🎥 General Specifications
- Type: Super 8 sound camera (Canosound)
- Film: Standard Super 8 cartridge
- Marketed: 1973
- Production: 1973–1977
- Manufactured in: Japan, by Canon Inc.
🔭 Lens & Zoom
- Lens: Canon Zoom Macro 6.5–65 mm f/1.4 to f/45
- Optical zoom: 10×
- Focusing: Manual (front lens group rotation), 1.2 m to infinity
- Macro focus: Yes (dedicated “Macro” position beyond the Wide/Tele range; field and distance indicators)
- Filter thread: 72 mm (mounted on rubber lens hood)
👁️ Viewfinder & Display Information
- Type: Single-lens reflex viewfinder (virtual image), diopter adjustment –5 to +3
- Rangefinder: Split-image type
- Viewfinder display:
- - Indication d’ouverture (f/stop)
- - Over/under exposure warning
- - Shutter indicator
- - Film-end and battery signals
⚙️ Exposure & Frame Rates
- Exposure control: Automatic and manual (TTL with CdS cell)
- Film speed range: ISO 16/25/40/64/100/160/250 (daylight) and 25/40/64/100/160/250/400 (tungsten) via cartridge notching
- Exposure compensation: –1 / –0.6 / –0.3 / 0 / +0.3 / +0.6 / +1 EV
- AE lock: Yes
- Backlight control: Yes
- Built-in filter: 85A (automatically disengaged with daylight film; manual control available)
- Shutter: Two angles – 150° and 220° (automatic exposure compensation)
- Filming speeds:
- - With sound cartridge: (1, 9*), 18, 24 fps (1 and 9 fps for silent mode only)
- - With silent cartridge: 1, 9, 18, 24 fps + high-speed ≈ 36 fps
- Single frame: Yes (with flash sync)
🔋 Power Supply
- Main source: 6× AA batteries for all functions
- External power: Supported (9 V Power Pack)
- Battery check: Via built-in meter
- Battery compartment: Integrated in foldable handgrip
🎧 Connections & Features
- Remote control socket: Yes (2.5 mm mini-jack)
- Cable release socket: No (electromagnetic trigger)
- Flash sync socket: Yes (for single-frame shooting)
- Audio : Magnetic sound recording on Super 8 sound film; 3.5 mm microphone input, auxiliary input, mixing controls, LED level indicator + 8 Ω headphone output; ALC/manual/manual with limiter; attenuator 0 dB / –20 dB
- Built-in timer & intervalometer: 10 s / 20 s; 1 / 5 / 20 / 60 s
📏 Dimensions & Weight
- Weight: 1990 g (body only) / 2100 g (with batteries)
- Dimensions: 59.5 × 113.5 × 264 mm
- Tripod socket: 1/4"







































