Kinora Camera Instructions
Instructions for Kinora cine camera. Leather-bound book, gold lettering on cover. Folds out with photographically illustrated insructions. Sold by Bond's Ltd, 138 New Bond Street, London W. This is the second version of the Kinora camera produced for amateur use around 1910/1911.
The Kinora camera was one of the earliest cameras for capturing motion aimed at the amateur. It used rolls of 1 inch (25.4mm) paper or celluloid film. The exposed negative films were sent to Kinora for processing and to be made into reels suitable for viewing in a Kinora viewer. The viewers were afforable, hand cranked domestic optical toys which presented a flick book like version of the film shot with the camera. These visual instructions give a step by step guide as to how to use the Kinora camera.
- Measurements:
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closed: 105 mm x 132 mm x 24 mm,
open: 320 mm x 826 mm
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) , leather and canvas
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/7231/1
- type:
- instruction booklet
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
