Univex Model A8
Camera
Universal Camera Corp.
American, 1933–1952
Univex Model A8
ca. 1936
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 4 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (12.1 × 4.4 × 8.9 cm)
Overall (case): 5 × 2 × 4 in. (12.7 × 5.1 × 10.2 cm)
1978.0191.0013
DescriptionBlack, vaulted, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, f/5.6 lens and black leather case. The camera accepts single 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in leather on case: Univex MODEL A-8 CINE CAMERA MADE IN U.S.A. PATENT PENDING / Engraved on plate on right side of canera: Univex MODEL A8 8mm CINE CAMERA MADE IN U.S.A. UNIVERSL CAMERA CORPORATION NEW YORK PAT. NO. 99514 OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN PATS. PEND. / Engraved on plate on right side of camera: EXPOSURE TABLE FOR COMPLETE EXPOSURE TABLE, USE OF ACCESSORY LENSES, INDOOR SHOTS ETC., REFER TO INSTRUCTION BOOK / Engraved on door latch on right side of camera: OPEN CLOSED / Engraved on lens: ILEX UNIVAR f/5.6 ILEX OPTICAL CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. PAT. APPL'D / Embossed on footage guage on left side of camera: UNEXPOSED FEET / Engraved on spool inside of camera: FOR USE ONLY IN Univex 8MM CINE CAMERA TRADEMARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ROTATION U.S. PATENT NO. 2,133,743 FOREIGN PATS. PENDING UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORP. NEW YORK U.S.A. / Engraved inside of camera: FULL SPOOL HERE EMPTY SPOOL HERE ENGAGE SPOOL NOTCHES WITH PRONGS / Typed on sticker on bottom of case plate: 4827 / Written on inventory tag in blue: Univex 8mm Cine Camera 4827 G.P.
