Hawkeye Instamatic Model B

Hawkeye Instamatic Model B

Camera

Eastman Kodak Company

Maker
American, estab. 1892

Hawkeye Instamatic Model B

Super 8


ca. 1969
Plastic, metal and glass
Overall: 7 1/4 × 2 × 5 1/4 in. (18.4 × 5.1 × 13.3 cm)
1999.1019.0001
DescriptionTan and black leather-textured plastic, rectangular, super 8, battery operated motion picture camera with eye level view finder, f/2.7 lens, auto exposure, daylight filter and folding handle grip. The camera accepts Kodak silent super 8 film cartridges.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on product plate on left side of camera: Kodak / Printed in black on product plate on left side of camera: HAWKEYE INSTAMATIC MODEL B / Printed in silver on product plate on left side of camera: movie camera MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in black on lens: KODAK EXTANAR LENS 14mm f/2.7 / Printed in black on apeture ring on lens: 2.7, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 26 / Engraved in silver on product plate on right side of camera: Kodak / Printed in silver inside of camera: Kodak INSTAMATIC MOVIE CAMERA USES KODAK SUPER 8 FILM CARTRIDGE MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Printed in silver inside battery compartment in handle grip: USE AA ALKALINE BATTERIES

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