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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARTRIDGE
- DATE
- 1979–1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0204.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Kodak Canada Inc.
- MODEL
- TELE-EKTRALITE 600
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Primarily synthetic; some metal components.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.3 cm
- Width
- 3.3 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kodak
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of camera used 1979+
- Canada
-
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 still images on photographic film. - Technical
-
Kodak Tele-Ektralite 600 is a rigid cartridge camera that features a detachable cover/handle; automatic electronic flash; fixed focus lens f8/22 regular and f8/44mm telephoto lens. Fitted with 2 speed (1/25, 1/250) shutter. It used 110 film and produced 13 x 17 mm negatives (REF. 3) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "Kodak Tele-EKTRALITE 600/ appareil camera" & "ELECTRONIC FLASH" appears on camera front. "KODAK CANADA INC." & "WARNING/ HIGH VOLTAGE/ DO NOT DISASSEMBLE/ AVERTISSEMENT/ HAUTE TENSION/ NE PAS DESASSEMBLER" appears on camera back. "9V alkaline/ battery only" printed in English & French on decal inside battery compartment. "KODAK CANADA INC./ TORONTO, CANADA" & "USES/ 110/ FILM" appears inside film compartment. "REOMAR/ LENS/ 22/44 mm" & "Kodak" logo appears on camera front..2 "Kodak" logo & "600" appears on cover exterior; film speed and exposure guide printed on inside of cover..3 "OPEN" & directional arrow appears on cover exterior. "P A K" applied using decals on film compartment door.
- Missing
- None
- Finish
- .1-.3 All black fine wrinkle-textured exterior..4 black nylon (?) strap.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Kodak Canada Inc., Camera, circa 1979–1980, Artifact no. 1999.0204, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0204.001/
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