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Posted by Alan L. Hitchcox (Member # 598) on January 04, 2009, 09:42 PM:

I used to do a lot of single frame "claymation" and similar photography with my super 8 camera. But I remember seeing a Bell & Howell camera back in the early 80s that had a time lapse setting.
Does anyone have any info (model number?) on this camera or know if there was more than one model?
I don't remember the price, but I'm sure all the electronic controls it put made it out of my price range at the time.
Thanks for any help you can render.

Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on January 04, 2009, 10:05 PM:

Alan,

I wish that I could help you with the
Bell & Howell model, but I own
the Minolta XL601. A very nice Super 8 camera and
it's equipped with an intervolometer that permits
the user to control the shutter at one or any variable
time lapse frame rate duration.
The camera also had a separate port to attach
a specialized remote to manually snap individual frames.

As in the B&H, Nikon also had a model that exposed film in the same fashion.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on January 06, 2009, 12:35 PM:

Alan,

This site lists a number of B&H cameras, with some of the links going into greater detail than others. The link for the Bell and Howell T 50XL says it has an interval timer.
I have a Bauer S 715XL that does great time lapse work.

Doug

Posted by Alan L. Hitchcox (Member # 598) on January 10, 2009, 01:50 PM:

Thanks, guys both sound like great cameras. My Canon SV 518 has a port to manually shoot individual frames, but I can't do time lapse. I could probably rig up something to shoot a frame at regular intervals, but it would only work under controlled lighting or a constant light source.
I assume the time-lapse features use auto exposure. Much of the footage I want to shoot will be outdoors, so I'll need auto exposure to adjust for clouds & sun and different times of day.
Thanks for your tip, Doug. I'll check it out.

-Alan

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