Movex 16-12
Camera
Agfa
German, 1867–1964
Movex 16-12
May 1931
Metal, glass and leather
Overall (camera): 5 1/2 × 2 7/8 × 6 1/2 in., 4.4 lb. (14 × 7.3 × 16.5 cm, 2 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0055
DescriptionBlack leather-covered, rectangular, 16mm, spring motor powered, motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, foldable eye level viewfinder, waist level viewfinder, lock-run switch, winding key, aperture gauge, and leather handle in original box. The camera accepts 40 foot Agfa magazine cartridges.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on right side of camera: o, I, II / Embossed in black on red product label on front of camera: Agfa / Embossed in black on aperture gauges on front of camera: 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 1-3m, 3-10feet, 2m-INF., 7feet-INF. / Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: AGFA-KINE-ANASTIGMAT F:3.5 f=2cm / Embossed in black leather on right side of camera: Agfa / Printed in black on white label on handle on top of camera: Agfa Kine-Novex 16-12 Camera. 301-GA1/2, I. G. Farbindustrie, Rec. 12/1/31 / Engraved in black on footage gauge on top of camera: 3, 2, 1
