Yashica Sound 20XL
Camera
Yashica Sound 20XL
ca. 1976
Plastic, metal and glass
Overall (camera): 8 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 8 in. (22.2 × 6.4 × 20.3 cm)
Overall (box): 10 × 12 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (25.4 × 31.8 × 12.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1988.0629.0008
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, super 8 sound, battery operated motion picture camera with reflex eye level view finder, f/1.1 zoom lens, automatic exposure, daylight filter, magnetic sound head, hand grip and black cloth strap in original box.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on product plate on left side of camera: YASHICA SOUND 20XL / Printed in silver and orange on footage gauge on left side of camera: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 / Printed in white below battery test button on left side of camera: BAT. CHECK / Printed in white next to power switch on left side of camera: ON, OFF / Printed in white above microphone jack on left side of camera: MIC. / Printed in white below remote control jack on left side of camera: REMOTE / Printed in white near audio gain switch on left side of camera: REC. LEV., NORMAL, LOW / Engraved in white on motor function switch on left side of camera: RUN / Printed in silver on lens: YASHICA LENS ZOOM f/1.1 9.5-19mm / Printed in white on zoom ring: W, T / Engraved in white on plate above lens: YASHICA / Engraved in white on motor function switch on right side of camera: R.L. / Printed in white on door latch on right side of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Printed in silver on serial plate on right side of camera: S20 JAPAN / Stamped in black on serial plate on right side of camera: 6001833 / Printed in silver under cartridge lever inside of camera: EJECT / Written in blue ink on white label on back of camera: H 02 / Printed in black on gold label on bottom of camera: PASSED / Embossed in black on battery compartment on bottom of camera: OPEN
