Holiday 8mm Cine Turret Camera
Camera
Holiday 8mm Cine Turret Camera
April 1958
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 5 × 2 3/4 × 5 1/2 in., 2 lb. (12.7 × 7 × 14 cm, 0.9 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0019
DescriptionSerial# 85268 Crackled-grey, vaulted, 8mm, spring motor driven, motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, footage gauge, two-lens turret, 13mm f/1.9 lens, wide angle and telephoto converter lenses. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in red on hand crank on right side of camera: MANSFIELD / Engraved in black inside footage gauge window on right side of camera: 0·, Empty / Printed in red and black on product label on front of camera: Holiday, 8mm, MANSFIELD INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN / Engraved in black and white on lens on front of camera: 1:1.8 f=13mm No5338 MANSFIELD CINEPAR, 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, r16, 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, r16 / Engraved in white on wide angle lens converter on front of camera: Raydex WIDE ANGLE AUX. LENS / Engraved in red on telephoto lens converter: Gruenex TELEPHOTO AUX. LENS / Engraved in red and black on daylight exposure table on left side of camera: DAYLIGHT EXPOSURE TABLE, BRIGHT SUN, COLOR f 8, B&W f 16, HAZY SUN, COLOR f 5.6, B&W f 11, OPEN SHADE, COLOR f 4, B&W f 8, CLOUDY DULL, COLOR f 2.8, B&W f 8, MANSFIELD INDUSTRIES LTD. / Engraved in red on door latch on left side of camera: LOCK / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-M70/1 Mansfield Holiday 8mm Roll Film Turret Camera, Rec'd. 11/25/58 / Engraved in yellow on reel inside footage compartment: MANSFIELD / Stamped inside footage compartment: 85268
