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Bolex 8mm zoom reflex P3 cine camera, in case, by Paillard, with a lens made by Berthiot.

Bolex Zoom Reflex P3 Cine Camera

Cinematography

1960-1965

High speed cine camera for 35mm film, up to 300 fps. Lens and panel missing. Direct vision optical finder with critical focusing provision. Claw intermittent, tow continuous sprockets. Gear coupling to magazine (missing). External motor drive (missing) 3-digit footage counter. Meters for 100-300fps speeds and 0-5lbs per sq. in. pressure. W. Vinten.

Vinten speed camera

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Bausch 3 colour cine camera (leather case containing camera, fitted wooden box of accessories, wooden packing case with tripod)

Bausch 3 colour cine camera

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Wilart cine camera for 35mm film in external 400 foot magazines. Lens missing. Shutter externally adjustable. Hand turned from rear. Screw focusing from rear. Focusing through film from rear. Single sprocket and claw drive. Film punch. Direct optical finder with ground glass, moveable mask and parallax correction. Button on camera top locks shutter mechanism to give automatic fades. Engraved plated. Will 1 British acoustic films ltd.

wilart cine camera

Cinematography

For 16m film 100' reels; f/3.5 lens; portrait attachment; clockwork drive; folding optical frame finder, refelcting finder. In leather case.

Cine Kodak Model B camera

Cinematography

Sankyo Super CME 440 cine camera.

Sankyo Super CME 440 cine camera

Cinematography

Cine camera for 35mm film in internal 52 metre magazines. Ertel-Werke Ertoplan lens F: 50mm f/3.1-25. Bi, 22866. Bayonet lock mount. Storage space for two extra lenses, 36 and 70mm (missing). Helical focusing by lever, optical frame finder with masks for 36, 50 and 70mm lenses. Sliding rear sight with two holes for parallax correcting. Hand turned, single frame and 8 frame shafts. Two sprocket and claw drive. Focusing through film by reflex viewer on side. Slot for mattes. Rotary metre counter. Film punch. Lever for reversing film direction. Adjustable shutter. No. 65. Ertel Werke.

Ertel cine camera

Cinematography

Prinz Magnon Automatic Super 8 cine projector, 1968-1969.

Prinz Magnon Automatic Super 8 cine projector, 1968-1969

Cinematography

1968-1969

Cine-Kodak Model B camera. Movie camera for 16mm film, No 26762. Fitted with anastigmat lens f/3.5-16, with double V aperture control, exposure guide on aperture plate. Single sprocket and claw drive, single speed clockwork motor. Capacity of 50 or 100 foot spools. Footage indicator driven from take-up spool. Collapsing optical frame finder, brilliant reflecting finder. With portrait attachment 4 - 8 foot. Built in pink filter covers reflecting finder when in use. Leather carry strap embossed 'Cine Kodak'. In leather case with instruction book.

Cine-kodak Model B camera

Cinematography

1925-1935

For 8mm doublerun film, 25 foot reels; Kodak Ektanar lens, F:12mm f/1.9. Clockwork drive; optical DV finder. No 95647. Serial No DD217000. In original packing.

Kodak 8 movie camera

Cinematography

1965

The Cine Kodak camera. Movie camera for 16mm film. Lens of 25mm f/3.5, aperture is adjusted from the camera back. Reflecting or straight through brilliant finder fitted with hinged lens shade flap to cover lens. Eastman Kodak, 1923-1926.

The Cine Kodak camera

Cinematography

1923-1926

Cine-Kodak Model BB 16mm camera, made by Eastman Kodak. Clockwork drive camera for 50 or 100mm reels. Kodak anastigmat f.6.5 fixed focus lens. Reflecting and optical DV finder. Continuous lock. Footage indicator. In original carton.

Cine-Kodak Model BB 16mm camera

Cinematography

Cine Kodak model K 16mm cine camera, made by Eastman Kodak. No. 30201. 16mm camera for 100' or 50' spools. Interchangeable Kodak Anastigmat lens F:25mm, f.1.9-16; Serial no 38865. Three point clip on mount with viewfinder front element; engraved for parallax 6' and 2'. Aperture scale with exposure guide. Brilliant reflecting finder. Rotary footage indicator, half-speed button. On/continuous run button. In leather case with instruction books. Serial No 30201.

Cine-Kodak model K 16mm cine camera

Cinematography

Kodak M2 instamatic movie camera in lined case.

Cinematography

Leitz Leicine Super RTI Super 8 cine camera, 1960-1970.

Leitz Leicine Super RTI Super 8 cine camera, c 1965

Cinematography

1960-1970

Williamson cinematograph camera no. 35, with Empire tripod (see note)

Williamson cinematograph camera

Cinematography

Kodak Cine Eight camera. Includes original cardboard box, leather case and instruction booklet. A small guide to light readings and settings is attached to the case.

Kodak Cine Camera

Photographic Technology

1935-1945

Arriflex 2C 35mm cine camera with ancillary equipment and accessories, 1965.

