Beaulieu R16
Camera
Beaulieu
French, ca. 1960s
Beaulieu R16
ca. 1958
Metal, plastic, rubber and glass
Overall: 8 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (21 × 9.5 × 21.6 cm)
Gift of Michael Kenna
DescriptionBlack, vaulted, 16mm, battery operated motion picture camera with eye level view finder, variable speed, three lens turret, footage counter, frame counter, remote control, sound synch and leather strap. The camera accepts 100 foot spools of single or double perf film.
Inscriptions Embossed on product plate on right side of camera: Beaulieu R16 / Printed in silver on exposure dial right side of camera: ASA 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10, 64, 32, 25, 16, 8, 4, 2 / Engraved in silver on speed dial on right side of camera: 2, 8, 16, 25, 32, 64 / Printed in white on speed range switch on right side of camera: 2, 64, 24, 25 / Printed in black on master control switch on right side of camer: CONTROL, STOP, NORMAL, RETOUR / Engraved on black plate on bottom of camera: 620720 / Engraved in black on battery compartment above lens turret: GOSSEN / Printed in silver inside battery compartment over lens turret: Mallory-batterie / Printed in silver on door latch on left side of camera: F, O / Printed in silver inside of camera: MADE IN FRANCE
