Kodak Medallion 8 f/1.9 Turret
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Kodak Medallion 8 f/1.9 Turret
March 1957
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5 7/8 in., 1.8 lb. (10.8 × 8.3 × 14.9 cm, 0.8 kg)
Overall (original box): 5 × 6 3/4 × 4 1/8 in., 0.5 lb. (12.7 × 17.1 × 10.5 cm, 0.2 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0075
DescriptionSerial# 64880 Crackled-brown, vaulted, 8mm, spring motor operated, motion picture camera with three-lens turret, f/1.9 len, 9mm wide angle converter, 24mm telephoto converter, winding key, aperture dial, exposure guide, footage gauge and fps dial in original box. The camera accepts 25 foot film magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in black on white label on right side of camera: 301-5/8-1 Kodak Medallion 8 Movie Camera. Turret f/1.9 Recieved....12/2/1959 / Printed in red and black on product label on front of camera: KODAK MEDALLION·8 MOVIE CAMERA - f/1.9 TURRET / Printed in red and black on aperture scale on front of camera: BRIGHT SUN, ON SAND OR SNOW, AVERAGE, HAZY SUN, CLOUDY, OPEN SHADE, 8, KODACHROME FILM CAMERA SPEED-16 / Engraved in red on lens on front of camera: Kodak Cine Ektanon Lens Normal 13mm f/1.9, Lens Opening Nearest Subject, f/1.9 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 10ft. 8, 6, 4.5, 3.5, 2.5, 2 / Engraved in green on wide angle converter on front of camera: Kodak Cine Ektanon Lens Wide Angle 9mm f/1.9, Lens Opening f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, Nearest Subject, 5ft., 4, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1 / Engraved in orange on telephoto converter on front of camera: Kodak Cine Ektanon Lens Telephoto 24mm f/1.9, Lens Opening, f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, Nearest Subject 30ft., 24, 19, 15, 11, 9, 6 / Printed in black and red on exposure guide on left side of camera: OPEN, GUIDE, f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, CAMERA SPEED, 48, 32, 16, NORMAL, LENS, KODACHROME FILM TYPE A, Lamp-to-subject distance for new 300 or 375 watt reflector photo lamps on light bar. 26L, 2 Lamps, FEET, 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 4 Lamp, FEET, 5, 7, 10, 14 / Printed in red and brown on footage gauge on back of camera: 25, 20, 25, 10, 5, 0 / Printed in brown and red on fps dial on back of camera: 16, 24, 32, 48 / Printed in red on product label on top of camera: Ko[illegible]ak / Engraved in silver on door latch inside footage compartment: 64880 / Printed in white inside footage compartment: RESET / Printed in red and brown inside footage compartment: Use Kodak 8mm. Magazine Film, KODAK MEDALLION - 8 MOVIE CAMERA MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
