35mm Cinecamera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection

All metal camera, Debrie Parvo patent, for 35mm film in internal magazines; co-axially arranges, with skewed film loops to gate. Lens missing; folding frame finder; critical focusing through film; focus, shutter setting, aperture setting, film punch and footage and frame counters all at back of camera. Hand turned, handle missing.

The Debrie Parvo was developed by Joseph Jules Debrie, built by his son Andre Debrie and was a relatively compact camera for the time. The internal magazines were held side by side, with the film fed from the magazine through the gate to a take up magazine through two skewed loops. The Parvo held approximately 400 feet of film inside without the need for an external film magazine, allowing for nearly 6 minutes of film at the standard 16 frames per second silent film rate. It allowed the camera operator to focus the camera lens but had a side optical viewfinder to be used during filming. It was hand-cranked and from 1922 onwards was produced with a metal body.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/7718
type:
cine camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford