I'd say you got a good deal on a great camera. I got a pristine 814 AZ for about the same price several years ago. I think the 814 AZ may be the super 8 camera with the most bang-for-your-buck out there. It's built like a tank, has a decent lens, 3 speeds, auto/manual exposure, remote socket, single frame release, etc. If it only had an intervalometer I could get rid of my Nikon!
As far as batteris go, don't believe the hype. Zinc air cells work as as direct replacement, are easy to get, and are cheap:
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Scott
Canon 814 Autozoom for $41.00 USD?
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scott wrote:I'd say you got a good deal on a great camera. I got a pristine 814 AZ for about the same price several years ago. I think the 814 AZ may be the super 8 camera with the most bang-for-your-buck out there. It's built like a tank, has a decent lens, 3 speeds, auto/manual exposure, remote socket, single frame release, etc. If it only had an intervalometer I could get rid of my Nikon!
As far as batteris go, don't believe the hype. Zinc air cells work as as direct replacement, are easy to get, and are cheap:
http://www.micro-tools.com/Merchant2/me ... ode=MRB625
Have Fun,
Scott
Thanks for the info...glad to hear you like your 814 AZ. I have a Minolta XL-401 with a pretty cool intervalometer so I'll definitely keep that around as well.
Nice. Did you build that? I thought about something similar, but it just seemed like a whole lot of work. I guess all you need is a motor and a timer, right?
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I was comparing the AZ 814 Electronic with the older version. I have both of them. I had no idea there is another more plastic version 8O. The E-version has a plastic handle and plastic side panels. Maybe not a big deal. I just happen to like the construction of the old AZ 814 very much. Weird.chachi wrote:Are you talking about the black plastic 814 , That one also only shoots 18fps not 24fps.
The conversion is great too. There are 2.7 V zener diodes available. Power to the meter can be feeded from the AA batteries. Anybody with little knowledge of electronics can do the conversion. I did the same for my Nizo S56.
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Perhaps you could post a small tutorial on how to do this when you have time.Janne wrote:
The conversion is great too. There are 2.7 V zener diodes available. Power to the meter can be feeded from the AA batteries. Anybody with little knowledge of electronics can do the conversion. I did the same for my Nizo S56.
greenplastic79 wrote:Perhaps you could post a small tutorial on how to do this when you have time.
The value of the resistor can be calculated if the current consumption of the exposure meter is known. I think they draw current no more than 1 mA. I'd try 500-820 ohm.
Note that the manual/auto switch on the AZ 814 is connected to the ground wire of the meter. You have to rewire the switch to the positive voltage wire of the meter.