Kodak 8 f/1.9
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Kodak 8 f/1.9
ca. 1961
Plastic, glass and metal
Overall (camera): 4 × 3 × 7 1/4 in. (10.2 × 7.6 × 18.4 cm)
Overall (box): 4 1/2 × 8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 20.3 × 8.9 cm)
Museum accession
1978.0191.0066
DescriptionGrey and black, rectangular, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, 13mm f/1.9 lens, footage gauge and exposure guide in original box. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on product plate on right side of camera: Kodak 8 MOVIE CAMERA / Printed in silver on product plate on front of camera: Kodak / Engraved in white on lens: KODAK EKTANAR LENS 13mm f/1.9 / Printed in grey on apeture dial: f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 13, 16 / Printed in silver on exposure guide on left side of camera: Koadk 8 MOVIE CAMERA f/1.9 MADE IN U.S.A. FILM SPEED 10, 25 BRIGHT OR HAZY SUN ON LIGHT SAND OR SNOW 11, 16 BRIGHT OR HAZY SUN DISTANT SHADOWS 8, 13 CLOUDY BRIGHT NO SHADOWS 4, 8 HEAVY OVERCAST 2.8, 5.6 OPEN SHADE 2.8, 5.6 LENS SETTING / Printed in black on door latch and footage dial on left side of camera: LOCK, OPEN, E, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 / Printed in black inside of camera: KODAK MOVIE CAMERA T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. EMPTY FILM SPOOL HERE MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY USE KODAK 8mm ROLL FILM PLACE FULL FILM SPOOL HERE / Printed in silver on spool: FILM HALF EXPOSED WHEN ON THIS CAMERA SPOOL / Engraved in black on spool: KODAK SPOOL
