The Beaulieu 5008 S is a
Super 8 mm
Super 8 mm film is a motion-picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format.
The film is nominally 8 mm wide, the same as older formatted 8 ...
film dual-speed professional camera. This camera was released by the
Beaulieu (company)
Maison Brandt Frères, Charenton-le-Pont (House of Brandt Bros) (Beaulieu Cinema, Beaulieu - Images) is a French manufacturer of motion picture cameras especially well known for its Super 8 mm film, Super 8 and 16mm hand-held cameras, founded ...
. It was first launched in February 1974. The primary component that set this camera apart from other Super 8mm cameras of the era was that it was made with a unique
SLR function and interchangeable
Schneider Kreuznach
Schneider Kreuznach () is the abbreviated name of the company Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, which is sometimes also simply referred to as Schneider. They are a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics. The company was founded on ...
and
Angenieux zoom lens.
Features
*Format: Super-8 Kodapak, Kodachrome or Ektachrome (see external link)
* Lens: changeable, Schneider Kreuznach Optivaron zoom 6–66 mm or Angenieux 6–80 mm
* Macro with Schneider Kreuznach: from 0 to 1500 mm (just under 5 ft)
* Filter: built-in
Wratten filter 85
* Aperture: motor driven with reflexmatic motor or manual
* Zooming: Electric speed from 4 to 12 seconds or manual
* Viewer: Reflex with tilting matte screen
* Shutter: with guillotine 1/40 sec (18 fps) or 1/60 sec (24 fps)
* Exposure metering:
CdS
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in Octo ...
cell
* ASA: 25 to 400
* Remote control: electrical
* Power supply: rechargeable 500mA/ 7.2 V
NiCd batt.
* Sound: built-in amplifier 50 to 12 kHz +/- 1.5 dB (24 images) and 50 to 9.5 kHz +/- 1.5 dB (18 images)
* Signal/noise: 57 dB
* Earphone Z > 1.5 KΩ
* Mike: DIN 5 pins, with 3 sensibilities: 0.15mV to 20mV Z = 5KΩ, 3mV to 15mV Z = 100KΩ and 30mV to 1.2V Z = 500KΩ
* Capstan instability: 0.4%
* Dimensions: 34 cm (l) x 10 cm (w) x 21 cm (h)
* Weight: 2.55 kg with Angenieux zoom 6-80
See also
*
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion-picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format.
The film is nominally 8 mm wide, the same as older formatted 8& ...
*
Super 8 film cameras
References
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External links
Repairs, service and spare parts (Website of Björn Andersson, former Beaulieu engineer)Beaulieu France
Movie cameras
Products introduced in 1974