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OBJECT TYPE: SUPER 8
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0308.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd.
MODEL: INSTAMATIC M4
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: A163010
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Predominantly metal & synthetic, with synthetic, metal & glass fittings.

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.5 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Height: 14.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Thi camera was used 1965 +
Canada: This camera was manufactured and purchased in Canada in the first year Super 8 format film cartridges were introduced. According to the donor, this camera was given to him as an early Christmas gift by his father, Mr. W.P. Decoste of Havre Boucher, NS. Mr. Decoste had asked his camera dealer for the latest model, and this was what was recommended. This camera was used in Montreal and Ottawa. Kodak Canada was founded by Eastman Kodak in 1899 in a Toronto shop where employees cut sheet film and fitted lenses on cameras to support the growing potential for a photographic market in Canada. As Canadian interest in photography grew, the company expanded across the country throughout the 20th century to produce in all aspects of photography including still and movie cameras, film, x-ray film, photocopy paper, and photographic chemicals under many popular names including Brownie, Kodacolor, Carousel, and Supermatic.
Function: To record moving images on photographic film.
Technical: This is a camera with 13mm, f/1.8 lens that uses Kodapak Super 8 movie cartridge film to record movies. The MX was one of three Kodak Cine camera models used to launch their newly invented Super 8 film in 1965. (Kodachrome 11) This model incorporated an electric eye-auto exposure feature and has a meter.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "M4 INSTAMATIC/ MADE IN CANADA MOVIE CAMERA " & " [LOGO]/ Kodak" appear on movie cartridge access door. "Kodak/ INSTAMATIC/ MOVIE CAMERA/ USES KODAPAK MOVIE CARTRIDGE/ MADE IN TORONTO, CANADA BY/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ REGISTERED TRADE MARK " printed inside compartment. " KODAK EKTANAR LENS/ 13MM F/1.8 " printed on lens housing. SN "A163010" on base. Box reads " Kodak/ Instamatic M4/ Movie Camera/ FOR SUPER 8 MOVIES " on front & back panels;" No. D34/ Kodak/ Instamatic M4/ Movie Camera/ WITH METER/ CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED/ MANUFACTURED IN TORONTO, CANADA. T.M. REG. CAN. PAT. OFF. " on side panels. French & English text on box.
Missing: None.
Finish: 2-tone grey casing. CW original yellow & black box.
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Camera, 1965, Artifact no. 1997.0308, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0308.001/

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