Minolta XL-225 Sound
Camera
Minolta XL-225 Sound
ca. 1976
Plastic, metal and glass
Other: 9 1/4 × 3 × 8 1/4 in. (23.5 × 7.6 × 21 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionBlack leather-textured, rectangular, super 8 sound, battery operated motion picture camera with reflex eye level view finder, f/1.2 zoom lens, lens hood, light filters, magnetic sound head, external power, "U" shaped hand grip, instruction manual and accessories in original box. The camera accepts 50 foot cartridges.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on product plate on left side of camera: minolta XL-225 SOUND / Printed in silver on function switch on left side of camera: BACK LIGHT, AUTO, BATTERY / Embossed in red on motor switch on left side of hand grip: LOCK, RUN / Printed in silver on motor trigger on left side of hand grip: TEST / Embossed in silver above lens: minolta / Engraved in red above lens: XL-225 SOUND / Engraved in white on lens: MINOLTA ZOOM ROKKOR f/1.2 10.5-25mm / Embossed in black on zoom buttons on top of camera: WIDE, TELE / Embossed in black on door latch on right side of camera: OPEN / Printed in silver on right side of camera: minolta / Printed in silver above earpiece jack on right side of camera: MONITOR / Printed in silver above microphone jack on right side of camera: MIC. / Printed in silver above audio gain switch on right side of camera: NORMAL-LOW / Written in blue ink on white label on right side of camera: 6-3688 15 F 02 / Stamped in silver on bottom of hand grip: JAPAN / Stamped in silver on plate on bottom of camera: 304815 / Printed in silver on footage gauge on back of camera: F, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, S / Printed in silver above power jack on back of camera: EXT. 9V DC / Printed in silver inside of camera: minolta USE SUPER 8 FILM CARTRIDGE ASA 40, 160, 1, 2, MINOLTA CAMERA CO. LTD. JAPAN / Embossed in black on lens cap: minolta
