Kodak Analyst (1)

marketed in 1971

production: 1971-1982

silent super 8 cartridge

lens: Kodak Zoom Lens f: 1.9 \ F: 13-28 mm

zooming ratio: 2.1x

focusing: manual, aerial, 6 ft to infinity

zooming: manual

filter size: ?

viewfinder: single-lens reflex with adjustable eyepiece

viewfinder information: under-exposure warning signal

exposure: auto exposure control; not TTL Electric Eye

aperture range: f/1.9 to ?

film speed: auto for 25/40 and 100/160 ASA (daylight/tungsten) (2)

ASA notching: 1-pin

CCA filter: built-in 85A filter; manual cancelation with filter key of kodak type (3)

shutter opening angle: <180 degrees

shutter speed: 1/100 seconds

filming speed:  1 frame from 1.25 sec to 90 sec (4)

sound: no

remote control socket: yes (5)

movie light socket: Kodak type

film counter: yes

battery check button: no

camera drive: DC micromotor

power source: 4 x AA batteries (5)

weight: circa 800 g

dimensions: 80 x 80 x 170 mm

tripod socket: 1/4"

made in Usa by Eastman Kodak

  • (1) time-lapse camera made for special applications: scientific research, security, surveillance. Some scientific studies were filmed with the Mekel 300, the VIC SP-1 or Kodak Analyst and then the film was analyzed frame-by-frame with projectors as Lafayette Analyzer

  • (2) Kodak sold special black-and-white film for this camera: Kodak MFX Film. A thin estar base allowed 100 feet to be loaded into a standard super 8 cartridge. "Takes a variety of films that come in 50-ft super 8 cartridges, including Kodak 4-X Reversal Film 7277 at 400 daylight speed, color films at 160 tungsten speed, black-and-white films that can be processed to a negative or reversal image either commercially or with your own simple equipment. Also takes 100-ft cartridges of Kodak MFX film that can be processed to a negative or a positive for study on a film editor or viewer."

  • (3) no automatic cancelation with a daylight cartridge

  • (4) button with 2 settings: A ( 1 frame from 1 1/4 sec to 45 sec), B (1 frame form 45 sec to 90 sec)

  • (5) for longer intervals a suitable timing device can be plugged-in

  • (6) powered by 4 AA batteries or by voltage converter from 117 V, 60 Hz outlet