General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

Loupe

Patents

N/A

General Description

Black moulded synthetic casing and frame to secure lens: casing has finely ribbed texture; glass or synthetic lens; metal or synthetic pivot post. Off-white adhesive tape present.

Dimensions

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

Length

5.4 cm

Width

4.2 cm

Height

1.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Light & electromagnetic radiation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bausch Lomb

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.

Function

Used to make items and/or details viewed through the lens appear larger.

Technical

The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. This piece was part of Mason’s simple home editing suite, which consisted of the rewind pair, a viewer/editor, scissors and a splicer. These were placed or mounted on a bench made from a masonite door. Sections of the door were cut out to provide openings for a backlit glass and scrap film bins. With this equipment Mason would prepare a colour cutting copy to guide NFB technicians in editing a master from which release prints were made. For some films Mason also had access to a Steenbeck editing table, lent to him by the NFB. It is possible that for these Mason performed more of the final editing tasks. [Ref.1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Logo and "BAUSCH & LOMB U.S.A." marked on one side of casing; "4X" marked on reverse.

Missing

None.

Finish

Black moulded synthetic casing and frame to secure lens: casing has finely ribbed texture; glass or synthetic lens; metal or synthetic pivot post. Off-white adhesive tape present.

Decoration

N/A