Case for Spare Mirror Drum For Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' High-Speed Camera

Case for spare mirror drum for Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' high-speed camera. Manufactured by Zeiss Ikon AG , Dresden, Germany, 1935. Bookplate: Zeiss/Ikon/13609, engraved: 8004B

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:
1992-5018/10
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
type:
case