1000mm Lens For Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' High-Speed Camera

PART OF:
Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' High-Speed Camera
Made:
1935 in Dresden
maker:
Zeiss Ikon AG

1000mm lens for Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' high-speed camera. Manufactured by Zeiss Ikon AG , Dresden, Germany, 1935.

The Zeitlupe or 'time magnifier' camera used a combination of a rotating mirror drum and continuously moving film. The maximum speed was 1,500 frames a second. A full load of film (180 feet) lasted just two seconds. Zeitlupe cameras were used to record the V-bomb experiments carried out by the Germans at Peenemunde in the Baltic during the second world war.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1992-5018/2
Materials:
metal (unknown) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 975 mm x 180 mm,
type:
lens

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