General Information

Serial #

1028

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL HOUSING & WORKS, SAVE SOME SMALL SYNTHETIC FITTINGS/ LENS COVERS & CASES ARE SYNTHETIC/ CASE IS METAL WITH SYNTHETIC & FABRIC LINING; LEATHER HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

52.0 cm

Width

21.0 cm

Height

42.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Arriflex

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN 1970S

Canada

REPRESENTS TYPE OF CINE CAMERA WIDELY USED BY NEWS REPORTERS IN MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA, IN 1970S.

Function

TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES.

Technical

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY, STATE OF THE ART CINE CAMERA FAVOURED BY REPORTERS BEFORE THE RISE OF VIDEO CAMERAS. THIS ARRIFLEX CAMERA OUTFIT REPRESENTS THE TOP-OF-THE-LINE EQUIPMENT OF THE 1960S-1970S. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED WITH A BELT-STYLE BATTERY PACK, AND A SYNC-TO-SOUND TAPE RECORDER. COULD BE USED WITH/WITHOUT TRIPOD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'ARRIFLEX' & 'NoM1028/ MADE IN WESTERN-GERMANY' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON CAMERA BODY DOOR; '314030' & LOGO APPEAR ON INSIDE OF DOOR. 'ARRIFLEX/16' & 'NO M1028' APPEAR ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CAMERA BODY. VARIOUS CONTROLS & INDICATORS LABELLED/ 'LENS MADE IN GERMANY' & F-STOP & EXPOSURE SCALES ALSO APPEAR ON CASING/ PT CASE: ‘Made in Western Germany' PRINTED ON PLATE SCREWED TO CASE TOP FRONT./ LENS CASES & COVERS BEAR SCHNEDIER OPTIK KREUZNACH MARKINGS.

Missing

NONE. REQUIRES BATTERY PACK TO OPERATE.

Finish

BLACK CRINKLE FINISH; BRIGHT & BRUSHED SILVER METAL TRIM/ CASE HAS EXAGGERATED PEBBLED TEXTURED SILVER METAL EXTERIOR; RED CORDUROY LINING; BLACK LEATHER STRAPS & PULL TABS INSIDE CASE.

Decoration

N/A