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At CineSea's Saturday night show this past weekend, we screened a short documentary from 1979. One of the people involved was present and he mentioned using a Super 8mm sound camera with a microphone located in the handle. He did not remember the brand/model. I know the Kodak Ektasound line had a few of those. Were there any other cameras like that? Thanks.
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Hi Doug, sorry to have had to miss CineSea this time.
The Braun Nizo Integral series of sound cameras had a telescoping boom mic built into the handle. The handle was the forward-slanted kind like Beaulieu's, so the mic would point downward a bit. Not the greatest idea for sound pick-up or positioning, but it must have seemed cool to the designers at the time 😊
C.
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Hi Claus,
You were missed! Thank you for your post. It is a cool looking design, however I would think there's a good chance of the mic picking up handling noise.
Nizo Integral 7
Kodak Ektasound 230
Pictures from https://filmkorn.org/super8data/Comment
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I recall renting one of the Kodak Ektasounds in the 1977.... I do not recall any handling noise pick up. It worked well to film a wedding.Comment
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Thomas,
Thanks. I thought since there is occasional handling noise when a boom pole is jostled, the same might be true here.Comment
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On the Nizo, you can pull out the microphone for 30cm (1 foot) as shown here in the last image:
http://www.medien-museum.de/museum/FILM/S8/Su83.htm
Not sure whether you can do the same with the Kodak.Comment
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If the camera is held steady and fixed, I do not think handling noise was a problem.Comment
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