Keystone Model K-8
Camera
Keystone Manufacturing Co.
American, 1930s–1970
Keystone Model K-8
June 1963
Metal and glass
Overall: 6 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 in., 1.1 lb. (16.5 × 8.3 × 8.9 cm, 0.5 kg)
Gift of Myron Bernhardt
DescriptionCrackled-brown, oval, 8mm, spring-motorized motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, 1.5 inch f/3.5 lens, variable speed, footage gauge and hand-strap in original box with instruction manual.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on plate on front of camera: KEYSTONE 8MM CAMERA MODEL K-8, f/1.9 to f/2.7 HEAVY SHADE, f/3.5 LIGHT SHADE AND OPEN SCENES ON DULL DAYS, f/4 HAZY OPEN SCENES, o f/8 BRIGHT-OPEN SCENES AND CLOSE-UPS f/11 to f/16 BRILLIANT SUNLIGHT SKY, SEA, AND DISTANT SCENES, ABOVE FOR PANCHROMATIC OR COLOR FILM. COLOR FILM-DARK OBJECTS 1 STOP LARGER. WINTER SEASON 1 STOP LARGER, KEYSTONE 8MM MADE IN BOSTON U.S.A. , PATENTED NO. 2082505 SERIAL NUMBER / Stamped in silver on plate on front of camera: 891441 / Engraved in silver on door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, CLOSE / Engraved in silver on variable speed plate on back of camera: NORMAL 16, LOW 12, SLOW MOTION 48 / Printed in black on gold label behind camera door: METHOD OF LOADING CAMERA, GATE, FILM, FILM GUIDE, TAKE UP SPOOL, FULL SPOOL, KEYSTONE MFG. CO. BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. MODEL K-8 USE ONLY FILM FOR 8-MM CAMERA PATENT NO. 2082505 / Engraved in black on spool inside of camera: MFG. BY KEYSTONE MFG. CO. BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. / Engraved in white on lens: WOLLENSAK f/3.5 CINE VELOSTIGMAT / Printed in yellow and white on box: KEYSTONE 8M.M. MOVIE CAMERA
