Movex 8
Camera
Agfa
German, 1867–1964
Movex 8
ca. 1937
Metal, glass and leather
Overall: 5 × 2 × 4 in. (12.7 × 5.1 × 10.2 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.0706.0008
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 8mm magazine, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, f/2.8 lens and leather handle. The camera accepts 25 foot spools in the magazine.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on plate on front of camera: Agfa Movex 8 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 / Printed in silver on footage dial on right side of camera: 0-10 increments / Printed in silver on exposure guide on left side of camera: Agfa SOMMER WINTER DUNKLE OBJEKTE IM FREIEN GRUPPEN-GEBAUDE STRASSENLEBEN AUF HELLER STRASSE NAHE LANDSCHAFT AM STRAND-IM SCHNEE FERNE LANDSCHAFT GEBIRGSFERNSICHT WOLKEN-MEER IM LICHTEN WALDE AM FENSTER / Engraved inside of camera: TS1384R / Engraved in white on lens: AGFA-KINE-ANASTIGMAT 1:2.8f 1.2cm 838509
