Kodak Ektasound 140 Movie Outfit
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Kodak Ektasound 140 Movie Outfit
August 1973
Plastic, glass, and metal
Overall: 8 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21 × 8.9 × 18.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1974.0210.0006
DescriptionBlack leather-textured plastic, wood-grain accented, square, super 8 sound, battery operated motion picture camera with magnetic sound head, external power jack, eye-level viewfinder, f/1.2 manual zoom lens, day light filter, automatic exposure and microphone jack in original box with microphone, microphone stand, rubber eyepiece, sound movie film cartridge and practice sound film. The camera accepts 50 foot cartridges.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product plate on left side of camera: KODAK EKTASOUND 140 / Printed in brown on product plate on left side of camera: movie camera MADE IN U.S.A. / Embossed on left side of camera under product plate: FILTER SWITCH, MOTOR BATTERY CHECK / Engraved in black on lens: KODAK EXTAR ZOOM LENS f/1.2 9-21mm / Printed in black on footage dial on back of camera: 1 / Printed in silver on door on right side of camera: Kodak / Engraved in black on door latch on right side of camera: OPEN / Embossed in silver above run button on back of camera: MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY, NORMAL, REDUCED / Engraved in black on run switch on left side of camera: RUN, LOCK / Printed in silver inside battery compartment one in hand grip: AMPLIFIER USES 9V ALKALINE BATTERY REPLACE YEARLY / Printed in silver inside battery compartment two in hand grip: CAUTION WHEN BATTERY CHECK INDICATES, REPLACE ALL BATTERIES AT THE SAME TIME. INCORRECT ORIENTATION OR USE OF A WEAK BATTERY MAY CAUSE RUPTURE. CAMERA USES AA ALKALINE BATTERIES / Embossed in black inside camera: USES SUPER 8 FILM CARTRIDGE, MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASATMAN KODAK COMPANY T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
