Leica Leicina 8V (c. 1962)
The Leicina 8V is a fully automatic 8mm motion-picture camera for double-8 roll film. It was Leica's entry into the home movie market. The naming is a tangle. Most sources call the camera the Leicina 8SV, while at least one manual seller explicitly ties the "8SV Instructions" to the Leicina 8V, which suggests the two names refer to essentially the same camera. The 8SV is dated to 1962.
The camera has a fixed Leitz zoom, the Leicina Vario 7.5-35mm f/1.8. Past the lens and the double-8 format, little else is documented. No weight, dimensions, frame rates or original price appear in the record, and no period reviews of the model have surfaced.
- Format: 8mm double-8 roll film
- Lens: Leicina Vario 7.5–35mm f/1.8 (fixed)
- Exposure: fully automatic
- Year: c. 1962 (as Leicina 8SV)
On the used market, the camera shows up occasionally. A recent European listing asked €90, and recorded auction sales for the 8SV cluster around £13-£60. Reprint instruction manuals are available for around $18.
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