Leicina 8V
Camera
Ernst Leitz GmbH
German, estab. 1849
Leicina 8V
May 1963
Metal, glass and plastic
Overall (camera): 3 1/4 × 3 3/8 × 10 1/8 in., 3.4 lb. (8.3 × 8.5 × 25.7 cm, 1.5 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0039
DescriptionSerial# 8V-20118 Crackled-grey, vaulted, 8mm, battery-operated, motion picture camera with a 13 element, f/1.8 8-48mm zoom lens, eye level optical viewfinder, footage gauge in finder, aperture scale in finder, fps dial, CdS light meter, viewfinder black-out shutter, forehead brace and folding handle. The camera accepts dual 8mm film rolls.
Inscriptions Engraved in black on fps dial on right side of camera: RT, 0, 16, 24 / Printed in silver on product label on front of camera: Leitz WETZLAR / Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: LEITZ WETZLAR VARIOGON 1:1.8/8-48 / Engraved in white and red on viewfinder/aperture dial on front of camera: 4x, 2x, DIN, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, ASA, 400, 200, 100, 64, 40, 25, 16, 10, 6 / Printed in black on white label on the lens on front of camera: 301-GL3/2 / Engraved in black on product label on left side of camera: LEICINA / Engraved in white on zoom dial on left side of camera: 8, 10, 15, 25, 48 mm / Engraved in white and red on aperture dial on left side of camera: 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 10, 20, INF, m, 3'6", 4', 4'6", 5', 6', 7', 8', 10', 15', 20', 35', 70', feet / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-GL3/2 Leiz Leicina 8V 8mm Cine Camera Rec'd. from Dept. 89 on 11-27-68 / Engraved on forehead brace on back of camera: 020118 / Embossed inside eye piece on back of camera: 44228 1 7 / Engraved in silver on bottom of camera: 8V-20118 MADE IN GERMANY / Printed in black on white label on battery compartment: 4x1,5 V
