Zenit Quarz DS8-3

Zenit Quarz DS8-3

Accepts Double Super 8 reel film

Lens: Meteor-8M 1.8 / 9 - 38 mm, single coated

Manual Zoom

Frame rates: single frame, 12, 18, 24, 36

Manual / Auto Exposure

+/- correction for auto

Cable release socket

No sound

No batteries needed (selenium light meter)

Spring wound drive motor

Made in Russia

Manufacturer: Zenit (Mechanical Factory Krasnogorsk, USSR)

Prices on eBay:

• eBay Germany:
  • EUR 29,00 (+ EUR 7,90 shipping) in 04/2006

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Double-Super8-Camera!!!

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A web page about the camera by David Haardt

Description found here, some mistakes corrected using the information from David Haardt's web page:

• Motor: mechanical motor with a clock spring mechanism.
• Film frame: 4.22 x 5.69 mm
• Film: Double Super 8 film, plastic spools, 7.5m or 10m long
• Speed: Speed - fixed 12, 18, 24, 36, frames per second, and single shooting.
• Shutter speed: 12fps-1/23s, 18fps-1/20s, 24fps-1/45s, 36fps-1/68s, single shooting 1/20s
• Lens: Zoom lens Meteor-8M 1.8/9-38mm
• Focusing: via focusing screen or via distance marks on the lens.
• Light meter: The camera has a selenium light meter with match-needle in the viewfinder.
• Film speed setting: Manual setting of film speed 20-200 ISO (domestic version) or 12-160 ISO (export version)
• Viewfinder: Reflex 0.5-2.05x
• Shooting mode: Camera has manual and semi auto mode to setup aperture (match-needle)
• Size: 186 x 68 x 150mm
• Weight: 1.6 Kg