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Sample Camera Specifications: Sankyo LXL-255 (circa 1972): Cost: $35Cdn at a flea market; Condition: Excellent - metal construction makes it hard to tell if it is mint. Sankyo reference picture 1 F1.2 9mm - 22.5mm macro-zoom lens with aerial focusing; 55mm filter mount; 220º shutter (1/30 sec); single frame; 9 and 18 fps; macro switch; electric zoom; locking trigger; diopter control; remote trigger control; automatic and manual light meter settings; instructions; four AA battery cells in the folding pistol grip.

Eumig Nautica (circa 1979 or later): Eumig reference picture 2 Cost: $10.50 at a goodwill store. Condition: Mint - Mint - Mint - It came in the original foam box! SPECIFICATIONS Eumig reference picture 3 F1.9 9mm-30mm macro-zoom lens with servo focusing; 46mm filter mount; 190º shutter; single frame; 18 fps; backlight switch; automatic metering; underwater depth indicator; o-ring grease; three o-rings; instructions; 5.3mm PMA wide angle auxiliary lens; manual zoom; orange underwater finder; diopter control; remote trigger control; two AA batteries; removable pistol grip with cork bobber. Minolta XL-400 (circa 1975): Cost: $4.50 at a goodwill store. Condition: Good - a tiny "ding" in the aluminum side, teeny specs in the lens coating. SPECIFICATIONS F1.2 8.5 to 34mm Rokkor macro-zoom lens with split-image focusing; 46mm filter mount; 220º shutter; single frame; 18 fps; backlight switch; electric zoom; automatic and manual metering; macro switch; external tungsten - daylight filter switch; intervalometer (0.5 to 60 sec delay); diopter control; remote trigger control; two AA batteries; removable pistol grip. Minolta XL-601(circa 1978 or later): Minolta reference picture 2 Minolta reference picture 3 Minolta reference picture 4 Minolta reference picture 4 Cost: $12.50 at a goodwill store. Condition: Mint - Mint - Mint - It came in the original Minolta box. SPECIFICATIONS F1.7 7.5 to 45mm Rokkor macro-zoom lens with split-image focusing; 46mm filter mount; 220º shutter (1/29.5 sec); single frame; 18 fps; backlight switch; electric zoom; automatic and manual metering; macro switch; external tungsten - daylight filter switch; intervalometer (0.5 to 60 sec delay); self timer (10 sec delay, 10 - 20 sec. film run); diopter control; remote trigger control; two AA batteries; folding pistol grip; instructions. K-Mart Focal Macro 800 (made by GAF - circa 1974): Cost: $5.00 at a Salvation Army store. Condition: Good - rescued from the camera bin of death. SPECIFICATIONS F 1.8 8 to 64mm macro-zoom lens with ground-glass focusing; 55mm filter mount; 180º(?) shutter; single frame; 18/24/36 fps; locking trigger; electric zoom; automatic metering; macro switch; diopter control; remote trigger control; four AA batteries; permanent pistol grip. Bolex 160 Macrozoom (circa 1967): Cost: $50 with a large sharp-screen viewer/editor (a bit high!) from a neighbor. Condition: Excellent except the light meter is broken (too insensitive). SPECIFICATIONS F 1.9 8.5mm to 30mm macro-zoom lens with range-finding split-image focusing; electric zoom; no filter mount - takes series VI with an adapter; 1/47.5 sec shutter (170º?); single frame; 18/24/36 fps; optical dissolves using to focus knob (only the Sankyo can perform this as well as the Bolex); automatic metering; tungsten - daylight filter switch; diopter control; remote trigger control; four AA batteries; two PX-625 watch batteries; permanent pistol grip. Bolex specifications: page 1, page 2, page 3.

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