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- OBJECT TYPE
- WIDE ANGLE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0488.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SUN OPT.
- MODEL
- XEBEC
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 40585 [1]
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL; GLSS LENSES SYNTHETIC CAPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- 3.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine camera parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SUN
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S
- Canada
-
EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER WHO MADE FILMS FOR THE POLISH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1958 & 1973. ONE OF HIS FILMS HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261] - Function
-
USED TO ADJUST THE OPTICS ON A 8MM CINE CAMERA TO FOCUS FROM 0.35 FEET TO INFINITY. - Technical
-
USED TO TAKE CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN THERE IS A LIMITED CHOICE OF VANTAGE POINTS. IT TAKES IN MORE OF A SCENE AT THE SAME DISTANCE AS A NORMAL LENS. THESHORT FOCAL LENGTH OF WIDE ANGLE LENSES GIVE THEM CONSIDERABLE DEPTH OF FIELD EVEN AT LARGE APERTURES OR SHORT DISTANCES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF LENS: 'Xebec AUX. WIDE ANGLE XO.5 40585 SUN OPT. Japan E.M.'/.2 PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF LENS: 'Xebec AUX. WIDE ANGLE XO.5 40234 SUN OPT. Japan' /.3 PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF LENS: 'Xebec AUX. WIDE ANGLE F:1.9 XO.5 357883 SUN OPT. Japan/ Scale of Standard Lens [INFINITY] 12 6 4 3 2 1 feet/ Actual Distance in W.A. Lens [INFINITY] 3 1.5 1 0.75 0.5 0.35'
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 GLOSS BLACK LENS HOLDER; SHINY METAL BASE; WHITE PRINTING;.2 GLOSS BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING;.3 SHINY METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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SUN OPT., Lens, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1997.0488, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0488.001/
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