Revere Eight Magazine Turret Model 67
Camera
Revere Camera Company
American, 1920–1960
Revere Eight Magazine Turret Model 67
August 1949
Metal, glass and plastic
Overall (camera): 4 × 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 in., 3.6 lb. (10.2 × 8.3 × 13.3 cm, 1.6 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0004
DescriptionSerial# M-76477Crackled-brown, vaulted, 8 mm, spring motor driven, motion picture camera, with eye level view finder, 2-lens turret, f/2.8 lens, footage dial, wind-up key, fps dial, and braided wrist cord. The camera accepts 16mm film magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on footage dial on right side of camera: FEET, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0 / Printed in silver on fps dial on right side of camera: 16 / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: BAUCH & LOMB OPT. CO. U.S.A. 12.7mm f/2.8 ANIMAR, f/, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Embossed in silver on on product label with exposure guide on right side of camera: LOWER SIDE OF MAGAZINE IS EXPOSED WHEN SPINDLE BEHIND WINDOW DOES NOT REVOLVE, Revere EIGHT, MAGAZINE CINÉ EIGHT, MODEL SIXTY-SEVEN, BRIGHT SUN, SIDE LIGHT 5.6, BACK LIGHT, 4, AVERAGE f8, WEAK HAZY SUN, SIDE LIGHT, 4, BACK LIGHT, 4, AVERAGE 5.6, OPEN SHADE, BIRGHT DAY, f4 OVERCAST OR DEEPSHADE, 2.8, USE ABOVE FOR ALL COLOR FILM AND FILM RATED ASA 10 OR WESTON 8. THIS EXPOSURE GUIDE IS BASED ON MEDIUM-COLORED SUBJECTS. FOR WHITE OR VERY LIGHT SURFACES, CLOSE ADDITIONAL 1/2 STOP. / Engraved in black on locking dial on left side of camera: OPEN------CLOSED / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-R32/11 Model 67 Recieved 9/27/1949 from Peerless Camera / Printed in black on yellow label inside magazine compartment: PEERLESS CAMERA STORES, 138 E. 44TH St. · 133 E. 43rd St., N.Y.C. · MU 7-1000 / Written in pencil on top of product label inside magazine compartment: 42 846 / Printed in silver on product label inside magazine compartment: Revere EIGHT, OPERATION OF CAMERA, ·LOCK CAMERA DRAWER BEFORE OPERATING CAMERA, ·SET FOOTAGE DIAL AT ZERO AFTER RELOADING CAMERA, ·SLIDE LOCKING KNOB DOWNWARD TO EJECT FILM MAGAZINE, ·VIEWFINDER IS LOCKED AT THE IDEAL SETTING - UNIVERSAL FOCUS, MADE IN U.S.A., REVERE CAMERA COMPANY CHICAGO 16, ILLINOIS, PAT. NOS. 2.322.400, 2.322.401, 2.323.576, 2.332.693, 2.347.519, 2.351.886, 2.357.076, 2.366.153, 2.374.509, 2.377.821, 130.927 OTHER PATS. PENDING, M- / Stamped on bottom of product label inside magazine compartment: 76477
