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Created 29 May 2009 ... Updated 29 May 2009
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Revue Cockpit S/8 RM
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Revue was used as a brand name for the Germany-based Quelle mail order company. They tried to sell inexpensive cameras to the masses by buying an entire or part of a production run from camera manufacturers. Sometimes the cameras were bad, sometimes good and sometimes excellent. This way some highly regarded Japanese range finder still cameras found their way to the german public. So when you know what you're buying, you might get lucky with the Revue brand.
The Chinon-made Revue Cockpit film cameras for Super-8 is such an insider-tip. The camera is very heavy (nearly 2 kilos!), fully made of metal, has many cool features only found in much more expensive cameras and the extreme zoom lens is more than sharp enough for the super-8 format and has a large aperture, enabling filming during low-light conditions. This is an SLR film camera meaning that what you see is what you get, just like with a single lens reflex still camera. Chinon has produced the most Super8 cameras worldwide so they are abundant on the used market. However, one of the issues with the 1970s-built versions is their eyecap. It quickly went all gooey and might also have gotten inside the film compartment. So always check this before you buy. You can easily remove the eye cap and replace it with a new one, or a generic one taken from another camera. The Cockpit has functions such as motor zoom (also manual zoom possible), single frame, macro and auto fade. |
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All photos copyright of M. Koning 1997 - 2009
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