Eldorado
Camera
Dejur-Amsco
American, 1930s–1950s
Eldorado
1956
Metal and glass
Overall: 5 × 2 1/2 × 5 in. (12.7 × 6.4 × 12.7 cm)
Gift of Louise B. Kurtzner
DescriptionCrackled grey rectangular 8mm spring motorized motion picture camera with eye level view finder, f/1.9 lens, single exposure, and exposure guide. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in silver, black and red on product plate on front of camera: DeJUR EIGHT Eldorado / Engraved in black on lens: ELGEET -DeJUR 13mm f/1.9 USE 21.5mm OR SERIES IV FILTER / Engraved in red and black on aperture ring on lens: 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 1.9 / Engraved in black and red on focal length ring on lens: 1 1/2 FEET, 2, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 25, INF / Printed in black on footage gauge on right side of camera: FINISH, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, START / Printed in red around door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, CLOSED / Printed in red and black on exposure guide on left side of camera: DeJUR MADE IN U.S.A., AVERAGE SUBJECTS 16 FR-S, BRIGHT SUN COLOR f/8 B&W f/16, CLOUDY DULL COLOR f/2.8 B&W f/5.6, OPEN SHADE COLOR f/4 B&W f/8, HAZY SUN COLOR f/5.6 B&W f/11 / Stamped in silver inside of camera: 393072 / Embossed in black on spool inside of camera: FILM WHEN ON THIS SPOOL IS ONLY HALF EXPOSED
