A Midas 9.5mm cine camera and projector
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1933
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Glass, Leather
Measurements
150 x 85 x 120 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524740.1
Summary
A Midas 9.5mm cine camera and projector.The body is black metal and there is a frame finder at the top. The lens (catalogued separately) does not fit without an adapter. One side of the camera is a battery pack whilst the other has the rather complex mechanism. There is a chrome winding handle and fittings. On the side of the body is the Midas insignia and 'Registered nos 777623 777624'. Below is printed 'British patent nos 374881 374929 375912 376803'. 'Made in Great Britain'. The two film magazines at the rear have embossed ' Midas British Patent 375912'. The top has a leather carrying handle which is embossed 'Midas, Made in England'
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986