Movie Camera [Minolta]
Maker and role
Minolta Camera Company Limited, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1970s
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Object detail
Accession number
2001.49
Production period
Description
Minolta Autopak 8, model D 10, super 8 mm ciné camera. Minolta zoom Rokkor 1:1.8 f=7 70 mm lens. Silver and black with grip handle and wrist strap.
Brief History
Super 8 mm film (often simply called Super 8) is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement on the "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm film format, used in home movie film cameras such as this Minolta model.
The film is 8 mm wide, the same as the older standard 8 mm film. However, it has perforations along one border or edge only rather than both, and the perforations are smaller than those on older 8 mm film. This allows a larger exposed area and frees up one border for an oxide stripe upon which sound can be magnetically recorded. These changes to the perforations also made Super 8 film incompatible with cameras and projectors made for regular or double 8 mm film.
Amateur usage of Super 8 has been largely replaced, first by video and now by digital recorders. The format is however often still used for filming music videos and TV commercials, as well as by visual artists seeking to imitate the look of old home movies or create a stylishly grainy look.
The film is 8 mm wide, the same as the older standard 8 mm film. However, it has perforations along one border or edge only rather than both, and the perforations are smaller than those on older 8 mm film. This allows a larger exposed area and frees up one border for an oxide stripe upon which sound can be magnetically recorded. These changes to the perforations also made Super 8 film incompatible with cameras and projectors made for regular or double 8 mm film.
Amateur usage of Super 8 has been largely replaced, first by video and now by digital recorders. The format is however often still used for filming music videos and TV commercials, as well as by visual artists seeking to imitate the look of old home movies or create a stylishly grainy look.
Marks
minolta AUTOPAK - 8 D10 Maker's Mark
Media/Materials
Other name
Video camera
Credit Line
Minolta Camera Company Limited. Circa 1970s. Movie Camera [Minolta], 2001.49. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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