General Information

Serial #

40585 [1]

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; GLSS LENSES SYNTHETIC CAPS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

3.2 cm

Height

3.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SUN

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER WHO MADE FILMS FOR THE POLISH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1958 & 1973. ONE OF HIS FILMS HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261]

Function

USED TO ADJUST THE OPTICS ON A 8MM CINE CAMERA TO FOCUS FROM 0.35 FEET TO INFINITY.

Technical

USED TO TAKE CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN THERE IS A LIMITED CHOICE OF VANTAGE POINTS. IT TAKES IN MORE OF A SCENE AT THE SAME DISTANCE AS A NORMAL LENS. THESHORT FOCAL LENGTH OF WIDE ANGLE LENSES GIVE THEM CONSIDERABLE DEPTH OF FIELD EVEN AT LARGE APERTURES OR SHORT DISTANCES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF LENS: 'Xebec AUX. WIDE ANGLE XO.5 40585 SUN OPT. Japan E.M.'/.2 PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF LENS: 'Xebec AUX. WIDE ANGLE XO.5 40234 SUN OPT. Japan' /.3 PRINTED AROUND EDGE OF LENS: 'Xebec AUX. WIDE ANGLE F:1.9 XO.5 357883 SUN OPT. Japan/ Scale of Standard Lens [INFINITY] 12 6 4 3 2 1 feet/ Actual Distance in W.A. Lens [INFINITY] 3 1.5 1 0.75 0.5 0.35'

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

.1 GLOSS BLACK LENS HOLDER; SHINY METAL BASE; WHITE PRINTING;.2 GLOSS BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING;.3 SHINY METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A