Nizo S8
Camera
Carl Braun Camerwerk
German, active 1960s–1980s
Nizo S8
June 1965
Metal, plastic and glass
Overall (camera): 8 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 9 1/2 in., 2.4 lb. (21 × 6.4 × 24.1 cm, 1.1 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# 900222 Crackled-black and silver, rectangular, Super-8mm, battery powered, motion picture camera with f/1.8 zoom lens, eye level viewfinder, CdS light meter, aperture control dial, fps dial, exposure dial, footage gauge, wrist strap and folding pistol grip. The camera accepts 50 foot Super-8 cartridges.
Inscriptions Printed in black and red on yellow label on front of camera: Nizo S8 / Engraved in red, green, and white on lens on front of camera: 40, 28, 21, 15, 12, 10, 8, m, 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 10, 20, INF, ft, 3'6, 4, 4'6, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 20, 35, 70, Lens made in Germany, Varigon 1:1.8/8-40 Schneider - Kreuznach 9091951 / Printed in black on left side of camera: control, automatic, manual, m., 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, ft., 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 18, 24, on, contr., off / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-GN3/8 Nizo Duper 8 (8-S) Movie Camera. Recieved..8-20-1965 / Printed and engraved on bottom of camera: No: 900222 Made in W-Germany
