Kodak Electric 8
Camera
Kodak Electric 8
August 1962
Metal, plastic, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 6 × 3 × 7 in., 2.8 lb. (15.2 × 7.6 × 17.8 cm, 1.3 kg)
Overall (case): 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 in., 1 lb. (16.5 × 21.6 × 11.4 cm, 0.5 kg)
1989.1348.0001
DescriptionCrackled-grey metal, crackled-black leather-paneled and chrome, rectangular, battery operated motion picture camera with optical eye level viewfinder, 13mm f/1.6 zoom lens, automatic exposure, variable film speed, footage gauge, single frame exposure and black leather handle. The camera accepts 25 foot duex magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on right side of camera: Kodak electric 8 / Printed in black on door latches on top of camera: FILM, BATTERY / Printed in silver on left side of camera: Kodak electric 8 / Printed in silver on back of camera left of viewfinder: KODAK ELECTRIC 8 ZOOM CAMERA MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in white below remote jack on back of camera: REMOTE OUTLET / Printed in silver right os footage gauge on back of camera: FILM SIDE / Printed in green to the sides of the red button on the back of the camera: BATTERY, CHECK / Printed in black on variable film speed dial on front of camera: 16A, 40A, 10, 16, 25, 50 / Engraved in white above shutter release switch on front of camera: RUN, LOCK, S.F. / Printed in black on lens: Kodak Zoom Lens f/1.6 / Stamped in black under battery door on right side of camera: 584641 / Printed in black on silver labal under battery door on right side of camera: SETTING THE FILM SPEED DIAL, TURN UPPER KNURLED WHEEL ON INSIDE OF CAMERAUNTIL WHITE LINE ON FILM INDEX DIAL IS ATFILM SPEED NUMBER FOUND IN INSTRUCTIONS PACKED WITH FILM. FOR EXAMPLE, 25 FOR DAYLIGHT KODACHROME II; 40 FOR TYPE A, KODACHROME II, INDOORS WITH FLOOD LAMPS / Embossed in black on battery compartment inside of camera: USES 4 SIZE AA 1.5 VOLT BATTERIES, TO REMOVE BATTERY CONTAINER LIFE HERE / Embossed in black on back of magazine TO REMOVE COVER LIFT HERE / Printed in silver behind camera film door on left side of camera: Kodak ELECTRIC 8 ZOOM CAMERA, MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. i'M REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
