Mitchell Standard
Camera
Mitchell Camera Corp.
American
Mitchell Standard
ca 1920
Metal and glass
Overall: 14 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. (36.8 × 26 × 44.5 cm)
Gift of Hal Sintzenich
1982.1591.0006
DescriptionCrackled-black, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with four lens turret holding f/2.3 35mm, f/2.3 40mm, f/2.3 50mm and f1.4 4cm lenses, matte disc, four way mattes, matte slot, rising and falling front, automatic shutter, optical view finder, single frame exposure, veeder counter and external magazine. The magazine accepts 400 feet of film.
Inscriptions Engraved and stamped in silver on product plate on right side of camera: MITCHELL CAMERA CO. LOS ANGELES NO. 109 PATENTS GRANTED AND PENDING / Engraved in white on lens one: CONTRAST TACHAR f/2.3 30mm U.S PAT JUN 25 ASTRO G.M.B.H. Berlin No.6188 / Engraved in white on lens two: 40mm RAYTAR f/2.3 BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. PAT. PEND. 3233022 / Engraved in white on lens three: CONTRAST TACHAR f/2.3 50mm U.S PAT JUN 25 ASTRO G.M.B.H. Berlin No.6105 / Engraved in white on lens four: BIOTAR f/1.4 CARL ZEISS JENA No.744800 / Printed in black on veeder counter on back of camera: 7,7,0,13
