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Posted by Tom Spielman (Member # 5352) on May 18, 2016, 07:34 AM:

I know it's not a high end camera but I can get one that's been barely used for almost nothing and it looks like something straight out of Star Trek. [Smile]

I have no plans to get serious with Super 8 film making but I do have a fun little project in mind. Most of my parents' home movies were made in the 60's and early 70's, - about 50 years ago. Lots of the shots are from their lake place which my brother still has.

He has a party there every summer and a couple of my cousins (who would have been in the movies) typically come. I thought it would be fun to walk around with this to get shots of the same people and the same place 50 years later.

Ultimately I would combine footage from the old movies with the new.

So anyway I'm not looking for anything high end, but I would like it to work without much fuss. Any of you have experience with or knowledge of these things?

Thanks !

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on May 18, 2016, 10:29 AM:

The cameras were made by Minolta. Click for instruction manual.
http://www.mondofoto.com/manuals/technicolormarkten/

Posted by Ty Reynolds (Member # 5117) on May 18, 2016, 03:56 PM:

Cool design, and the Technicolor name plate is a bonus. I'd snap it up, even just as a display item.

Posted by Raleigh M. Christopher (Member # 5209) on May 18, 2016, 04:00 PM:

I can't figure out how you would hold it using that pistol grip.

EDIT: Ah I see now from looking at that manual.Terrible grip design, and it takes *four* batteries!

Posted by Tom Spielman (Member # 5352) on May 18, 2016, 08:11 PM:

The grip is... interesting.

I'm sure that camera isn't lite. Nice thing about both super 8 and that camera is that you need to think about your shots a lot more. You're not going to want to hold that camera very long !

Posted by Tom Spielman (Member # 5352) on May 20, 2016, 03:16 PM:

So Barry, who lives in the same general vicinity as I do, found a craigslist add for four complete technicolor home movie sets. The sets included the Mark Ten camera, a rather unique projector, and a portable Da-Lite screen. They were basically new in the box. He wanted $50 for each set.

After much internal deliberation, I offered him $25 for a camera and screen. The projector is cool but takes these continuous loop cartridges with super 8 film in them. It would just collect dust if I got it.

He thought about it and said he'd take $35 and I called it good. I was curious about where he got these and said that they were found amongst his uncle's things. Neither he or his Aunt know why he bought them but they've been sitting in their boxes for 40 or 50 years.

If you're interested in one of the remaining sets: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/hsh/5575826354.html

Posted by Raleigh M. Christopher (Member # 5209) on May 20, 2016, 04:37 PM:

Why do people call these cameras "video" cameras??? Drives me mad.

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