FILM TESTED Minolta Super-8 Movie Camera: Autopak-8 D12

The top-of-the range Minolta Super-8 camera – one of the finest Super-8 movie cameras ever made.

The Minolta D12 is superb Super-8 cine camera with advanced features for serious movie making. It features a ‘lap-dissolve’ function that lets you transition from one scene to another, with an overlapping fade out / in. Very few cameras have this capability.

It has a very sold die-cast metal body and metal case, and one of the brightest viewfinders we have seen on a Super-8 (in this respect it is a step up from the competing Nikon R10/R8 cameras). 

This camera was released with a range of professional accessories including an intervalometer (which takes a single frame automatically at preset intervals), and a radio remote release. We occasionally have these accessories – please contact us for details.

This camera is film tested – see the sample video for a test film including testing of the lap dissolve function. 

It has a range of manual controls for advanced creativity and the ability to deal with a variety of shooting conditions including:

• 5-stage variable zoom speed (from 2 to 12 seconds for full zoom range)
• Full viewfinder information: f/stop, exposure warning signal, shutter open / close degree, safe-run signal, film-end signal
• Exposure override control (+/- 2 stops in automatic exposure mode)
• Manual exposure control
• Manual control of shutter opening degree
• Automatic shutter opening / closing (for fade-out and fade-in)
• Extremely wide range of film speeds: ISO 16, 25, 40, 64, 100, 160, 150, 400 and 640 
• Shooting speeds 8, 12, 18, 24, 32, 50 fps (32 and 50 require an additional battery pack)
• Takes 5x AA batteries
• Beautiful chrome metal body, with a weight of 1990g.

Condition

• In overall excellent condition
• Leatherette in original condition with no damage
• Lovely clean lens
• All functions working well including the automatic exposure control, exposure override, variable shutter, fade-in / fade-out
• Clean battery compartment