Cine camera Kodak Model K 16mm
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1946
Materials
Chrome, Metal, Leather, Glass, Celluloid
Measurements
135 x 62 x 240 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524744
Summary
Cine camera Kodak Model K 16mm A Kodak Model K cine camera made from metal covered with brown leathrette. Anastigmat detachable lens f1.9, focal length 25mm housed in chrome barrel with USA patent number. Next to lens is an instruction plate with aperture setting embossed on brown painted metal.Two glass view finders, a brilliant waist level finder integral to the box, the other a hinged Newton finder. To the right side is a chrome crank. On top is a brown leather hand strap. Below this screwed to the top is a circular brown painted metal disc combining film indicator, embossed with "Kodak Cine Model K Eastman Kodak Co Made in USA Rochester" and "Footage" (the rest is illegibile). There is a spool of film in the camera.
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
Makers and roles
Eastman Kodak Co , manufacturer