Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1910 in Paris
designer:
Alfred Darling
maker:
Charles Urban
Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

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The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
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Urban Bioscope camera fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F: 75mm f/3.5-23, No.97799. Rack and pinion focusing mount. Narrow sector shutter, perhaps not original. Through-the-film focusing. Folding optical frame finder. Film speed indicator 12-24 fps. 100 foot internal magazines. Film punch. Charles Urban Trading Company, 48 Rupert Street, Picadilly, 33 Passage de l'Opera, Paris.

Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera, made by the Charles Urban Trading Company, c. 1910.

Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F: 75mm f/3.5-23, No.97799. Rack and pinion focusing mount. Narrow sector shutter, perhaps not original. Through-the-film focusing. Folding optical frame finder. Film speed indicator 12-24 fps. 100 foot internal magazines. Film punch.

The Bioscope cost around $900 when new. The camera has a speedometer to count frames per second, the cameraman could crank the camera faster or slower depending on the emphasis required by a particular scene.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/3311
type:
bioscope camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

Urban Bioscope camera with narrow sector shutter, perhaps not original. Through-the-film focusing. Folding optical frame finder. Film speed indicator 12-24 fps. 100 foot internal magazines. Film punch. Charles Urban Trading Company, 48 Rupert Street, Picadilly, 33 Passage de l'Opera, Paris.

Object Number:
1990-5036/3311/1
type:
bioscope camera
Zeiss Tessar Lens for Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

Zeiss Tessar Lens for Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

Zeiss Tessar lens F: 75mm f/3.5-23, No.97799, in rack and pinion focusing mount. For use with Urban Bioscope camera.

Object Number:
1990-5036/3311/2
type:
lens