General Information

Serial #

1213K

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LENS: METAL AND GLASS/ CASE: METAL WITH FABRIC LINING

Dimensions

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

Length

7.2 cm

Width

3.8 cm

Height

N/A

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

SOLIGOR

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S AND 1970S

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 OR A 16MM CINE CAMERA TO FOCUS FROM 1 FOOT TO INFINITY.

Technical

FITS BOTH 8MM AND 16MM CINE CAMERAS. IT IS A VERY WIDE ANGLE LENS FOR A 16MM CAMERA [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED AROUND LENS BODY: 'ELITAR Soligor WIDE ANGLE 10MM f:1.8/ 1.8 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16/ feet[INFINITY] 15 7 5 4 3 2 1.5 1/ Japan No 1213K 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 2 1.8 [twice]'/ PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF FILTER: 'SERIES V WRATTEN FILTER NO. 83 MADE IN U.S.A.'/ PRINTED ON OUTSIDE AND INSIDE LID OF CASE: 'ELITAR/ Soligor/ "WORLD'S FINEST OPTICS"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

LENS: SHINY BLACK PARTS WITH WHITE PRINTING WITH SHINY METAL RINGS/ CASE: WINE WITH GOLD PRINTING AND TRIM; WHITE LINING IN LID; NAVY VELVET LINING IN BOTTOM

Decoration

N/A