Revere 8 Magazine Ciné Model B-61
Camera
Revere Camera Company
American, 1920–1960
Revere 8 Magazine Ciné Model B-61
October 1950
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 4 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 3 3/4 in., 1.7 lb. (11.1 × 6 × 9.5 cm, 0.8 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0031
DescriptionSerial# 1887 Crackled-brown, rectangular, 8mm, spring motor driven, motion picture camera with f/2.5 coated lens, footage gauge, fps dial and winding key in original box. The camera accepts dual 25-foot magazine cartridges.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on fps dial on right side of camera: 16 / Printed in silver on footage gauge on right side of camera: 25 FEET, 0 / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: CINE RAPTAR WOLLENSAK-REVERE 13mm f/2.5, BRIGHT, WINTER, HAZY, SUMMER DULL, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, f2.5 / Engraved on door latch or front of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Printed in brown, silver and red on product label/exposure guide on left side of camera: Revere 8 MAGAZINE CINÉ MODELB-61, f-8, -BIGHT SUN-, SIDE LIGHT f-5.6, BAKC LIGHT f-4, 5.6, -WEAK HAZY SUN-, SIDE LIGHT f-4 BACK LIGHT f-4, f-4, OPEN SHADE, BRIGHT DAY, 2.8, OVERCAST OR DEEP SHADE, 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 SUBJECTS, CLOSE ADDITIONAL 1/2 STOP. / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-R32/14-1 Revere 8 B61 Mag. Loading Camera Received 4-15-1953 / Embossed in silver inside footage compartment: MADE IN THE U.S.A. BY THE REVERE CAMERA CO. CHICAGO PAT. NOS. 2377821 2323576 OTHER PATENTS PENDING / Engraved in black inside footage compartment: T- 1887 / Embossed inside footage compartment door: M-6102 / Engraved on viewfinder on back of camera: 9, 13, 25, 38
