Canon Auto Zoom 518
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Canon Auto Zoom 518
Year: 1968-1974
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens C-8 f1,8 / 9,5 - 47,5 mm
48mm filter thread
Split Image Focusing
Auto / Manual Zoom
Frame rates: 18, 36
Manual / Auto Exposure
Detects cartridge notches to set ASA: Tungsten 25, 40, 64, 100, 160 and Daylight 16, 25, 40, 64, 100.
Fades
Remote control socket
Cable release socket
No sound (some had Filmosound sync output)
4 X AA batteries + 2x PX625 1.3V mercury cells for light meter
Instruction manual: Canon manuals at filmshooting.com
Made in Japan
Original price in England (in the year of introduction): £119
Revised version of Canon Zoom 518 (36 f/s, motor zoom and new handle design)
Prices on eBay:
- eBay USA:
- US$31 in 07/1999
- US$71 in 07/1999
- US$78 in 07/1999
- eBay Germany:
- EUR 1,00 (+ EUR 6,90 shipping) in 03/2007 ("untested" camera)
[edit] Comments
Some 518 models were made with sync sound jacks, compatible with the Bell & Howell Filmosound cassette tape recorders.
This camera understands cartridge notches to expose E64T properly.
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] eBay Auctions
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