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- OBJECT TYPE
- 28MM/F2.8/NON-FOCUS
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1386.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KINO PRECISION
- MODEL
- KIRON MC
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 00303443
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS, SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 6.7 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KINO
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1960'S
- Canada
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PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC. - Function
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USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A CAMERA, TO BEND LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON THE FILM IN THE CAMERA. IT IS USED ON A CAMERA WHEN A WIDE ANGLE OF VIEW IS DESIRED. THIS LENS TAKES A 74 DEGREE VIEW AS COMPARED TO A 62 DEGREE VIEW TAKEN BY A 35MM LENS - Technical
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DEVELOPMENT OF WIDE ANGLE LENS ALLOWED FOR A MUCH WIDER PICTURE ANGLE AND EXTRA DEPTH OF FIELD WHICH IS USEFUL WHEN TAKING LANDSCAPES OR ARCHITECTURAL VIEWS - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON OUTSIDE OF LENS: 'KINO PRECISION JAPAN KIRON 28mmf/2.8 [0 with oblique line through it] 55 MC 00303443/ [5 SCALES] N/A1'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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KINO PRECISION, Lens, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1995.1386, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1386.001/
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