What to look for when buying a Super 8 camera

I've been seeing more and more talk of film making using actual film pop up around the internet. With Lomography recently releasing their Lomo Kino, and many discussions of 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm popping up on Flickr. I thought it would be a good idea to go over a few of the basic things to look for if you come across a Super 8 camera at second hand shop.

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[Brendan9674]

Started looking around for Super 8 cam's better than the Bell & Howell 491 I had been using for the past few years. Followed your suggestion and visited a couple of Goodwill/Salvation Army stores with no luck. But, a classified Ad website had someone in Ottawa, Ontario with a Super 8 for sale for $15. Contacted her, turns out she had three that were her Fathers. Got the cameras and two Super 8 Editor /Viewers - CanonAuto Zoom 518, Minolta XL401, Canon 514XL - Original Boxes and all.

[pdexposures]

@Brendan9674 That's fantastic!! I donated two 514s to the Film Photography Podcast @filmphotographytube and have been looking for anther to fill the void.

[THDproductions]

whats the exact name of this type of super eight camera?

[pdexposures]

@THDproductions Canon 514XL and Canon 514XL-s are the two cameras shown

[enobale]

Thank you for posting this! I got my hands on the Canon 514xl-S and this video taught me a lot. It looks like everything is working perfectly! Now I just need to get film :)

[pdexposures]

@enobale It's a fine camera! Hope you enjoy!

[pdexposures]

@bartsimpson67543 Yes, it's a very nice camera. The newer version of your camera (canon 814xls) goes for $3-400! And had the same lens! Your camera requires 2 sets of batteries, 1 set to power the light meter and 1 for the motor drive. The light meter battery should be a px625 equivalent. Wein cell silver oxide batteries are a great replacement & provide the correct 1.35 volts required for a correct meter reading. The drive should just run off AA batteries. Your camera has an 8x zoom f/1.4 lens.

[bartsimpson67543]

i have a super 8 camera can you tell me anything about a cannon auto zoom 814

[pdexposures]

@rorrt Those Fisherprice cameras are something else, it would be fun to get my hands on one to play with.

[pdexposures]

@kylehazachode I've seen these, some neat little cameras. Lomo was also the mnfr of Super 8 developing tanks. However they get very expensive. I wonder how many cartridges of S8 you could process with the tetenal E6 kit?