Pathé National I
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Camera
Pathé National I
ca. 1930
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 4 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (10.8 × 5.7 × 11.4 cm)
Gift of Noel Pryce Roberts
1977.0234.0002
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 9.5mm magazine, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder and fixed f/3.5 lens. The camera accepts 10 meter spools in the magazine.
Inscriptions Printed in white on the black leather handle: Pathéscope / Engraved in silver on the plate on the front of the camera: 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14 / Engraved in silver on the footage dial on the right side of the camera: 0-9 increments / Engraved in white on the lens: TRIANAR KRAUSS F 2cm No 256260 / Printed in white on paper under door on left side of the camera: POINTS TO REMEMBER 1.SEE THAT THE FILM AND PRESSOR ARE PERFECTLY CLEAR. 2.SEE THTA THE CHARGER IS WELL HOME, THE FILM IN THE RIGHT POSITION, AND THE PRESSOR CLOSED. 3.SHUT THE CAMERA DOOR WITHOUT FORCING IT, AFTERHAVING RUN THROUGH TWO OR THREE INCHES FILM, WHILST HOLDING THE CHARGER IN PLACE WITH HAND. 4.PUT THE FILM METER AT 0. 5.WIND THE SPRING UP SHORTLY BEFORE FILMING. 6.USE THE RIGHT APETURE. SEE THE TABLE OF STOPS IN THE INSTRUCTIOIN BOOKLETOR YOUR "POSOGRAPH". 7.HOLD THE CAMERA STEADY WHILST FILMING. 8.AVOID TAKING TOO MANY SCENES ON THE SAME REEL, PARTICULARLY UNDER DIFFERING CONDITIONS OF LIGHT. THE CARE TAKEN OVER THIS PRECAUTION, THE EASIER IT WILL BE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS FOR EXPOSURE AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT. 10.USE THE PORTRAIT ATTACHMENTS FOR DISTANCES OF LESS THAN 8 FEET. 11.USE THE LIGHT FILTER FOR MOUNTAINS, OPEN LANDSCAPES AND SEA-SCAPES. 12.ALWAYSRUN THE SPRING DOWN AFTER USE. 13.READ VERY CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN WITH THIS CAMERA. ANGLAIS P.B-FX.-PATENT 252.283 PATENTS PENDING / Embossed in black on bottom of film magazine: PATHEX TYPE H BREVETÈ EN FRANCE ET A L'ENTRANGER MADE IN FRANCE
