Wilart Professional

Wilart Professional

Camera

Wilart Professional

Second Model


ca. 1921
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 13 × 10 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (33 × 27.3 × 18.4 cm)
DescriptionChrome, black leather-covered, rectangular, 35mm, hand-crank motion picture camera with optical eye level viewfinder, through-camera focus, automatic dissolve, stop motion crank, variable speed, air-bubble level, mask slot and footage dial. The camera accepted chrome magazines of 400 feet.
Inscriptions Engraved in brass on product plate above lens: WILART INSTRUMENT COMPANY INC. MANUFACTURERS OF MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS AND ACCESSORIES NEW ROCHELLE - N.Y. U.S.A. / Engraved in brass on the footage dial on back of camera: 0, 1, 2, 3 / Stamped in silver on back of camera: 200 / Engraved in white on viewfinder: 3, 4, 6, 12, 25 / Engraved in white on aperture dial on left side of camera: 3.5, 4, 5.5, 6.8, 11, 16, 22 / Engraved in white on aperture dissolve dial on left side of camera: WILART INST. CO. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. PATENTED / Engraved in white on variable speed knob: S, 5, 6, P

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