Enlarging camera
Camera
Enlarging camera
c 1949
Metal, plastic and glass
Overall (enlarger): 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 7 in., 1.9 lb. (19.1 × 14 × 17.8 cm, 0.9 kg)
Gift of Charles Wray
DescriptionCrackled-brown plastic, satin-chrome, rectangular, 16mm enlarging camera with a fixed focus lens, Select-A-Frame eyepiece, sliding film viewer, shutter release plunger, film locking lever and 7.5 watt clear light bulb on a crackled-brown metal stand. The enlarging camera accepts No. 127 film.
Inscriptions Embossed in plastic on back of enlarger: FEDERAL MFG. & ENGINEERING CORP. MADE IN U.S.A.BROOKLYN,N.Y. PATENTS PENDING / Embossed in plastic inside film compartment: FEDERAL OF BROOKLYN USE NO.127 FILM 1 5/8 X 2 1/2IN.- 4 X 6.5cm. / Embossed in plastic on film compartment latch on right side of camera: OPEN / Inscribed in white on bottom of enlarger: 83:0132:08 / Embossed in silver on product label on stand for enlarging camera: FEDERAL OF BROOKLYN 16MM. ENLARGING CAMERA MODEL 16-A / inscribed in white on back of stand for enlarging camera: 83:0132:08 / Printed in yellow and black on applied label on bottom of stand for enlarging camera: DIRECTIONS: 1. PULL PLUNGER OUT 2. PUSH SLIDE UP 3. LOAD CAMERA WITH 127 FILM, INSERTING MOVIE FILM, 4. TURN VIEWER 90° 5. OPEN GATE 6. INSERT MOVIE FILM (DULL SIDE TO LAMP), USING THE SELECT-A-FRAME, 7. PUSH LEVER-TO RELEASE FILM PULL-TO LOCK FILM 8. LOCK SLIDING KNOB AT SHARPEST FOCUS, MAKING THE EXPOSURE, 9. PUSH SLIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN 10. TO OPEN SHUTTER PRESS PLUNGER TO LOCK POSITION 11. TO CLOSE-PULL OUT, FEDERAL MANUFACTURING &ENGINEERING CORP. BROOKLYN 5, NEW YORK MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. PENDING
