Super 8 Film Camera Shutter Speeds

Beaulieu Super 8 Film Cameras
Have a Gillotine (up-and-down) slidding mirror-surfaced shutter
It is not a typical shutter | So, Shutter Speeds are found as described in the Instruction Manual
I use this workable formula: Open Full Xfps x 3.6 | Half Open Half Xfps x 7.2 = Shutter Speed
Beaulieu 4008 ZM
4 fps8 fps18 fps24 fps25 fps36 fps 50 fps70 fps80 fps
Open Half1/301/601/1301/1731/1741/2601/3501/5001/576
Open Full1/151/301/651/861/871/1301/1751/2501/288

Any camera with a standard shutter mechanism
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed = Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter Speed
Most Super 8 Film Cameras have a typical Shutter Mechanism and a definate Shutter Angle
Canon 1014XL-S
Shutter Angle4 fps9 fps16 fps18 fps24 fps36 fps45 fps54 fps70 fps
150°°1/20°1/401/601/85°°°
220°°1/15°1/301/401/60°°°
Canon 1014E
Shutter Angle4 fps9 fps16 fps18 fps24 fps36 fps45 fps54 fps70 fps
150°°°°1/431/58 °°1/129°
75°°°°1/861/115°°1/258°
37.5°°°°1/1721/230°°1/516°
Elmo 1014S-XL
Shutter Angle4 fps9 fps16 fps18 fps24 fps36 fps45 fps54 fps70 fps
220°°°°1/291/39°°°°
360° X FPS / Shutter Speed = Shutter Angle
360° / Camera Shutter Angle x FPS = Shutter Speed
Nizo 801 Macro
Shutter Angle1 fpm6 fps18 fps24 fps36 fps45 fps54 fps70 fps
Book Says:Open Full1 min.1/81/431/57°°1/129°
Book Says:Open Half°°1/861/115°°Don't Do It°
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150°Open Full°°1/43°° °1/129°
151°Open Full°°°1/57°°°°
270°Open Full°1/8°°°°°°
75° Open Half°°1/86°° °°°
78°Open Half°°°1/115°°°°
Comment: pretty close to 150°
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