Canon Zoom 518 Super 8 Movie camera





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Description from the seller
In April 1964 Eastman Kodak announced a new 8mm film standard: Super 8.
This standard offered a larger image format than regular 8mm film, and the film came in a user-friendly cassette.
The new standard had major consequences for other manufacturers.
Sales of cameras for the regular 8mm standard plummeted, and the development of such cameras was immediately halted—even for models that were already nearly completed.
Canon developed its first Super 8 model: the Zoom 518 Super 8.
This was the first film camera whose housing was made from ABS—a material that would later become the standard.
The zoom lens was identical to that of the Cine Zoom 512 (introduced in June 1964), with the exception of the rear lens group, which had been redesigned specifically for the Super 8 format.
Moreover, this was the first film camera to use a TTL system (Through-The-Lens) for light metering.
In April 1964 Eastman Kodak announced a new 8mm film standard: Super 8.
This standard offered a larger image format than regular 8mm film, and the film came in a user-friendly cassette.
The new standard had major consequences for other manufacturers.
Sales of cameras for the regular 8mm standard plummeted, and the development of such cameras was immediately halted—even for models that were already nearly completed.
Canon developed its first Super 8 model: the Zoom 518 Super 8.
This was the first film camera whose housing was made from ABS—a material that would later become the standard.
The zoom lens was identical to that of the Cine Zoom 512 (introduced in June 1964), with the exception of the rear lens group, which had been redesigned specifically for the Super 8 format.
Moreover, this was the first film camera to use a TTL system (Through-The-Lens) for light metering.

