DeJur Guide-O-Matic Model EFG 20
Camera
Dejur-Amsco
American, 1930s–1950s
DeJur Guide-O-Matic Model EFG 20
January 1964
Metal and plastic
Overall (camera): 9 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 7 3/4 in., 3 lb. (23.5 × 6.7 × 19.7 cm, 1.3 kg)
Overall (original box): 3 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 10 1/2 in., 0.6 lb. (9.5 × 22.2 × 26.7 cm, 0.3 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# S11892 Crackled-black and silver, vaulted, 8mm, battery operated, motion picture camera with f/1.8 fixed focus zoom lens, optical eye level viewfinder, battery test button, footage gauge, zoom buttons, "eyelid" cover over selinium cell light meter, exposure dial, ASA dial, daylight filter switch, singe frame exposure switch and extra light socket in original box. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in blue on product label on right side of camera: DeJUR GUIDE-O-MATIC / Printed in blue around zoom indicator: WIDE ANGLE, NORMAL, TELE-PHOTO / Printed in blue on footage gauge on right side of camera: FINISH, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, LOAD / Printed in black on battery test button on right side of camera: BATTERY TEST, NO, GOOD / Embossed in silver on product label on front of camera: DeJUR REFLEX GUIDE-O-MATIC, EFG 20 / Engraved in red on eyelid cover on front of camera: ELECTRA / Engraved in black on aperture dial on front of camera: 8, 5.6, 4 / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: CHROMTAR f1.8 ZOOM 9-27mm DeJUR AMSCO CORP. - MADE IN U.S.A., LENS MADE BY ELGEET ROCHESTER,NEWYORK / Printed in black on product label on left side of camera: DeJUR, CLOSED, OPEN / Printed in black on ASA dial on left of camera: ASA, 16, 20, 25, 32, 40, 64 / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-D20/16 DeJur SLR Guide-O-Matic EFG-20 Cine Camera. Recieved...11/13/1963 / Printed in black on filter switch on left side of camera: "A" FILTER, NORMAL / Printed in white on battery cap on bottom of camera: O, INSERT BOTH BATTERIES WITH TIP(+) TOWARD DOOR, C / Printed in silver and black inside footage compartment: PLACE FULL FILM SPOOL HERE U.S.VPATANT NUMBERS 2,996,968, 3,002,422, 3,038,083, D-186,196 D-193,036 & PENDING, EMPTY SPOOL, END OF FILM HERE, GATE TAB, RESET TO RETHREAD, GUIDE-O-MATIC / Engraved in silver inside footage compartment: S11892
