Kemco HoMovie
Camera
Kemco HoMovie
ca. 1929
Metal, glass, wood and leather
Overall (camera): 6 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (15.9 × 8.9 × 23.5 cm)
Overall (case): 8 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (21.6 × 26 × 12.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionCrackled-brown and marble varnished-covered, rectangular, 16mm, spring-motorized, motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, anastigmat f/3.5 lens, footage gauge, exposure guide, oscillating film slide mechanism and crackled-brown leather handle in black leather-covered wood case. The camera accepts 100 foot spools and captures 4 images per standard, 16mm frame.
Inscriptions Engraved in brown leather handle: HoMovie REGISTERED / Printed in red and silver on exposure guide on back of camera: Kemco HoMovie CAMERA EXPOSURE GUIDE CAUTION HOLD CAMERA STEADY DARK DAYS 3.5, CLOSE UPS CLOUDY or SHADY 4, CLOSE UPS IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT 5.6, AVERAGE SCENES IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT 8, DISTANT OBJECTS IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT 11, DISTANT SNOW SCENES DISTANT WATER SCENES IN BRIGHT LIGHT 16, FOR OTHER LIGHT CONDITIONS SEE MANUAL MANUFACTURED BY THE KODEL ELECTRIC & MFG CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO PATENTS PENDING / Engraved in silver on lens: ANASTIGMAT / Engraved in black on aperture ring: f/3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Embossed in brown on door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Printed and stamped in silver on plate inside camera: SERIAL NO. 1005 / Engraved in black on film spool inside camera: Agfa MADE IN U.S.A. BY AGFA-ANSCO CORPORATION
