ELMO 1010 R: THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF ELMO I WILL NEVER USE.

If there is a Japanese firm accredited with the Super-8, that is Elmo, loved by many supereighters for his Elmo GS1200 projector, an object of desire for many (and with whom I have a toxic love-hate relationship). Elmo went down in history for also manufacturing a camera that, exchanging the back, could shoot in Super-8, Single-8, Standard 8 and Double Super-8: the Elmo C300.

Elmo's pinnacle model for Super-8 was the glorious Elmo Super 1018R. I used it from time to time and, honestly, I was always very satisfied with the results. A Catalan friend, found in the warehouse of a photography shop in Sabadell, a unit that had remained unsold for all these years, with its original box, briefcase, instructions and even the guarantee card, which he bought for me for a little more than peanuts, and with which I will never film: camera goes directly to the showcase, in IB Cinema.

VARIABLE SHUTTER.

A special technical feature of this camera is that it has a variable shutter that can be adjusted between 0 and 220 degrees. Of course, there are other cameras with a variable shutter, but not with such a wide margin, except for the two Canon XLSs: but on Canons the shutter can only be locked in two positions, 150 and 220 degrees, while on the Elmo 1018R, we can film, if we wish, with the shutter in any position, as example at only 55 degrees, having the camera a useful fractional control of the exposure for the exposure meter to compensate the exposure automatically. A variable shutter between 0 and 220 degrees, adjustable to any position with such a wide range, is a unique and historic feature.

LAP DISSOLVES

The 1018R can do lap dissolves not with the iris but with the variable shutter (the rewind is for 70 f.p.s.)

LENS WITH MACRO IN ALL FOCAL LENGHTS.

The lens, developed by Elmo in collaboration with Kowa, is of very high quality, an f 1.8 from 7 to 70mm. A distinctive feature of this zoom is that, while in most Super-8 cameras macro is only available at one or both ends of the focal length, in the Elmo 1018 R,  macro focusing is available at any  focal lenght, virtue is very useful for filmmakers.

INTERVALTIMER

The intervaltimer is built-in, with 7 steps (0.6, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 and 30 seconds). The viewfinder is adjustable between -5 to + 2.5 diopt.).