Support, lens

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OBJECT TYPE: zoom
DATE: 1964–1984
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0207.001

MANUFACTURER: National Film Board of Canada
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: camera lens support
Patents: N/A
General Description: All metal support originally had black finish.

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Cine camera accessories
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NFB
Country: Canada
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: Together with yoke used to help support weight of large zoom lens.
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. Shop-built zoom lens support (likely made by NFB technicians) used because of a tendency for the R16 turret to warp under the weight of the large lens (the R16 was also available with a rotary turret holding up to three lenses of different focal lengths). [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: All metal support originally had black finish.
Decoration: N/A

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National Film Board of Canada, Support, lens, between 1964–1984, Artifact no. 2010.0207, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0207.001/

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