Arriflex 2C 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1965

Cine-Kodak Model BB junior cine camera. For 16mm film, 50 foot reels; Kodak Anastigmat lens F:25mm f/1.9; clockwork motor drive; folding optical frame finder. Claw intermittent; single sprocket. Serial No 19549. Kodak Ltd, Great Britain.

Cine-Kodak Model BB Junior Cine Camera

Cinematography

Accessories for Kodak Instamatic M4 Movie Camera, 1965-1967. Wallet for Mallay PX13 mercury battery (removed). Metal Filter key. Both stored inside film bay of cine camera.

Accessories For Kodak Instamatic M4 Movie Camera

Cinematography

1965-1967

16mm model B cine camera by Eastman Kodak Co. Metal body with Morocco leather covering (black). Hand wound with one Kodak lens. Stamped metal label on top of case: "Made in U.S.A. at Rochester by Eastman Kodak Co. Cine Kodak Model B. K.A., f3. 5 Footage". Stamped metal label on front near lens: "Use portrait attachment for close ups. From 2 to 5 feet.". Stamped metal label on front below lens: Explains which settings to use in different light conditions. Stamped on film spool: "Kodak Made in England"

Model B Cine Camera

Photographic Technology

1923-1930

Moy & Bastie hand-cranked 35mm cine camera, 1909. Wooden case, brass bound corners with nickel strengthening strips. Leather carrying handle in top. Inside, cast in bearing plate for the gears is 'Moy & Bastie's Patent No 4535, 1909, Serial No 229'. Lens Carl Zeiss, Jena No 228343, 3.5f, but probably not original. Film contained in the changeable wooden boxes, dial shows 30ft of film. Hand operated with detachable handle. Sighting viewer for fixing on side or top is missing.

Moy & Bastie Cine Camera

Photographic Technology

1909

Pathescope Motocamera. Cine camera for 9.5mm film in chargers holding 10 metres. Fitted with a Berthiot stellar lens f/3.5-14 No.152628. Single speed clockwork drive. Direct vision optical finder. Meter counter. With Hermagis close up lens. No. W 15701. Pathe

Pathescope Motocamera

Cinematography

Cine camera for 35mm film in 300 foot magazines. Lens missing, Hand turned. 8 frame shaft (side) and 1 frame shaft (rear). Film punch. Clock type footage indicator (hand missing). Through the film focusing (magnifier missing). Front frame of finder missing. Wooden body covered with black crackle finish on metal. Andre Debrie.

Debrie interview cine camera

Cinematography

Cine camera for 35mm film in 150 wooden magazines. Lens missing. Hand turned. Claw and two sprocket drive. Focusing through film from camera rear. Internal wooden magazines. Folding optical frame finder. Instructions on inside of case. Film punch. W. Butcher and sons.

Empire cinematograph no.2

Cinematography

Kenneth Grange design prototype for Super 8 cine camera with pistol grip.

Wooden design prototype for cine camera

Photographic Technology

For 8mm film doublerun 25' reels; Kodak Cine Ektanon lens F:13mm f/1.9 clockwork drive; folding optical frame finder; exposure guide on aperture control. No 36361. In everready case.

Kodak Brownie Movie camera Model II

Cinematography

Cine camera for 35mm film on 100 foot reels. Fitted with a Aldis butcher anastigmat lens F: 2 inches, f/3.1-23 No.107696, lever operated helical focusing. Folding optical frame finder, front lens missing. Claw (patent 21787/08) and single sprocket drive. Hand turned. Rotary footage counter.

Butchers cinematograph camera

Cinematography

For 35mm film in 200' internal magazines; oak case. Lens missing; hand turned, single frame shaft. Direct vision finder, with groundglass screen; refelx focusing through film, viewed from camera rear.

Ernemann 35mm cinecamera

Cinematography

Magazine Cine-Kodak camera. 16mm cine camera for film in 50' magazines. Kodak anastigmat lens (kodak limited) F;25mm f/1.9-16. Interchangeable bayonet mount. 31426. Clockwork motor drive, 16, 32,64FPS. Exposure guide on aperture scale 1.sec. pulsing button. Lock on release. Optical frame finder in handle folding. Sliding adjustment for 25, 50, 76, 102, 114, 152mm lenses. Extra lens hinges out of view for W angle lens. Parallax marks. No.36948. Eastman Kodak.

Magazine Cine-Kodak camera

Cinematography

1937

For 16mm film 100' spools. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:25mm f/1.9, 3-point bayonet mount. Folding optical and refelcting finders. Clockwork drive. No 8889. With plate marked 'Equipment Service Dept. Kodak Limited, Wealdstone'.

