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- OBJECT TYPE
- 8MM/AUTOFOCUS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0493.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeika Optco
- MODEL
- NOMINAR ZOOM
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8764
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL; GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.0 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 4.2 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zeika
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS ONE USED FROM THE MID 1950'S UNTIL THE 1970'S
- 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 OF CANADA (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261] - Function
-
USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON CINE FILM. - Technical
-
HIGHLY RELIABLE AND SIMPLE TO USE [REF 3]. THIS ONE COMES WITH SUPERB LENSES, INCLUDING A VERY RARE YASHICA CINEMASCOPE LENS (.7), AND A RARE EARLY NOMINAR LENS (.2) [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Printed around lens: ‘Nominar ZOOM LENS ½" to 1 ½" AUTOFOCUS 8mm f: 2.8' / Printed on middle section: ‘ ½"/ 13/ 1 ½" / 38/ No. 8764/ ZEIKA OPTCO.'/ Stamped in bottom ring: ‘JAPAN'/ [2 SCALES]
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Metal and glass lens. Middle section: matte textured black; shiny black on two ends with shiny metal and satin finish middle rings. White and black printing.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeika Optco, Lens, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0493, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0493.002/
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