Canon 518 SV Autozoom
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Canon 518 SV Auto Zoom
Year: 1970-1975
Lens: Canon zoom 1,8 / 9,5 - 47,5 mm
Microprism Focusing
Auto / Manual Zoom
Frame rates: 18, 24, 'approx. 36' + single frame (single frame only via cable release)
Manual / Auto Exposure (Auto-exposure mechanism reads:25T/16, 40T/25, 64T/40, 100T/64, 160T/100, 250T/160 and 400T/250)
Fades
Remote control socket
Cable release socket
No sound
4 X 1.5V (AA) batteries
Made in Japan
Original price in England (in the year of introduction): £150
Recently paid in eBay net auction:
- eBay USA:
- US$ 36 in 07/1999
- US$ 82 in 08/1999
- US$ 20.50 in 07/2007
- eBay Austria:
- EUR 1,00 (+ EUR 8,32 shipping) in 05/2006
- eBay Germany:
- EUR 13,12 (+ EUR 5,90 shipping) in 04/2007
- eBay Italy:
- EUR 29,90 (+ EUR 12,00 shipping) in 04/2008
There's more information at the Canon Camera museum
Instruction manual for a similar model is here: http://www.mondofoto.com/manuals/canon-autozoom-518/
[edit] Comments
Revised version of 518 Autozoom.
This camera will work fine in auto-exposure with E64T film.
When buying a used camera: Please remember that there are Single8-versions of the Canon 518, too, that look pretty much like the Super-8-versions:
[edit] Reviews
The built-in Wratten filter 85 is activated and discarded using a special key which has to be inserted in a hole on the top of the camera. As many used cameras has not this filter-key anymore (because the owner has lost it), it is very simple to replace it using a piece of plastic shaped as Greek letter "P". Its dimensions are:
- height: 1,8 cm
- lenght: 2 cm
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