General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

lens cleaning paper

Patents

N/A

General Description

Bright yellow-orange paper package bears red, yellow-orange and black text and graphics; paper tissues are off-white; yellow-orange heavy paper end papers.

Dimensions

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

Length

13.6 cm

Width

7.8 cm

Height

N/A

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

Kodak

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

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 wipe dust, and remove light dirt or oil deposits (such as fingerprints) from surface of photographic lenses.

Technical

The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Markings on package front include "50 SHEETS/ Kodak/ lens/ cleaning/ paper/ A soft, lintless paper specially/ prepared for cleaning lenses,/ filters, and other highly polished/ glass surface./ Safe for coated lenses too.". Markings on reverse include "How to clean a lens/ Careless "cleaning" can spoil the precision of a lens. Too, you can mar the/ reflection-reducing coating that's given practically all fine modern lenses./ KODAK Lens Cleaning Paper is your basic lens-care equipment./ Use it, loosely wadded, to brush dust from a lens./ Use it, sheet-wise, to wipe the surface of a lens gently, with a circular motion./ To remove fingerprints, moisten the paper with a drop of lens cleaner, such as/ KODAK Lens Cleaner./ Clean front and back surfaces of a lens only. Never disassemble a complex lens;/ that's a job for specialists./ Take care of your lenses. Unless they are clean, they cannot give you the crisp/ detail, the undistorted color you have a right to expect in your photographs./ [logo]/ Made in U>S>A> by/ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY/ Rochester, N.Y. 14650/ TM Reg. U.S. Pat. Off./ KP [symbol] 62647-A".

Missing

Unknown: package is open.

Finish

Bright yellow-orange paper package bears red, yellow-orange and black text and graphics; paper tissues are off-white; yellow-orange heavy paper end papers.

Decoration

N/A