Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
I did a photographic revisit to my Eumig C3R, to get some better shots to illustrate this great little 8mm Cine Camera.
The C3R was first produced in 1958 by Austrian manufacturer Eumig - it's basically a smaller standard 8mm version of their 16mm movie camera, the C16R - and was an upgrade on the previous C3 model, with a rotating lens turret, containing additional wide and tele adapters.
The turret can be pulled out using the central Eumig knob, and rotated to provide the focal view of choice.
The turret is designed so that the correct viewfinder optic is rotated over the viewfinder at the same time - a very neat solution.
Aperture is set manually using a small sliding lever at the side of the main lens - and goes from f1.9 - f16 (Just about right for ISO 50 film stock)
The aperture slider is coupled to both the lens aperture, and the light meter's 'magic eye' aperture, so that the viewfinder mounted light meter gives real-time light readings (Quite something for that time)
Lens optics are:
Eumigon 1:1.9, 12.5mm
Eumacro Tele 2.0 x
Eumicron Wide 0.5x
Although my model has what appear to be US specific lenses from Unimark with the same focal specification.
The camera is clockwork, with a nice chrome winder mechanism on the side
Once wound fully, the camera will run at 16 fps for about 40 seconds - and will automatically stop before it has to slow down. The footage taken is indicated on a dial, and runs for 25 ft before the film has to be flipped over for the 2nd run through.
Frame rate speed can be set at anywhere between 8 and 32 fps, allowing for high-speed and slow-motion photography - the camera can also take single frames for stop-motion animation.
The build quality and finish on this camera is superb - it puts many modern cameras to shame. It follows a lineage from the mid 30's, with the original pre-war C3 model - and ends with the C3M as the 60's dawned.
My C3R is it good cosmetic shape, although it is missing the front viewfinder lens, and the light meter is working but no longer accurate. The clockwork and shutter still run perfectly after over 50 years.
The C3R was first produced in 1958 by Austrian manufacturer Eumig - it's basically a smaller standard 8mm version of their 16mm movie camera, the C16R - and was an upgrade on the previous C3 model, with a rotating lens turret, containing additional wide and tele adapters.
The turret can be pulled out using the central Eumig knob, and rotated to provide the focal view of choice.
The turret is designed so that the correct viewfinder optic is rotated over the viewfinder at the same time - a very neat solution.
Aperture is set manually using a small sliding lever at the side of the main lens - and goes from f1.9 - f16 (Just about right for ISO 50 film stock)
The aperture slider is coupled to both the lens aperture, and the light meter's 'magic eye' aperture, so that the viewfinder mounted light meter gives real-time light readings (Quite something for that time)
Lens optics are:
Eumigon 1:1.9, 12.5mm
Eumacro Tele 2.0 x
Eumicron Wide 0.5x
Although my model has what appear to be US specific lenses from Unimark with the same focal specification.
The camera is clockwork, with a nice chrome winder mechanism on the side
Once wound fully, the camera will run at 16 fps for about 40 seconds - and will automatically stop before it has to slow down. The footage taken is indicated on a dial, and runs for 25 ft before the film has to be flipped over for the 2nd run through.
Frame rate speed can be set at anywhere between 8 and 32 fps, allowing for high-speed and slow-motion photography - the camera can also take single frames for stop-motion animation.
The build quality and finish on this camera is superb - it puts many modern cameras to shame. It follows a lineage from the mid 30's, with the original pre-war C3 model - and ends with the C3M as the 60's dawned.
My C3R is it good cosmetic shape, although it is missing the front viewfinder lens, and the light meter is working but no longer accurate. The clockwork and shutter still run perfectly after over 50 years.
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