Kodak Brownie 8 movie camera model f/2.7

Made:: 1960-1962 in United States

manufacturer:: Kodak; Kodak Limited

Kodak Brownie 8 8mm Movie Camera, c.1962
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

Cinecamera for double run 8mm film; f/2.7 lens; clockwork motor; DV optical finder; No. 22696. Manufactured from both Eastman Kodak and Kodak Ltd parts.

Kodak Brownie 8 8mm movie camera, made in the United States, 1960-1962.

The Brownie 8 8mm movie camera was one of the early plastic bodied Kodak movie cameras. It is a low-priced quality clockwork-driven camera with a fixed-focus f/2.7 13mm Kodak Cine-Ektanon lens. The exposure is set using the dial around the lens, either by f/number or symbols for the light conditions.

Details

Category:: Cinematography

Object Number:: 1990-5036/7573

type:: cine camera

taxonomy:

tools and equipment
equipment by process
image making equipment
camera (function)

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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