Motion-Picture Camera
Historical artifact -- Motion picture camera
Identifier:
1984.78.1Description
Rectangular-shaped camera encased in soft black leather and hard, black plastic. There is a black leather carrying strap on the top of the eye-piece. The eye-piece runs the length of the camera and is above the lens. The view from it is not what is actually projected onto the film through the lens. On the left side of the camera there is a footage-meter in the upper right corner and an f-stop adjuster with a chart for different light settings. On the right-side, there is a window key, an on/off switch, a run/load switch and an adjustment switch.On the front-end of the camera, the words "Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90" are written in raised lettering under the lens. There is maker/patent information written under the carrying strap.