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| Marketed | June 1964 |
| Original Price | 69,000 yen |
This was the highest-end model, with a spring motor drive system, and it was intended as Canon's symbol of movie camera technology. The goal was to apply 16mm-movie-camera technology in an 8mm movie camera. The fast f/1.2 lens was the first to apply Gauss for the relay lens based on the high-magnification and high-resolution lens of the Reflex Zoom 8-3 (marketed in 1962). This camera, with a variable shutter opening and spring mechanism enabling long time shooting, was called a “masterpiece” of movie cameras and was used for a long time by movie lovers, who wanted to produce high-quality movies.
After this model, Canon movie cameras were named according to their zooming ratio and f/ number.
| Type | Regular 8 type 8mm movie camera | |
| Image Size | 3.7 x 4.9 mm (Projection image size: 3.3 x 4.4 mm) | |
| Film | Reel type, 25 feet film (Width of film: 16 mm) | |
| Lens | Focal Length/Speed | 8.5 – 42.5mm (17 elements in 12 groups, including 6 new type glass elements) Spectra coating of amber and magenta. Inner diameter: 48mm, outer diameter: 50mm |
| Zooming Ratio | 5x | |
| Focusing | Manual (Front lens group rotating method), 1.2 m to infinity | |
| Zooming | Manual (Electric automatic zooming enabled by attaching the power grip) | |
| Viewfinder | Type | Single-lens reflex type with non-reverse image |
| Rangefinder | Split-image rangefinder | |
| Dioptric Adjustment | -3 to +1 diopter | |
| Information Display | Aperture value, exposure meter needle, match needle, under/over exposure warning | |
| Exposure Meter | Type | Built-in super high sensitive match needle CdS exposure meter. Correct exposure can be obtained by just adjusting the match needle on light meter needle. Aperture scale and exposure warning marks. |
| Metering Range | Coupled to entire range of f/1.2, 8fps to f/22, 64 fps for ISO 5 – 320 films. | |
| Power Source | One 1.3 V mercury cell (M-P, TH-MR or RM-1) | |
| Film Drive | Filming Speed | 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 fps and single frame |
| Driving System | Spring motor Crank winding system. The powerful spring motor can drive 4 m (13 ft.) with one full charge. Two full windings can drive one side of film (7.5 m). |
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| Footage Counter | Automatically resets by film loading (opening and closing of pressure plate). Coupled to film winding and rewinding. | |
| Frame Counter | Zero adjustment possible. One rotation shows 80 frames (1 ft.). Coupled to the footage counter. Film winding and rewinding and single frame can be counted. Used for precise fading. | |
| Automatic Rewinding | Automatic rewinding mechanism with the spring motor. Safety stopper. | |
| Shutter | Shutter Opening | Built-in variable shutter control mechanism can change shutter openings from 165 degrees to zero degree. Four scales of OPEN, 2, 4 and CLOSE correspond to 165, 82.5, 41.25 and 0 degrees opening. This system enables control of shutter speed, fade-out, fade-in and over-lapping. |
| Shutter Speed | 1/18 sec. (8 fps), 1/26 sec. (12 fps), 1/35 sec. (16 fps), 1/50 sec. (24 fps), 1/70 sec. (32 fps), 1/100 sec. (48 fps), 1/140 sec. (64 fps) and 1/25 sec. (single frame) | |
| Safety Mechanism | Safety locks for the shutter button, switching film advance/rewind and mercury cell switch. | |
| Others | Electric motor zooming and shutter release with the trigger are possible by attaching the power grip. | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 53 x 114 x 210 mm | |
| Weight | 1700 g (Body only) | |