Camera Head for Zeiss Zeitlupe high speed camera, in black

Black camera head 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:
1992-5018/4
Materials:
metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall (approx): 500 mm x 380 mm x 1020 mm,
type:
cine camera head