Chinon Pacific 12SMR Super-8 sound camera Boom Mic - EXC cond & tested SEE VIDEO

Description

Nice WORKING Chinon Pacific 12SMR Super 8 Sound camera
Top of the line - Professional Model
12:1 Zoom Lens and Boom Microphone
Variable speed time-lapse intervalometer built into the camera
Automatic Lap Dissolves plus so many more features\
Has a flash-sync socket that will sync the sound with the picture when hooked up to a separate recorder!
Includes original sales receipt when the camera was purchased new for 0 on 9/7/77.
Also includes all original manuals for both the camera and the boom microphone.
Camera has been TESTED -- see the footage!
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The Facts:
Very Good to Excellent condition cosmetically.  Not saying there isn't a scratch or two, but overall looks great. The rubber eyecup (in pictures) had to be removed because I noticed I was getting goo from the rubber all over my hands. So -- there is NO eyecup. There is a very nice genuine Chinon metal screw-on lens cap that come with the camera (not pictured).
Excellent condition mechanically.  The camera runs great in all filming speeds.
Excellent lens - looks very good!  No fogging, no scratches, no dirt that I saw.  There are a very few pinhole size marks that I see (light spots) but this is minor and nothing showed up on the test footage.
Test footage filmed with 10 year old un-refrigerated Ektachrome 100D.  Very steady and not jumpy and all the test shots were hand held.
Built in light meter has been tested, lens tested, film shot in camera.  Variable speed power zoom tested. I tried to test the lap dissolve but I messed it up and pushed the button at the wrong time but I believe it is working.  The intervalometer seems to be working as it clicks a frame off when it should but I did not test it with film but see no reason why it wouldn't expose correctly. Sound recording was not tested as only silent film was run through the camera.
Comes with BIG telescopic microphone (not tested) and original instruction booklet, plus ORIG CHINON carrying case! Also has original sales receipt from 1977.  Note: the carrying case is not in great shape and could use some repair.  There are two little pieces of rubber that dangle the boom mic and one of the has severed, so only holding it.
There is also a screw to remove the built-in 85A filter for tungsten balanced film that I cannot find.  Another screw of similar size will do or you can hold down a button.  When filming with modern Ektachrome 100D or even Tri-X film this is not even necessary as Ektachrome 100D is daylight balanced (not tungsten) and the notch on the Super-8 cartridge will automatically remove the filter.  Tri-X is black & white and the filter is a moot point as it is just for color correction.
Look at this footage I took with this camera on November 27, 2020:
(Please note that this video was taken from a digital camera pointed at a movie
screen projecting the super-8 film approx. 3' wide, so there is flicker.  The film used was
10 year old Ektachrome 100d (never refrigerated) and just for fun the film was home processed on November 27th, the same day I shot it.  I forgot to pre-wash the film and the entire roll ended up a little on the reddish side.
CHINON PACIFIC 12SMR Super-8 camera test
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Specifications:
MASSIVE 12:1 ZOOM LENS (6mm to 72mm) f/1.8
1, 18 or 24, and 36 (slow motion) fps film speed
Flash-sync socket to record sound on a separate recorder and keep the picture & sound in sync.
Automatic or fully manual exposure
Macro Photography capability built into the lens
Variable speed Power zoom and manual override
Variable speed time-lapse intervalometer built into the camera
Built-in Neutral Density filter (in/out switch)
Backlight control
Fade in and fade out button
Continuous run feature for camera if set-up on a tripod
Microphone and auxilliary mic inputs and automatic or manual sound control
Takes six AA batteries
Weighs 6 lbs