Revere Magazine 16
Camera
Revere Magazine 16
ca. 1948
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 4 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (10.8 × 5.7 × 15.9 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
1978.0706.0014
DescriptionCrackled-brown, brown leather-covered, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level telescopic viewfinder, variable speed, single frame exposure, exposure guide and brown cloth strap. The camera accepts 50 foot magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in black and red on product plate on left side of camera: Revere MAGAZINE 16 PATS. PENDING MAGAZINE CINÉ SIXTEEN MODEL 16 / Printed in black by footage window on left side of camera: FOOTAGE / Printed in silver on exposure guide on left side of camera: BRIGHT SUN SIDE LIGHT 5.6 BACK LIGHT 4 AVERAGE f/8, WEAK HAZY SUN SIDE LIGHT 4 BACK LIGHT 4 AVERAGE 5.6, OPEN SHADE BRIGHT DAY f/4, OVERCAST OR DEEP SHADE 2.5, USE ABOVE FOR ALL COLOR FILM AND FILM RATED ASA 10 OR WESTON 8. THIS EXPOSURE GUIDE IS BASED ON MEDIUM - COLORED SUBJECTS. FOR WHITE OR VERY LIGHT SUBJECTS, CLOSE ADDITIONAL 1/2 STOP. / Printed in silver on black view finder: MICROMATIC VIEW FINDER / Engraved in silver on view finder: 17mm, 1 INCH, 2 INCH, 3 INCH, 4 INCH / Engraved in black on plate on top of camera: 3-M-CO. 226542 / Printed in silver on speed dial on right side of camera: 12, 16, 24, 32, 48 / Engraved in red on door latch on back of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Stamped in black inside of camera: S002703
