Victor Cine Camera Model 5
Camera
Victor Animatograph Co. Inc.
American
Victor Cine Camera Model 5
May 1930
Metal, glass and leather
Overall (camera): 8 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 7 3/4 in., 5.2 lb. (20.6 × 8.3 × 19.7 cm, 2.4 kg)
Overall (original box): 7 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 3 5/8 in., 1 lb. (20 × 22.2 × 9.2 cm, 0.4 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0079
DescriptionCrackled-brown, vaulted, 16mm, spring motor operated, motion picture camera with f/1.9 lens, three lens turret, waist level viewfinder, eye level viewfinder, winding crank, footage gauge, lock-run shutter control/fps dial, exposure guide and leather handle in original box. The camera accepts dual 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on right side of camera: VICTOR, VICTOR CINÉ CAMERA · MODEL 5 · PATENTS PENDING, VICTOR ANIMATOGRAPH CO., · DAVENPORT, IOWA, U.S.A. / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: KODAK ANASTIGMAT F-1.9 25 mm U.S.A. PAT. NOS. 1,620,337 - 1,690,607, FEET, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 50, INF. / Embossed in silver on exposure guide on left side of camera: VICTOR CINE CAMERA EXPOSURE METER, ARANGED FOR USE WITHIN THEMPERATE ZONES. IN TROPICS DECREASE STOP TO NEXT SMALLER-TO THE LEFT, DURING SEASON OF SHORT DAYS ALSO EARLY MORNING OR LATE AFTERNOON USE NEXT LARGER STOP-RIGHT, 16., 11., 8., 5.6, 4.5, 3.5, CLEAR SUN NO CLOUDS, BRIGHT CLOUDY, DULL CLOUDY, VERY DARK CLOUDY, SEA, SKY, BEACH & SNOW SCENES, SPORTS LANDSCAPES DISTANT VIEWS, STREETS AVERAGE VIEWS IN LIGHT & SHADE, CLOSE-UPS ALL DISTANCES UNDER 10 FEET, SCENES ALL IN SHADOW NO O'HEAD LIGHT, ULTRA (SLOW-MOTION) / Embossed in brown on around door latches on left side of camera: L, O / Embossed in silver on product label on back of camera: VICTOR / Printed in silver on viewfinder on back of camera: DIST. IN FEET, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 50, INF. / Printed in black on white label tied to leather handle on back of camera: Victor Cine Camera, Model 5. (not reverse actrion model 301-V4/3, Recieved from Mr. O. Cook. 7-17-33 / Engraved in silver on footage gauge on bottom of camera: UNEXPOSED FILM FEET, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 / Embossed in silver on shutter control/fps dial on top of camera: LOCK, ULTRA, 8, 16, 24, 32
