Camera Head for Zeiss Ikon Zeitlupe
Camera head for Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' high-speed camera. Unpainted and stencilled 2045/1. 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:
- 1992-5018/5
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall (approx): 290 mm x 360 mm x 460 mm,
- type:
- cine camera head and camera head
