This funny looking lightweigt is the right device for some hazardous takes in the wildlife of Napoli suburbs. Its large orange single-shot button is a very cool feature. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

Silent Super 8 cameras built from 1999-1979. Lenses: 1:1,2(!)/7-45mm (C107 XL), 1:1,8/7,5-60mm (C108). Frames: 1+9+18+36. Manual provided by Bernd Luetzeler, Berlin, Germany.

Manufactured by Beaulieu in 1978-1981. Frames: 1+9+18+24+36. Macro zoom lens: 1:1,2(!)/7-45mm. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

This superb Super 8 camera has been built from 1965-68 by Marcel Beaulieu's famous french company. It's been their first Super 8 device and her features beat later cameras of other manufacturers by lengths. Functions are quite similar to the 4008 series.

The predecessor of the 5008 series, built from 1976-1977. Lens Schneider Macro-Optivaron 1:1,4/8-50mm. Speeds in silent mode 12+18+24+36, sound mode 18+24. Manual provided by Kenneth Wood, Camarillo, California, USA.

The earlier Beaulieu cameras are classical masterpieces in design. Seven varieties of the silent Super 8 series 4008 were built from 1969 throughout to 1979. Manual and explosion assembly drawing provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul/Turkey.

A rugged Beaulieu Super 8 sound camera, bulit in two variants, from 1974-1980. Variant S has a Macro-Angénieux 1:1,2/6-80mm lens and speeds 18+24. The Multispeed has a Schneider Makro-Optivaron 1:1,4/6-70mm lens and speeds 9+18+24+45.

Manuals provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey and Tino Groessi, Austria.

The 6008 and 7008 series by Beaulieu are the latest and finest Super 8 cameras ever built and in a wide range of sophisticated varieties. Rare and hard to get. Most variants are sound cameras, all have a reflex viewfinder and adjustable aperture settings. Equipped lenses may be Schneider Optivaron 1:1,4/6-70mm/6-90mm or Angénieux 1:1,2/6-90mm, Angénieux Zoom Macro 1:1,4/6-90mm. The 6008 S was produced between 1979-83. The 7008 S was produced around 1985.

Repair manual provied by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey.

This "Bolex" has been produced by japanese Chinon Corporation around 1976/77. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

Two late Super 8 sound cameras from 1979-1983. Zoom lenses: 1:1,4/7-56mm (814 XL-S) and 1:1,4/6,5-65mm (1014 XL-S). Frames: 1+9+18+24+36. Manuals provided by Mike O'Connor, Scotland.

A Canon series from 1982-1983 with a fairly reduced focal lenght and limited frame rate available as sound and mute version. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

A Super 8 Canon camera with many features built from 1973-1979. Zoom lens: 1:1,4(!)/7-70mm.

Manuals provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey and Tino Groessi, Austria.

A silent Super 8 camera by Canon, built from 1967-1974. Vario lens 1:1,8/9,5-47,5mm. Frames: 18+36. A later SV version (1971-1975) has a Canon Zoom lens with the same specs but offers more frame speeds with 1+18+24+36. Manual provided by James E, Portland, Oregon, USA.

A silent Super 8 camera from 1967. Lens: 1:1,4/7,5-60mm. Frames: 1+12+18+24. It has been re-released as Autozoom 814 Electronic in 1972-1977 with more frame rates and features. Manual provided by Kenneth Wood, Camarillo, California, USA.

A Double Super 8 camera from the 1970s. Lens: Vario 1:1,4(!)/7,5-60mm. Frames: 1+12+18+24+36+54. Manual provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey.

Not very solid but small automatic camera. Built from 1982-1986 by japanese company Chinon (Sanshin Optical), Tokyo. Lens: Chinon Reflex Zoom F:1.3 8.5-25.5mm (133PXL) / F:1.3 11-22mm (132PXL). Accepts ASA 25/40, 100/160, 160 Super 8 cartridges, CdS, TTL, folding grip, built-in wratten filter, backlight control, battery check, footage meter, manual and motor zoom. Frames: 1+18. Voltage: 3V, 2x1.5 V AA Mignon, no battery needed for exposure metering. Manual provided by Oliver Weidner, Germany.

A Super 8 sound camera from 1977-1979. Lens: Chinon Reflex Zoom 1:1,8/6-72mm. Frames: 1+18+24+36.

Manual provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey.

Super 8 silent camera built by Elmo Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan. Sold in the US as Honeywell Elmo Super Filmatic 104. Lens 1:1,8/8,5-34mm. Frames 1+18+24. Manual provided by James E, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Super 8 silent camera built by Elmo Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan. Sold in the US as Honeywell Elmo Super Filmatic 106. Lens 1:1,8/8-50mm. Frames 1+18+24. Manual by James E, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Le look le plus cool. It was the time when cameras replaced the hippie amulets. The silent Super 8Eumig mini 3 series, built from around 1971-1978. The 'zoom reflex' was the first edition from 1971, followed by the Servofocus and the Servofocus PMA. Functions are quite similar to the mini 5 series.

A silent Super 8 camera suitable for underwater use. Built 1978-1981. Lens 1:1,9/9-30mm. Frames 1+18. Manuals provided by Tino Groessi, Austria.

An 8mm Eumig camera from around 1958. Frames: 16. Manual provided by Jean-Luc Monnet, France.

A quite common silent Single-8 camera from 1978/79. Lens 1:1,8/11,5mm. 18 frames only. A later version from 1979-1983 has a zoom lens 1:1,6/10,5-27,5mm. Manual provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey.

