Kodak Ektasound 240 Movie Outfit
Camera
Kodak Ektasound 240 Movie Outfit
1977
Plastic, metal and glass
Overall: 9 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 11 in. (24.1 × 9.5 × 27.9 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1981.1296.0036
DescriptionBlack and brown plastic, vaulted, super 8 sound, battery operated motion picture camera with focusing eye-level viewfinder, magnetic sound head, attached microphone arm, extension microphone, earpiece monitor, manual zoom f/1.2 lens, daylight filter and automatic exposure in original box with instruction manual. The camera accepts 50 foot cartridges.
Inscriptions Printed in copper and silver on product plate on left side of camera: KODAK EKTASOUND 240 movie camera / Embossed in silver under jack on left side of camera: EXTERNAL 9V DC / Embossed in silver under switch on left side of camera: FILTER SWITCH / Embossed under green button on left side of camera: MOTOR BATTERY TEST / Embossed in silver on left side of microphone arm: SOUND MONITOR MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY NORMAL REDUCED / Engraved in black on lens: KODAK EKTAR ZOOM LENS f/1.2 9-21mm / Engraved in black on switch under lens: OPEN BATTERY / Printed in silver on door on right side of camera: Kodak / Engraved in black on door latch on right side of camera: OPEN / Printed in black on footage gauge on bakc of camera: 1 / Embossed in brown inside of camera: USES SUPER 8 FILM CARTRIDGE MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Stamped in black on bottom of microphone arm: 149238
