Sweet camera on ebay (not mine)

**MovieStuff** · April 6th, 2002, 01:32 AM

Just saw this tricked out Bauer. Pretty.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1344143982

**Matt Pacini** · April 6th, 2002, 02:13 AM

Nice camera.
He's misleading though, when he says it's the top of the line Bauer, because the 715XL-S is even nicer than this is!
(I wish I hadn't sold mine. I miss it!)

Matt Pacini

**Kurt** · April 6th, 2002, 06:32 AM

You're right, but it was Bauer's top-of-the-line silent camera.

Kurt

**pauls opinion** · April 6th, 2002, 09:29 AM

Great camera. There are different versions of this camera. The bauer royal 10 e, 8e and 6e are its predecessors. All have exactly the same features as this one except for the lenses. definitely a camera to watch out for. They are none the less a bit unpractical in shadowy areas since the aperture indication is a bit dark then; it is lit by a light shaft. Otherwise great; many, many features and very compact.

Paul

**Matt Pacini** · April 6th, 2002, 09:09 PM

Way more features on the 512????
You've obviously not used a 715XL-S.
And many people wouldn't exactly consider the XL function something to be "stuck" with.

Not to mention the Angeniuex 6-90 zoom macro.
Awesome lens...

Matt Pacini

**Hanthx** · April 6th, 2002, 10:10 PM

Never used a Bauer, but am wondering how noisy this camera is?

Scott

**cameraguy** · April 7th, 2002, 04:29 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Matt Pacini:
Nice camera.
He's misleading though, when he says it's the top of the line Bauer, because the 715XL-S is even nicer than this is!
(I wish I hadn't sold mine. I miss it!)

Matt Pacini</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

I would take the A512 any day over the 715xl. Way more features on the 512 plus with the 715 your stuck with the XL shutter.

**mattias** · April 7th, 2002, 08:43 AM

> And many people wouldn't exactly consider the XL function something to be "stuck" with.

well, if you're even considering buying a $500 super-8 camera, you're probably one of the people who would. especially handheld footage shot with an xl shutter looks bad, bad, bad, or even worse...

/matt

**Matt Pacini** · April 7th, 2002, 03:37 PM

The 715 is pretty stinking noisy.
That's the only reason I sold it.
If I weren't so **** -retentive about camera noise these days, I would probably be shooting with the Bauer715XL-S, or the Canon 1014XL-S, since they are my favorites, except for the noise factor, like I said (I now use a Nizo 6080).

I've owned them both, and I sold them both because of the camera noise, which was about even.
The Bauer was a little bit lower frequency noise than the Canon, but probably about the same overall level of noise.

On second thought, I'd probably have kept the Canon 1014XL-S.
I liked it a little bit better than the Bauer, but man, having that 90mm zoom was incrediblly nice...
I'd rather have Canon glass than Angeniuex glass though.

Matt Pacini