Ciné-Kodak Model 90 8 mm movie camera
Date: 1940-1950
Inventory Number: 2000-1-0018
Classification: Camera
Subject:
Maker: Eastman Kodak Company (1881-present)
Owner: Herbert W. Levi (born 1921)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
camera: 11.5 × 5.3 × 15.5 cm (4 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
case: 16.5 × 26.2 × 12.7 cm (6 1/2 × 10 5/16 × 5 in.)
Accessories: leather-lined carrying case; filters(3); filter holder
Description:
Small leather and aluminum 8mm movie camera with a f1.9- f/22 13mm lens and stylized, art-deco lettering. The shutter has settings for 16, 24, 32, and 64 frames per second (fps). The camera comes inside a battered, but original, box containing three small plastic containers, each holding a filter for use with the camera. The filters include a Series V Kodachrome Haze Filter, a Series V Wratten Filter K2, and a Series V Kodachrome Type A Daylight Filter. A Series V adapter/filter mount for use with this camera is also included.
For a complete technical description of this camera, read the various patents, such as the latest dated 1939, here.
For a complete technical description of this camera, read the various patents, such as the latest dated 1939, here.
Signedtop of camera, under leather handle: Made in U.S.A. by EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Inscribedunder lens: MAGAZINE CINÉ-KODAK EIGHT MODEL 90.
plate under handle: PATENTS U.S.A. / 1,595, 277 / 2,110,447 2,153,142 / 2,124,587 2,153,220 / CANADA / 1937 1938 / TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF
Lens is engraved: KODAK ANASTIGMAT
plate under handle: PATENTS U.S.A. / 1,595, 277 / 2,110,447 2,153,142 / 2,124,587 2,153,220 / CANADA / 1937 1938 / TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF
Lens is engraved: KODAK ANASTIGMAT
Historical AttributesUsed by Prof. Herbert Walter Levi, Professor of Biology, Emeritus Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univsersity, 26 Oxford St. Room 131, Cambridge, MA.