General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MAINLY METAL WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF SYNTHETIC AND GLASS LENSES; LEATHER CARRYING BAG, STORAGE BAGS AND CASE; SOME WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

33.0 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

23.0 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

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1950'S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (1953-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES.

Technical

TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY 16MM "HOME MOVIE" CAMERA. 16MM LOAD WITH 16, 24 AND 64 FRAMES PER SECOND. 1/35 SEC. SHUTTER SPEED AT 16 FRAMES PER SEC. ADJUSTABLE PRECISION OPTICAL VIEWFINDER. SINGLE FRAME EXPOSURE. BUILT-IN EXPOSURE GUIDE.POSITIVE START, RUN-DOWN STOP & DIRECT CONTACT FOOTAGE INDICATOR.[REF 2].

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING INCLUDES: 'Kodak/ Cine-Kodak/ROYAL/ Magazine/ CAMERA/ 16 24 64/ LENS FOCAL LENGTH IN MM/ CINE KODAK ROYAL MAGAZINE CAMERA/ MADE IN ROCHESTER N.Y. U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ Use Cine-Kodak 16mm Magazine'/ STICKER INSIDE: 'SOLE IMPORTER INTO CANADA/ CANADIAN KODAK CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO'

Missing

LENS MOUNTING FOR LENSES FOUND IN CASE WITH CAMERA MISSING/ INTERIOR PARTS OF MAGAZINE BROKEN

Finish

BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER BODY COVER WITH SHINY METAL TRIM/ BROWN LEATHER CASES

Decoration

FRONT SECTION HORIZONTAL GREY STRIPES; INSIDE BODY BLACK HORIZONTAL STRIPES