28mm Cinematographe
Camera
28mm Cinematographe
ca. 1905
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall (camera): 12 3/4 × 9 1/8 × 5 3/8 in., 14.8 lb. (32.4 × 23.2 × 13.6 cm, 6.7 kg)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.1211.0002
DescriptionBlack, leather bound, rectangular, 28mm, hand cranked, motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, through-the-lens viewfinder, aperture gauge, lens adjustment dial, footage gauge, rewind crank, and spring wire supply belt. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Inscribed in white inside camera: 78:1211:2 Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: TESSAR-ZEISS 1:3.5 F~10 BTE, E.KRAUSS, PARIS No. 100135 / Painted in white on aperture control on left side of camera: T, 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4 / Embossed in brass on product label on back of camera: CINEMATOGRAPHES, PATHÉ FRÈRES, 14 RUE FAVART PARIS / Engraved in black on footage gauge on back of camera: CINEMATOGRAPH, PATHE FRES, PARIS, 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
