Parts and Accessories For Biokam Amateur Cine Outfit
- PART OF:
- "Biokam" Amateur Cine Outfit, 1899
- maker:
- Voigtlander, Alfred Darling and Warwick Trading Company
Parts and accessories for Biokam 17.5mm combined camera, printer and projector, 1899. Brass lens and cover; three film spools; leather lens cap; light bulb; film carrier box; two metal keys.
One of the earliest amateur cine devices, the Biokam was demonstrated by T C Hepworth at the London Camera Club on 24th March 1899, where it was advertised as ‘A combined Cinematograph & Snap-Shot Camera, Printer, Projector, Reverser and Enlarger’. It used 17.5mm film with central perforations between frames (like the later 9.5mm film). The film box had two separate compartments, so that two rolls of film could be exposed in succession. The mechanism unit could be converted into a printer, and with the addition of a light source, into a projector. Manufactured by Alfred Darling in Brighton and distributed by the Warwick Trading Company, the full outfit cost eleven guineas (£11.55).
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1937-782/2
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), copper (alloy), felt and leatherette
- Measurements:
-
film carrier: 110 mm x 40 mm x 60 mm,
spool boxes: 50 mm x 40 mm x 58 mm,
lens cap: 10 mm, 36 mm,
lens flap: 49 mm,
lens barrel: 30 mm 64 mm,
light bulb: 25 mm 15 mm,
- type:
- camera accessories
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
