General Information

Serial #

1440

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING & PARTS/.2 GLASS OPTICS, METAL MOUNT/.3 METAL/.4 SYNTHETIC FILM IN METAL CAN/.5 OIL IN PLASTIC BOTTLE/.5 WOOD PRODUCT? CASE WITH PLUSH FABRIC LINING, METAL HARDWARE, PAPER COVERING, SYNTHETIC HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length

31.5 cm

Width

26.5 cm

Height

15.5 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

NEYHART

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Palos verdes Peninsula

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1967+

Canada

CAMERA USED BY COMPUTING DEVICES OF CANADA LTD. (NOW COMPUTING DEVICES CANADA LTD., PART OF CERDIAN), &BY CANADAIR LTD. COMPUTING DEVICES WAS ORIGINAL PURCHASER; FIRM WAS FOUNDED IN 1948 IN OTTAWA & IS NOW AMERICAN OWNED DEFENSE ELECTRONICS COMPANY.

Function

DEVICE USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT. THIS TIME-LAPSE CAMERA COULD BE USED FOR SURVEY OR SURVEILLANCE WORK. IT WAS CAPABLE OF TAKING INDIVIDUAL FRAMES OF DATA AS SLOW AS ONE FRAME UP TO 10 FRAMES PER SECOND; AUXILIARY DATA COULD BE PUT ON EACH FRAME TO RECORD TIME, EVENT & FRAME NUMBER.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF 35 MM PULSE/CINE CAMERA ON MARKET SINCE 1955, WHEN IT WAS MADE BY NEYHART ENTERPRISES. SINCE THEN CAMERA HAS BEEN MODERNIZED & INTERNAL RELAYS REPLACED BY ELECTRONICS. IT IS STILL SOLD BY ROBERT WOLTZ ASSOCIATES INC. OF LAGUNA BEACH, CA.& MOST RECENT LARGE SCALE USE WAS FOR PHOTOLOGGING OF AMERICAN HIGHWAYS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATES READING "Automax/ MODEL G-1/ CINE FRAME RATE 16/SEC./ MAX. INTERVAL RATE 10/SEC./ EXP. 1/64 SEC. LOAD 400 FT./ 28 V.D.C. 60 CYCLE/ SERIAL NO. 1440/ NEYHART ENTERPRISES/ PALOS VERDES PENINSULA/ CALIFORNIA"; "DISTRIBUTED BY/ TRAID/ CORPORATION/GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA"; LABELS READING "COMPUTING DEVICES OF CANADA LTD./ 1.4.69 DATE/ 1248 REF. NO.", "M.E.C. No./ 2060800/ CANADAIR LTD."/.2 WHITE LETTERING READING " F=25 mm No 50594 APOCHROMAT KINOPTIK PARIS"/.4 INDENTED LETTERING READING "EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY"/.5 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READING "AUTOMAX BEARING OIL/ SPEC. MIL-0-6085" & "NEYHART ENTERPRISES, ROLLING HILLS, CALIF." *

Missing

FILM REEL CASING

Finish

.1 BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON EXTERIOR/.2 GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED FINISH/.3 ORANGE PAINTED METAL/.4 METALLIC CAN, YELLOW REEL/.5 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PLASTIC/.5 TEXTURED BLACK EXTERIOR, PURPLE INTERIOR; PLATED HARDWARE; BLACK HANDLE

Decoration

*.1 PLATE READING "WESTERN GEAR/ CORPORATION [SCRIPT]/ ELECTRO-PRODUCTS DIV., PASADENA, CALIF./ MOTOR D.C./ MODEL CG9D34B SER. 646/ V. 18-30 WOUND COMP./ R.P.M. 5050 H.P. 1/30 ROT. CW/ DUTY CONT."