BEAULIEU 6008S SUPER 8 SOUND CAMERA BODY W/ MANUAL, 18-108MM VARIFOCAL ZOOM LENS

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This listing is for a BEAULIEU 6008S SUPER-8 SOUND CAMERA BODY (C0101135), which was made in France in the late 1970s/early 1980s, that comes with a 8.4V NiCad battery, the original manual, and a no-name, 18-108mm 1:2.5 varifocal zoom lens. When I got the camera the battery had just enough juice left to light up the counter. I found a 9V power supply with the 1/8" plug and got it to power on but could not get it to run. The camera can be adjusted to take an extended-capacity Super 8 cartridge with 200' of film by removing the top of the film chamber (see next-to-last picture), none of which are included here but sometimes become available elsewhere on eBay (the cartridge that is shown and included for testing-purposes only is the standard 50' capacity). I'm also including the original manual, which is all but pristine, and a Japanese 1:2.5/18-108mm varifocal zoom-lens that has no scales or markings other than "Made in Japan" and a serial number (4512299). The lens seems to work fine but has to be refocused each time you change the zoom-factor. While this lot isn't perfect it might be a nice addition to your collection or maybe the start of a collection. I understand that you might be able to find any one of the items separately but I assure you that not only do you need all of them but you need these particular ones. The reason read more