Revere Reflex Electric
Camera
Revere Camera Company
American, 1920–1960
Revere Reflex Electric
June 1963
Metal, plastic, and glass
Overall (camera): 4 × 1 1/2 × 7 in., 1.4 lb. (10.2 × 3.8 × 17.8 cm, 0.6 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0093
DescriptionSerial# 98-3186 Crackled-grey, chrome, rectangular, 8mm, battery operated, motion picture camera with f/1.8 lens, optical eye level viewfinder, footage gauge, CdS light meter, single frame exposure control, and ASA dial. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in black on product label on right side of camera: 3M REVERE 8MM SPOOL / Printed in black on footage gauge on right side of camera: FOOTAGE, E, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0, F / Printed in black on product label on front of camera: REVERE Reflex-Electric / Printed in black on shutter control on front of camera: 3M COMPANY / Printed in black above filter control switch on front of camera: OUT, CONV. A FILTER / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: 13MM f/1.8 RAPTAR WOLLENSAK, LOCK, AUTO, MANUAL, 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, f/16 / Printed in black on product label on left side of camera: REVERE Reflex-Electric / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-R32/29 Revere Reflex-Electric 8mm Camera, Model 98 Recieved...2/4/1963 Ser.No..98 3186 / Printed in black inside footage compartment: PRESS, 3M Revere Camera Co. A SUBSIDARY OF 3M COMPANY CHICAGO 16, ILLINOIS · MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in black on ASA dial on top of camera: ASA FILM SPEED, 10, 16, 20, 25, 32, 40
