Midas
Camera
Midas
camera/projector
ca. 1933
Metal, glass, and leather
Overall: 6 1/2 × 4 × 5 in. (16.5 × 10.2 × 12.7 cm)
Museum accession
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 9.5mm, hand-crank projector, battery operated motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, fixed f/2.5 lens, battery box, lamp house and leather strap in original box with instruction manual. The camera accepts 30m Midas magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on product plate on right side of camera: CC MIDAS REGISTERED TRADE MARK U.S.A. PATENT Nos 1919513, 1928427, 1946310 OTHER U.S.A. PATENTS PENDING MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN / Printed in white on footage dial on right side of camera: 0-30 increments / Printed in silver around hand crank: PROJECT, REWIND / Printed in silver on shutter switch on right side of camera: OFF, ON / Engraved in white on lens: TAYLOR-HOBSON CAM ANASTIGMAT f/2.5, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, Pat. 155640 / Engraved in black on film magazine: MIDAS BRITISH PATENT 375912 MADE IN ENGLAND / Stamped in silver on the bottom of the camera: 7730
