Selected Cine Cameras

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P9425.00002


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Prestwich cine camera model 4

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Prestwich Manufacturing Co.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Prestwich cinecamera (external mag)
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1898
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm cine
IMAGE SIZE: 18 x 24 mm
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $225.00
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: film, silent
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 75mm f/5 Dallmeyer Stigmat
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  35mm cine camera with 400 foot external magazines. One of the earliest
  cameras to designed to hold more than 50 feet of film. Camera also
  fitted with footage indicator.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: P9425.00002

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. pp 81-82.//

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Prestwich cine camera model 4

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