CAMERA, MOTION-PICTURE

Description: SOUND MOVIE CAMERA, SUPER 8 MM CARTRIDGE. BLACK STEEL, ALUMINIUM & PLASTIC BODY. NAMEPLATE ON CAMERA READS "SANKYO SOUND XL-600S", AND "PASSED JMDC". CASE IS BLACK WITH BLUE LINING, AND READS "CHINON", AND "MADE IN JAPAN". FOLD-DOWN BATTERY CCOMPARTMENT IN HANDLE. ZOOM F 7.5 45 MM LENS C/W CAP. LEFT SIDE JACKS FOR MICS & 3 KNOBS TO CONTROL SOUND QUALITY. WRIST STRAP. PADDED LINED VINYL CARRYING CASE. SET INCLUDES 2 MICROPHONES, 1 WITH SINGLE JACK, 1 WITH 2 PRONG JACK. CAMERA IS IN WORKING ORDER. STRAP OF CASE REPAIRED W/ TAPE

History: RECORD THEIR TRAVELS. REPRESENTS THE PEAK OF CONSUMER HOME MOTION PICTURE TECHNOLOGY, NOW REPLACED BY MAGNETIC VIDEO FORMATS. "SANKYO SOUND XL-600S" *** UPDATE: ON 30 MAY 2014, THE DONOR’S WIFE, VIOLET MARTIN, VISITED THE GALT TO DONATE ANOTHER CAMCORDER PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY HER HUSBAND GEORGE. WHILE THAT CAMERA WAS NOT ACCEPTED FOR THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH VIOLET WITH RESPECT TO HER AND THE DONOR’S EMIGRATION FROM INDIA, ENGLAND AND THEIR MULTI-DECADE RESIDENCY IN LETHBRIDGE. MUCH OF THE INTERVIEW DEALS WITH GEORGE’S DESIRE TO DOCUMENT THE WORLD AROUND HIM WHICH INCLUDES HIS SOURCING AND USAGE OF HIS DONATED CAMERA EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEAR-4000 WORD INTERVIEW, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE AS WELL AS OTHER DONATIONS BY THE DONOR.