Leicina Super 8
Camera
Ernst Leitz GmbH
German, estab. 1849
Leicina Super 8
July 1970
Metal, plastic and glass
Overall (camera): 4 × 3 1/4 × 11 1/2 in., 3.1 lb. (10.2 × 8.3 × 29.2 cm, 1.4 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0063
DescriptionSerial# 067626 Crackled-grey and silver, vaulted, Super-8, battery operated, motion picture camera with f/1.9 zoom lens, split image eye level viewfinder, CdS light meter, battery tester, manual exposure control dial, 2-speed zoom dial, auto fade-in to fade-out, fps dial, footage gauge, wrist strap, forehead brace, folding handle, viewinder mask, and nine-pin recepticle for external power source; flash sync tape recorder, impulse generator for lip sync sound and intervalometer control for timelapse. The camera accepts Super-8 film cartridges.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on front of camera: Leitz WETZLAR / Engraved in white and red on lens on front of camera: 0.9, 1, 1.2, 1.5, 2, 3, 5, 10, INF., m, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 7, 10, 20, INF., ft, 8, 10, 13, 17, 22, 30, 40, 50, 64, LEICINA VARIO 1:1.9/8-64, 8X8 / Printed in black and red on product label on left side of camera: LEICINA SUPER / Printed in black on zoom dial on left side of camera: ZOOM / Printed in black on single exposure control dial / 1 / Printed in white on footage gauge on left side of camera: 20, 10 / Printed in black on fps dial on left side of camera: 0, T, 18, 24 / Printed in black on white label on back of camera: 301-GL3/3 Leitz Leicina Super Recieved..8/4/70 / Embossed in grey plastic on zoom control button on top of camera: 8, ZOOM, 64 / Printed in black on fps button on top of camera: 54 / Printed in black on fade-in to fade-ou controls on top of camera: STOP / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-GL3/3 Leitz Leicina Super Super 8 Cine Camera Recieved...8/4/70 / Engraved on bottom of camera: MADE IN GERMANY, 067626 / Embossed inside footage compartment: 5, 9, 31.4532
