Univex Model A8
The Univex Model A8 is an 8mm motion picture camera, introduced in 1936, by the Universal Camera Corp of New York. It came at a time when movie making was slowly gaining popularity with the general public. The camera used the increasingly popular 8mm motion picture format, which was much less expensive to use than 16mm film.
It is very stylish, with a solid, die-cast metal body and elaborate Art Deco design. The camera was originally fitted with an Ilex Univar f/5.6 lens, but the Universal Camera Corp produced a handful of other lenses for this camera.
The camera has very basic controls. Aperture can be adjusted via a knurled ring on the lens, but there is no facility for changing frame rate. The camera has a meter for tracking how much unexposed film is left on the spool. It also has a tripod socket.
The Model A8 uses straight 8mm film on 30 foot spools.
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