduced in 1979/80 before mass production of Super 8 cameras ceased in the mid 1980s. Scarce and hence a future collector's item

[edit] Reviews

Jörg's Review: This is one of the few super8-cameras where the auto-focus is working fast and accurate enough for most of my purposes. Not to mention that the camera supports 24fps and has got all the nice features of the Canon 514 XL-S. If it only could recognize the Ektachrome 64T as a 64ASA film! Nevertheless it's a great camera. And so I sold my other AF-cameras (Elmo 6000 AF and Revue Sound CS 60 AF) ...

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