ECLAIR NPR
p>"Noiseless Portable Reflex" — Eclair's landmark 1960 quiet, portable 16mm reflex camera that helped define the French New Wave and cinéma-vérité documentary movements. Its instant-reload magazine design (further refined in the later ACL) became an industry standard feature. Rotating 2-lens turret and battery-driven constant-speed motor with sync generator.
- Format: Std 16
- Shutter: variable, mirror reflex
- Speed: 12V battery motor, universal crystal-controlled/variable speed, European TV standard-compatible
- Lens mount: 2-lens rotating turret; C-mount / Cameflex-derived mounts
- Magazine: coaxial, up to 400 ft, 5-second change, daylight spools or core loads
- Viewfinder: 360° rotating, non-shifting image
- Weight: body+motor ~6 lb (per period literature); complete kit substantially more
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