Cine-Kodak Model B camera

Cinematography

Magazine cine Kodak Eight camera (model 90) with original leather carrying case made by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA, serial no. 29666, model introduced in 1940

Magazine cine Kodak Eight camera and case

Cinematography

1940

Brownie movie camera model II in original carton. Movie camera for 8mm film double run 25 foot spool. Kodak Cine-Ektanon lens F:13mm f/1.9-16, wheel stops. Clockwork motor drive; claw intermittent. folding optical frame finder, marked with frames for wide angle, normal and tele lenses. Rear sight adjustable for parallax correction. No H 16850.

Brownie movie camera model II

Cinematography

Canon Motor Zooms Cine Camera, fitted gadget bag and instruction leaflets.

Canon Motor Zooms Cine Camera

Cinematography

Hand turned cine camera for 9.5mm film in Pathex reloadable chargers. Hermagis anastigmat lens F: 20mm f/3.5-14 No.86335. 2 turns per second hand drive. Rotary meter counter. Folding frame finder (front frame missing). Parallax correction for 1 meter. No.068655. Continsouza. GB Patent 208105.

Pathe Baby cine camera

Cinematography

'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector by Proszynski, patented 1912. Also samples of film and carrying box.

'Oko' sub-standard cine camera/projector

Cinematography

1912

Cine camera for 16mm film 50 foot reels; Hermagis anastigmat F:25mm f/3.5 no. 144502; clockwork drive; single speed; lock-on button; direct vision finder; converts to brilliant reflecting finder; meter counter; no. 1466.

Bolex Auto-cine camera

Photographic Technology

Studio cine camera for 35mm film; no lens; adjustable shutter; 1000 foot counter; frame counter; rackover mechanism for critical focusing; electric motor drive; in case; separate case with two 1000 foot magazines; no. NC19.

Mitchell studio camera

Photographic Technology

Pathe Baby 9.5mm projector

Cinematography

Moy Electric gyroscope kinemtograph camera. Cine camera for 35mm film in internal 200 foot magazines. Lens, viewfinder missing, mechanism with electric motor intact. Alternative two pin power connector added. Painted black. Footage and fps indicators intact. Manufactured by Ernest F Moy Ltd, London NW. Gyro unit missing. Spare magazine. Serial no 121.

Moy Electric Gyroscope Kinematograph Camera

Cinematography

Brownie Movie Camera II. Takes 8mm rollfilm; 13mm f/1.9 lens; hotshoe; folding viewfinder; with printed exposure card attached to side. Serial number 3011975. Donated by Alec Green, March 2000.

Brownie Movie Camera II

Cinematography

1956-1958

Cine camera for 16mm film in 50 foot loads. Fitted with a Kodak anastigmat lens F: 25mm f/1.9-16, helical focusing in three point bayonet mount. Clockwork motor drive, 16 fps. Button pressed to give half speed. Optical folding frame finder with parallax marks. Brilliant reflecting finder. Sprocket continuous drive, claw intermittent. No 1834. US Patent 1620337.

Cine-Kodak moel BB camera

Cinematography

1930

Main part of Kodak Eastman high speed (16mm) rotating prism cine camera, type III, framing up to 3000 f.p.s. made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A, serial number 1330, 1942-1958.

High speed 16 mm ciné camera

Cinematography

1942-1958

Morigraf 35mm camera and two magazines

Cinematography

Kodak 8 movie camera. Movie camera for double run for double run 8mm film, 25' spools. With a clockwork motor drive, wind up key faulty. Fitted with a Kodak Cone Ektanon lens, F:13mm f/2.7. Rotating plate with stop apertures to f/16. Exposure guide on aperture adjusting plate. Folding frame finder with parallax indicator. Continuous running on release. Provision for exposure guide card. No. 1436845. Eastman Kodak. 1962-1965.

Kodak 8 movie camera

Cinematography

1962-1965

Kodak XL55 movie camera with microphone attachment. Kodak Ektar lens 9mm f/1.2. Takes four AA bateries (removed). Super 8 cartridge. Shutter with two speeds, 9, 18 fps.

Kodak XL55 movie camera

Cinematography

1970-1974

Measurement Cine-Kodak camera. Eastman Kodak Co. and Production Control Machines Company Ltd., London. Standard 8mm cinecamera for 100 foot reels. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:13mm f/1.9.

Measurement Cine-Kodak camera

Cinematography

Cine Kodak 8-60 8mm cine camera, manufactured by Kodak, Germany 1932-1947.

Cine Kodak 8-60 8mm cine camera

Cinematography

1932-1947

Instamatic movie light model N. Holder for reflector photoflood lamp base. Integral switch. Key for Instamatic Movie camera top, removing daylight filter. Lamp subject distance table. Kodak AG

Instamatic movie light model N

Cinematography

Made in Germany. For 35mm film, 200' magazines, internal. Opt-Werke Rudensdorf Ruo Kino lens F:4cm f/3.5 No3143. Hand turned, claw intermittent, single sprocket. Single frame shaft. Reflex focusing through film. Folding optical frame finder. Footage counter.

Superb 35mm cinecamera

Cinematography