Elmo Zoom Auto-Eye 8-SS
Camera
Honeywell Elmo
Japanese, 1921
Elmo Zoom Auto-Eye 8-SS
March 1963
Metal, plastic and glass
Overall (camera): 5 × 2 3/4 × 7 3/4 in., 3.2 lb. (12.7 × 7 × 19.7 cm, 1.4 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0008
DescriptionTwo-tone, crackled-grey, rectangular, 8mm, spring motor driven, motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, f/1.8 10-30mm zoom lens, zoom lever, lens cap, CdS light sensor, auto exposure system, footage gauge, speed dial, wind-up key, ASA/DIN guide, start button and safety lock. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in black on footage gauge on right side of camera: 20, 25 / Printed in red on footage gauge on right side of camera. S, F / Printed in silver on footage gauge/speed dial on right side of camera: FOOTAGE, SPEED / Engraved in red and white on speed dial on right side of camera: 16,12, 48, 24 / Printed in silver on product label on front of camera: H, 81 / Embossed in silver on lens cap on front of camera: HONEYWELL ELMO / Engraved and embossed lettering in red and silver on product label on front of camera: HONEYWELL ELMO ZOOM 81 / Engraved in silver on lens on front of camera: ELMO ZOOM LENS F:1.8 10~30mm JAPAN NO.988516, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 15, 30, INF, mtr / Engraved in red on lens on front of camera: 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 50, INF, ft / Printed in gold on ISO dial on front of camera: 320 / Printed in red, blue and black on ASA/DIN guide on left side of camera: ASA, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, DIN, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, NAGOYA ELMO JAPAN / Engraved and printed in red, silver and black on exposure dial on left side of camera: M, A, 48, 24, 16, 12, x2, x4 / Engraved in silver on zoom dial on left side of camera: 30, 25 / Printed in black on latch on left side of camera: OPEN / Engraved in white on reel in footage compartment: JAPAN, 1, HONYWELL ELMO, HONEYWELL ELMO, 2 / Printed in black on product label in footage compartment: NO. 289824, ELMO CO., LTD. NAGOYA JAPAN / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-JE1/2 Honeywell Elmo Zoom 81 Auto-Eye Cine Camera. Rec'd...5/14/63 W/Strap.
