Keystone 16mm Model A-12
Camera
Keystone Manufacturing Co.
American, 1930s–1970
Keystone 16mm Model A-12
ca. 1949
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 9 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 5 1/2 in., 4.5 lb. (24.1 × 7 × 14 cm, 2 kg)
Overall (original box): 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 × 3 7/8 in., 0.8 lb. (20 × 26.7 × 9.8 cm, 0.3 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# 1677 Textured-brown, chrome, vaulted, 16mm spring motor operated, motion picture camera with f/2.5 lens, two-lens turret, optical eye level viewfinder, winding key, exposure guide, single frame exposure control, fps dial, lock-run shutter control, and leather handle in original box. The camera accepts dual 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved and printed in black on silver exposure guide on right side of camera: UNIVERSAL GUIDE f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, OR EQUIVALENT, 32, 64, 24, 16, 8, CAMERA SPEED, NORMAL, SUBJECT DARK, NORMAL, LIGHT, KODACHROME FILM TYPE A, FEET, 4 1/2, 6, 9, 13, FEET, f/ 5.6, 4, 2.8, 1.9, f/, Lamps-to-Subject Distance in Feet for two 375-watt reflector-type flood lamps on a camera bar / Embossed in silver on footage gauge on right side of camera: START / Engraved in silver on single exposure control on right side of camera: PUSH UP SINGLE / Printed in silver on fps dial on right side of camera: SLOW MOTION 64, LOW 10, NORMAL 16, SOUND 24, INTERMEDIATE / Embossed in silver on product label on front of camera: Keystone BOSTON, MASS. MODEL A-12 16MM SERIAL NO. J-1677 MADE IN U.S.A. / Engraved in silver on two-lens turret on front of camera: 2IN·3IN, 1"-17MM / Engraved in silver on viewfinder on front of camera: 17 MM / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 2.5f, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 2.5f, CINE RAPTAR WOLLENSAK-KEYSTONE 1 INCH f/2.5 / Embossed in plastic on lens cap on front of camera: WOLLENSAK / Engraved in silver on door latch on left side of camera: CLOSE, OPEN / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-K10/10 Keystone Model A-12 16mm. M. P. Camera Recieved 12/20/1949 / Stamped in leather handle on bottom of camera: KEYSTONE / Engraved in silver inside footage compartment: TOP FULL REEL / Printed in white on label inside footage compartment: THIS CAMERA IS GUARANTEED AS TO WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL WITH FREE SERVICE UNDER NORMAL USAGE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. PATENTED .S. PAT. NOS. 1722088 - 1841748 OTHER PATS. PEND. DATE PURCHASED- / Engraved in black and inscribed in pencil on spool inside footage compartment: CINE KODAK SPOOL PAT IN U.S.A. 1,507,357, CINE KODAK SPOOL PAT IN U.S.A. 1,507,357, 376·71