Built 1976-79. Lens: 1:1,13(!)/7,5-36mm. 18 frames only. Manual provided by Erkan Umut. Istanbul, Turkey.

A silent Super 8 camera built in 1975 by GAF Ansco, New York. Macro lens 1:1,2/8,5-34mm. Frames 1+18. Manual provided by James E, Portland, Oregon, USA.

A 16mm camera with a three lens revolver built in 1972. Frames 1+16+24+32. Has an electric motor instead of the usual clockwork drive. The lenses have beautiful names: Vega-7-1 (1:2,0/20mm), Mir-11M (1:2,0/12,5mm) and Tair-41M (1:2,0/50mm). Manual provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey.

A 16mm camera from the USSR, weighing 3kg. Lens: Meteor 5-1 1:1,9/17-69mm. Frames: 1+8 12-16-24-32-48. Manuals provided by Bernd Luetzeler, Berlin, Germany.

Silent Super 8 camera built by Krasnogorsk, USSR 1974-1978. Export version similar to the 1x8 C-2 that came with cyrillic labels. Lens: Meteor 8M 1:1,8/9-38mm. Clockwork operated, Cds external exposure meter, automatic and manual exposure control, built-in wratten filter, manual backlight correction, footage meter, detachable grip. Frames per second: 1+8+12+24+32. Clockwork driven, requires 2x1,3V coin cells for automatic mode. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

Double Super 8 camera built by Krasnogorsk, USSR around 1968. Lens: Anastigmat Jupiter-24-1 1:1,9/12,5mm. Accepts type "S" 16mm 2x8 ASA 12-100. Manual exposure control, photovoltaic exposure meter, footage meter, rewind knob, detachable grip, clockwork driven - no batteries needed. Frames per second: 1+12+18+24+48. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

A 8mm camera by Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar. Frames 1+16+24. Lens 1:1,8/7,5-35mm (Leitz Leicina Vario or Angénieux with same specs). Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

Super 8 camera built from 1969-1973. Lens: Leicina Vario 1:1,9/8-64mm. Frames: 1+18+24+54. Manual provided by Carlos Janeiro, Portugal.

Super 8 camera built from 1970-1977. Lens: Leicina Vario 1:1,9/8-64mm. Frames: 1+9+18+25+54. Manuals provided by Carlos Janeiro, Portugal and Walter Brunner, Austria.

Silent Super 8 camera built from 1970 till 1974. Lens: Rokkor Zoom 1:1,8/7,5-45mm. Accepts only Super 8 cartridges 15-23 DIN daylight, 20-25 DIN tungsten (no manual film speed adjustment, automatic notch detection), CdS-TTL, automatic and manual exposure control, flash synchronization contact, two-speed motor driven zoom, built-in wratten filter, folding grip, footage meter, lamp and accessories shoe. Frames: 1+18+32. Voltage: 6V, 4x1.5V AA Mignon Alkaline. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria. Intervalometer sheet provided by Mike O'Connor, Scotland.

A series of Super 8 sound cameras built around 1979. Lenses: Zoom-Rokkor Macro 1:1,2/8,5-34mm (XL-42), 1:1,4/8-48mm (XL-64), 1:1,4/7-56mm (XL-84). Super 8 sound and silent cartridges ASA 25 + 100 daylight, 40 + 160 tungsten, type "G" color film ASA 160. Has Macro lens, CdS external exposure meter (XL-42, XL-64), CdS-TTL through-lens-metering (XL-84 only), backlight correction, wide aperture low light feature, built-in Wratten filter, reflex viewfinder (XL-84 only), two-speed motor driven zoom (XL-84 only). Frames: 1+18, 24 (XL-84 only). Voltage: 9V, 6x1.5V AA Mignon Alkaline or via external battery jack. Manual provided by Walter Brunner, Austria.

Built 1974-1980 in Tokyo. Lens: Cine-Nikor Zoom 1:1,4(!)/7-70mm. Frames 1+18+24+54. Manual provided by Erkan Umut, Istanbul, Turkey. Brochure provided by Viktor Gibárti.

A silent Super 8 Nizo silver series from the second half of the 1970s. Lenses: Schneider Macro-Variogon 1:1,8/8-48mm (481), 1:1,8/7-56mm (561), 1:1,8/7-80mm (801). Frames: 1+18+24+54. Manual provided by Bernd Luetzeler, Berlin, Germany.

A Super 8 sound black series Nizo. The 6080 was their most professional model, even suitable for 60m cartridges. Manual provided by Romeo Grünfelder, Germany.

The Nizo Integral is a black series Nizo Super 8 sound camera with an integrated microphone in the handle. I doubt if this concept ever proofed to be successful, since you'd always record the triggers sound on press and release. Manual provided by Romeo Grünfelder, Germany.

The Nizo Professional from 1974-1978. Silent Super 8 camera with a Schneider Macro-Variogon lens 1:1,8/7-80mm. Frames 1+18+24+25. Manuals provided by Mike O'Connor, Scotland and Romeo Grünfelder, Germany.

A silent Super 8 silver series Nizo. Manual provided by Romeo Grünfelder, Germany. Closeup lenses manual provided by Bernd Luetzeler, Berlin, Germany.

A Super 8 camera that connects with an external tape recorder. Synchronex labs in NY offered a quite unique service: after sending in both, your Super8 cartridge and the tape, the processed film had been equipped with sound stripes and the contents of the tape transferred. Lens 1:1,8/15mm, speed 24fps only.

Manual provided by James E, Portland, Oregon, USA.