I'm just wondering, what are some electric double 8mm cameras I should invest in, like the Canon Canonette Cine 8? preferably, something that could shoot 48-64 frames per second.

I would check out the Bolex 8mm line up when they started putting electric drive in the double 8 cameras. Of course the spring wound models would do 64fps. My old B8L did.

Bolex made motors for even the early non-Rex H8 cameras.

I do have a mechanical Bolex h8- just need to get some good manual focus lenses

I don’t think there is one Double-Eight camera whose electric drive attains more than 32 fps. Usually they run at 16, 18 and or 24. Advantage spring drive

One electric camera stands out, the Leicina 8 S. It features the superb six-elements Summicron lens f = 15 mm. Together with very good mechanics it’s a unique 16 fps model.

The very best mechanics you get with spring driven cams by DeJur, Bauer, Paillard-Bolex, Bell & Howell, EMEL, Meopta, Eumig, ELMO, Sankyo.

These are the Double-Eight cameras featuring an electric motor drive known to me today.

• Agfa Movexoom
• AMC Automatic Eight
• Argus M-4 Zoom
• Argus M 44 Zoom
• Argus Automatic 8
• Bauer Electric
• Bauer Electric S
• Boots Cine 8
• Boots Pacemaker Auto 8
• Boots Elf
• Canon Motor Zoom 8 EEE
• Cine Canonet 8
• Chinon Zoom 8 7-A
• Chinon Concord 8 7-B
• Chinon Facel Zoom
• Chinon Master
• Cinekon 8 E
• Cineland Zoom 8
• Cinemax-8 DE Compact Zoom
• Cinemax-8 High Auto
• Cinemax 8 III E
• Condor (Azomax)
• Crestline Automatic 8
• Crown Auto Zoom 201
• Crown Reflex Zoom 606
• Croydon PT-188
• De Jur Eight Reflex Slo-Motion DE-60
• De Jur Eight Reflex Slo-Motion Dyna-Zoom DE-70
• De Jur Eight Electra EF-10
• De Jur Eight Reflex Electra EF 30
• Denhill Zoom 8 SE
• De Ville 328 Automatic EE
• Edixa 8 Zoom
• ELMO 8 R-S/T
• ELMO 8 EE
• ELMO 8 C-A
• ELMO 8 C-300
• ELMO 8 Pocket-Auto
• ELMO Zoom 8-CZ
• ELMO Zoom 8 EE Auto-Eye
• ELMO 8 TL
• Eumig C 4
• Eumig C 5
• Eumig C 6
• Eumig C 8
• Eumig Electric/Electric R
• Eumig Servomatic
• Eumig S 2
• Eumig S 3
• Fairchild Cinephonic 8
• Fairchild Professional Sound Model 900
• Fujica 8 Zoom Deluxe
• Fujita-Eight
• GAF-Ansco Titan, II, III, IV Autolectric
• Hanimex Automatic Eight/Zoom
• Hanimex Synchro Zoom
• H & G Cadet
• Kalimar TV-Zoom
• Kaydon Trident 8 Zoom EE
• Keystone 851
• Khola Automatic 8
• Kodak Electric 8 Automatic Duex
• Kodak Zoom 8 Automatic 145
• Kohka Automatic 8
• Kohka Eight Zoom
• Konica Zoom Eight
• Konica 8 E
• Konica 8 II S
• Kopil 8 I C EE
• Leicina 8 S/SV/V
• LOMO Ambassador
• LOMO Sport-4
• Mamiya 8 G III
• Mamiya 8 JE/II
• Mamiya Super GL
• Mamiya Adina 8 Zoom
• Mamiya 8 Zoom S-2
• Mansfield Holiday 8 EE
• Mansfield Holiday Electromatic 8
• Maxius 3 High Auto/CDS Compact Zoom
• Mekano Auto Triumph 8 SE-1
• Melson
• Meopta Admira EL 8
• Meopta Admira 8 elektrik P
• Minolta Zoom 8
• Minolta Auto Zoom 8
• Minoltina 8
• Morex-Elisée 8 J
• Muplex 8
• Nikkorex/Nikkorex 8/Nikkorex 8 F
• Nizo Electric EA 1
• Olympus Pen 8 EE
• Pacemaker Auto 8/Auto Zoom 8 EE
• Petri 8
• Petri Power Zoom
• Projecta Caméra
• Revere-3M Reflex-Electric
• Revue 88 EE
• Rexer 157-TE
• Rexina-8
• Ricoh Autozoom 8
• Ricoh Zoomphonic
• Ricohmite 88 E
• Rolls Automatic 8
• Rondo Cinelec 88 T/M D 8 T
• Rosko Electric 0141
• Sankyo 8-CM Micro Zoom
• Sankyo Auto-4X
• Sears 8mm Automatic
• Sedic S-2 Reflex Zoom 3 E
• Soligor Automatic 8
• SUGA 8 G
• Technicolor Automatic 8
• Vernon 18/28
• Wittnauer Cine-Simplex EE
• Wittnauer Cine-Twin
• Yamato
• Yashica-C
• Yashica 8 ES/M
• Yashica Auto Loading Power Zoom 8
• Yashica 8 U-G EE
• Yashica Umatic-Power
• Yashica U-Matic EE
• Yashica 8 U5 auto threading electric zoom 8
• Yashimat S/Zoom
• Zeiss-Ikon Moviflex Super
• 3M Revere Reflex Electric

nice, I'll look into these when I have some spare time

I've got two electric motor drive, (Chinon Master and Sankyo 8CM) as well as a few clockwork ones. I am honestly not sure which I prefer. The Sankyo is very light and I have a partner who cannot lift hefty objects for long, so she can use that one and realistically cannot use the others for any kind of length of time.

TheGreatGasMaskMan said:

I'm just wondering, what are some electric double 8mm cameras I should invest in, like the Canon Canonette Cine 8? preferably, something that could shoot 48-64 frames per second.

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I have a Minolta 8, have not used it for years but it worked fine. Spools are loaded into a 'cartridge' that one just reversed halfway through the film.