Nizo Vintage Movie Cameras

Capture Your Memories with a Nizo Camera

The award-winning Braun Nizo Super 8 mm film camera is well loved by both amateur and professional videographers and is still being used today. The camera combines affordable Super 8 film technology with features that make it easy to use for everyday filming. You can find a wide range of Nizo cameras on eBay.

Yes, the camera has been designed for easy operation. When Nizo’s first appeared on the market around 1965, they featured technology that was not available in the other cameras of the day. The Nizo 800 series had a B-function that could be used to manually control film exposure times for filming night-time scenes in detail. Some of the cameras in the Nizo range were also capable of recording sound when used with the correct film type.

The cameras are viewed by some as a collector’s item while others simply enjoy working with the Super 8 film medium. Nizo cameras can be found at good prices on eBay and do not cost much to use. While Super 8 cameras are no longer manufactured, the film required to use them is still produced and available.

Yes, footage taken with these cameras requires processing. The film is removed from the camera and handed in for processing similar to photographs that have been taken with a film camera.

Super 8 cameras use 8 mm film to record video. The film was designed as an alternative to the more expensive film types that were popular in the 1960s. Super 8 film was used to record home movies and moving pictures intended for cinematic screening.

The cameras had quite a few features, including:

• Zoom lenses: The lens in most Nizo cameras is capable of zooming.
• Exposure needle: The cameras are equipped with an exposure meter that lets the user know how to adjust the exposure time for optimal quality.
• Audio recording: Some Nizo models were capable of recording audio and video.
• Macro mode: Some of the cameras were equipped with a macro mode for close-up filming.