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Topic: Eumig C3R
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Chris Dodkin
Junior
Posts: 3
From: San Diego
Registered: May 2011
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posted May 22, 2011 10:38 AM
Just found this site after buying this beauty from a junk store in Arizona last week.
It is a Eumig 8mm film camera - the C3R 'Continental' - Circa 1958.
This is a 'clockwork' silent movie camera, with rotatable lens turret - giving you the ability to rotate in a wide angle or telephoto lens to suit each shot. Each lens has an adapter that sits in front of the optical viewfinder, giving you the correct field of view each time.
Lens optics are:
Eumigon 1:1.9, 12.5mm Unimark 2.0 x Unimark 0.5x
The lenses look to be different from other C3Rs I've seen online - with the Unimark lenses being a US option perhaps? Anyone know?
It's built like a tank, and as far as I can tell, it still works - it winds and runs like it's new, and you can set the film speed in FPS using a small dial on the side.
It has manual aperture adjustment via a sliding lever next to the main lens, and a full time 'electric eye' light meter in the viewfinder for accurate exposure.
It came with a case, manuals, and 2 unopened rolls of Kodak 8mm film (expiry date May 1971)
Princely sum of $50 to me
When launched, this camera cost £84 17s. 3d
I just love the retro look and feel - and it reminds me so much of the later Eumig model my granddad used, and later gave to me.
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