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.