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Sixteen lens cine camera by Louis Le Prince
- maker:
- Louis Aimé Augustin Le
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Sixteen lens cinematographic camera, made by Louis Le Prince in Paris in 1887 (with electrical connections)
This camera took a series of pictures using 16 independent shutters, fired in sequence. The camera was probably only operated with a single glass plate, limiting the sequence to 16 images, although the patent outlines a complex mechanism involving two moving paper films.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1931-3
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), glass, copper (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), electronic components and textile
- Measurements:
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overall: 544 mm x 550 mm x 430 mm,
- type:
- motion picture camera
- credit:
- G M Le Prince
