General Information

Serial #

1577

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1- METAL BODY, LENS MOUNTS AND OTHER WORKING PARTS/ GLASS LENSES/ LEATHER HANDLE/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/.2 - METAL BODY/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

24.0 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Height

12.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

WITTNAUER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON 8MM FILM AND TO PROJECT THOSE IMAGES

Technical

ADVERTISED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST CAMERA/PROJECTOR COMBINATION FOR MOVIES IN 8 MM FORMAT. THIS IS A RATHER UNIQUE MACHINE PRODUCED BY A COMPANY KNOWN FOR ITS TIMEPIECES. ACCORDING TO W.NASSAU THIS WAS A HIGH QUALITY MACHINE "AHEAD OF ITS TIME". MR. NASSAU WORKED AT CJOH OTTAWA WHICH PURCHASED ONE OF THESE. STAFF WAS SKEPTICAL OF THE DEVICE AND TENDED NOT TO USE IT. Battery powered. Die cast body. Electric eye exposure meter. 4-lens turret hold standard, wide angle, tele-camera and projector lenses. 5-position telescope finder. Camera contains reel arms and bulb. Mounted on base containing electric motor and blower fro projector operation. This is the original model, invented and patented in 1959 by J.W. Oxberry, inventor of the famous Oxberry Animation Stand (Ref. 3)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 GUIDE MOUNTED ON SIDE READS IN PART: 'WITTNAUER/ LIGHT CONDITION SUBJ. COLOR FILM/ A.S.A. 10/ BRIGHT SUN/ HAZY SUN/ LIGHT SHADE/ CLOUDY DULL/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ PATENT/ PENDING'/ PRINTED ON LENS MOUNTINGS INCLUDES: 'WITTNAUER CHRONOSTAR 6.5 mm f/ 1.9 WIDE ANGLE C' 'WITTNAUER CHRONOSTAR 13 mm f/2.3 C' 'WITTNAUER CHRONOSTAR 1 INCH f/1.6 PROJECTION C' 'CHRONOSTAR 38mm f/1.8 TELEPHOTO C'/ TURRET MKGS: 'S' 'WA' 'P' 'T'/.2 PLATE ON END: 'WITTNAUER/ CINE-TWIN'/ PRINTED ON BOTTOM: 'UL [LOGO]/ Cine-Twin/ Model WD 400/ 110-120 Volts 60 cycle AC/ 500 Watts total/.../ Wittnauer Instruments Division, Inc. NY, NY./ U.S. and Foreign Patents Applied for/ MADE IN U.S.A'

Missing

ORIGINALLY CAME WITH TAKE-UP REELS BUT THESE ARE MISSING - WILL TAKE STANDARD 8MM REELS. BATTERIES REMOVED.

Finish

.1 &.2 BODY MATTE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH WITH SHINY METAL TRIM/ LENS HOLDERS CHROMED METAL

Decoration

N/A