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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-SOUND
- DATE
- 1961–1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0356.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NIEZOLDI & KRAMER GMBH
- MODEL
- NIZO HELIOMATIC 8 FOCOVARIO
- LOCATION
- Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 333637
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, WITH GLASS OPTICS & SOME SYNTHETIC COMPONENT & ACCESSORY PARTS;.2 ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION. PT CASE IS LEATHER, WITH METAL FITTINGS; FABRIC LINING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.0 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 27.6 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
- NIZO
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Munich
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS CAMERA USED BY DONOR 1963- 1970S.
- Canada
-
PURCHASED BY DONOR WHEN HE WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY 1963-1965, AND USED BY HIM FOR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY. - Function
-
USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON 8MM FILM. - Technical
-
"HELIOMATIC" SERIES WAS A 'HIGH-END' AMATEUR GERMAN CINE CAMERAPRODUCED IN THE 1950S & 1960S. FEATURES BUILT-IN REFLEXFINDER. FITTED WITH SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIGON 1:1,8/8-48MM LENS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 " Nizo/ Heliomatic 8/ Focovario " incised on camera body, on film compartment door. Serial no. "333637" incised in underside of camera body. "Nizo" appears on camera body below lens, and on photocell housing cover. " Schneider-Kreuznach 7447514 Variogon 1:1,8/8-48 " incised on lens housing; " Lens made in Germany " appears on outer edge. "SCHNEIDER/ OPTIK/ KREUZNACH " printed on lens cap. All settings, controls, etc. for lens, metering, film winding, etc. marked. Plate with 'DIN ASA' fitted to camera body back. "Nizo" & " Film when on this spool is only half exposed " printed on film spool, in English & German; "R-140" printed on *
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- .1-.2 BOTH HAVE MOTTLED SILVER GREY ENALEM FINISH; LENS CAPS, HOUSING, LENS HOOD, EYE SHIELD ALL BLACK. GREY LEATHER CASE HAS PALE MAUVE FLOCKED LINING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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NIEZOLDI & KRAMER GMBH, Camera, between 1961–1963, Artifact no. 1997.0356, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0356.001/
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