Univex Model C8
Camera
Univex Model C8
ca. 1938
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 4 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 3 1/2 in., 1.4 lb. (10.5 × 4.4 × 8.9 cm, 0.6 kg)
Overall (leather case): 4 7/8 × 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in., 0.6 lb. (12.4 × 10.5 × 8.3 cm, 0.3 kg)
1978.0191.0016
DescriptionBrown, vaulted, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, f/3.5 lens and black leather case. The camera accepts single 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on exposure guide on right side of camera: MODEL C8 Univex 8 M.M. CINE CAMERA, EXPOSURE TABLE, SUMMER-SUNSHINE 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M., NO. 100 STANDARD FILM. 5.6, 4.5, 6.3, 5.6, 8, 6.3, 11, 8, 16, 11, NO. 100 UP ULTRAPAN FILM, 6.3, 5.6, 8, 6.3, 11, 8, 16, 11, 16, 16, LIGHT CONDITIONS, BRIGHT, HAZY, OPEN SHADE, BRIGHT, HAZY, BRIGHT, HAZY, CLOSE-UPS OF PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS, BRIGHT, HAZY, BRIGHT, HAZY, DISTANT LANDSCAPES, BRIGHT, HAZY, BRIGHT, HAZY, BEACH-SEA, SNOW-SKY, BRIGHT, HAZY, WINTER-SUNSHINE, 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M., NO. 100 STANDARD FILM, 4.5, 3.5, 5.6, 4.5, 6.3, 5.6, 8, 6.3, 11, 8, NO. 100 UP ULTRAPAN FILM, 5.6, 4.5, 6.3, 5.6, 8, 6.3, 11, 8, 16, 11, FOR COMPLETE EXPOSURE TABLE. USE OF ACCESSORY LENSES, INDOOR SHOTS ETC., REFER TO INSTRUCTION BOOK, MADE IN U.S.A. SERIAL NO 239356, UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORPORATION NEW YORK PA. NO. - DES. 99.514 OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN PATS. PEND. / Engraved in silver and black on lens on front of camera: UNIVAR CINE ANASTIGMAT f2.7, f2.7, 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, MADE BY WOLLENSAK-ROCHESTER U.S.A. / Embossed on footage gauge on left side of camera: UNEXPOSED, 26, FEET / Inscribed in white on back of camera: 78:191:16 / Engraved in silver inside footage compartment: EMPTY SPOOL HERE, ENGAGE SPOOL NOTCHESWITH PRONGS, FULL SPOOL / Engraved in silver on spool inside footage compartment: FOR USE ONLY IN Unives 8MM CINECAMERA, TRADE MARK, REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ROTATION, ROTATION, U.S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING, UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORP. NEW YORK U.S.A.
