Sinemat Duplex

Sinemat Duplex

Camera

Sinemat Duplex

c 1920
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 9 × 3 3/8 × 6 1/2 in., 5.4 lb. (22.9 × 8.5 × 16.5 cm, 2.4 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# 643 Crackled-black, rectangular, 16mm, hand-cranked, motion picture camera and projector with a fixed focus lens, fold up viewfinder, detatchable hand-crank, end-of-footage indicator and leather handle. The Sinemat Duplex accepts 50 and 100 foot Sinemat daylight loading magazines.
Inscriptions Embossed in brass on product label on right side of camera: SINEMAT DUPLEX PATENT APPLIED FOR SINEMAT MOTION PICT. MACH. CO. NEW YORK N.Y. / Printed in black on tan label wrapped around handle on top of camera: Sinemat Duplex Motion Picture Camera 301-S16/1 Sinemat Motion Picture Machine Co., New York, N.Y. Case No. / Embossed in leather on top of camera: SINEMAT / Printed in yellow inside footage compartment: How th thread the Sinemat / Engraved inside footage compartment: 643

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