Sankyo XL61-200
Camera
Sanyo Electric Inc.
Maker
Sankyo XL61-200
ca. 1978
Plastic, metal and glass
Overall: 8 1/2 × 3 × 11 in. (21.6 × 7.6 × 27.9 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionBlack, chrome and black leather-textured, rectangular, super 8 sound, battery operated motion picture camera with reflex eye level view finder, f/1.2 macro zoom lens, automatic exposure, variable speed, magnetic sound head, auto-fade and hand grip with accessories in original box. The camera accepts 50 and 200 foot cartridges.
Inscriptions Engraved in black on product plate on right side of camera: SANKYO / Embossed in silver on right side of camera: Sankyo SOUND XL61-200 / Embossed in silver behind door latch on right side of camera: OPEN / Engraved in white on lens: SANKYO ZOOM f/1.2 7.5-45mm MACRO JAPAN / Embossed in silver on left side of camera: Sankyo SOUND XL61-200 / Printed in silver on footage gauge on left side of camera: S, 50, 100, 150, 200, F / Engraved in white on view finder shutter switch on left side of lens: O, C / engraved in white on zoom power switch on left side of camera: T, W / Printed in white above earpiece jack on left side of camera: MON / Printed in white above auxiliary jack on left side of camera: AUX / Printed in white above microphone jack on left side of camera: MIC / Printed in white below external power jack on left side of camera: 9V DC / Printed in white below remote control jack on left side of camera: REM / Embossed in silver above motor switch on left side of camera: OFF, ON, R-L / Embossed in silver above battery check button on left side of camera: BATT. / Embossed in silver above sound control on left side of camera: SOUND, MAN., AUTO / Embossed in silver above sound gain switch on left side of camera: HI, LO / Embossed in silver above aperture control switch on left side of camera: E.E., MAN., AUTO / Embossed in silver above automatic fade button on left side of camera: FADER / Engraved in white next to variable speed switch on left side of camera: 18, 24 / Printed in white on release trigger on left side of camera: MON / Engraved in black on right side of camera: Sankyo / Embossed in silver on right side of camera: Sankyo SOUND XL61-200 / Embossed in silver next to door latch on right side of camera: OPEN / Printed in white under door on right side of camera: 50ft CARTIDGE DOWN, 200ft CARTRIDGE UP / Printed in silver inside of camera: USE SUPER 8 CARTRIDGE SOUND & SILENT TYPE A FILM ASA 40, 60, 17 23 DIN, TYPE G FILM ASA 40, 160, 17 23 DIN, DAYLIGHT FILM ASA 40, 160, 17 23 DIN, TUNGSTEN FILM ASA 125, 22 DIN / Embossed in black on lens cap: Sankyo
