Leicina Special Super 8 is a vintage analogue movie camera, and the finest Super8 camera ever made. Aimed at professional cinematographers and scientists, it incorporates a robust Leica M mount enabling the direct use of Leica M rangefinder lenses and (with adapters) Leica screw mount, Leica/Leicaflex SLR lenses, Arriflex lenses, M42 screw-mount lenses, and Minolta- and Canon-mount lenses.

The camera kit includes the stunning 15-element, 12-group Leicina 6-66mm f/1.8 Optivaron (made for Leitz by Schneider Kreuznach Optik), which provides power zoom, is acclaimed for its exquisite sharpness and rendition even wide open, and its ability to focus down to a frame-filling field 29 x 22mm of view of at its extreme close-up setting.

Specification:

Optivaron lens f1.8 6-66 mm
Zoooming ratio 11x
Manual focus
Macro focusing: auto and manual zooming
Filter sizer 62 mm
Rangefinder: Split image
Exposure: auto and manual exposure, TTL Electric eye
Allows for quick lens changes

Hire costs:

Standard rates - £50/day, £150/week

Concessionary rates - £25/day, £75/week