General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

6

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST ALUMINUM; GLASS OPTICS; METAL & SYNTHETIC FITTINGS & COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

81.0 cm

Width

74.0 cm

Height

45.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wild

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Heerbrugg

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS CAMERA PROBABLY USED 1954 TO C. 1960S.

Canada

USED IN THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL PHOTOGRAMMETRY PROGRAMME, FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH ACCURACY AERIAL PHOTOS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS, INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION AND PLOTTING EQUIPMENT. THIS RC7 WAS THE ONLY CAMERA OF ITS TYPE USED IN CANADA. AS OF 1992 THERE WERE NO KNOWN EXAMPLES IN N. AMERICA & 1 IN WILD MUSEUM IN CHE.

Function

USED TO PRODUCE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON GLASS PLATES, UTILIZING A ROTATING ( IE AUTOMATIC ) MAGAZINE SYSTEM.

Technical

RC7 CAMERA CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST ACCURATE CAMERA AVAILABLE WHEN INTRODUCED IN EARLY 1950S. 5"X5" SQUARE (APPROX.) GLASS PLATES USED (40 IN AUTOMATIC ROTATING MAGAZINES ) WERE STABLE AND ACCURATE IN ASSSOCIATION WITH HIGH QUALITY OPTICS. DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STABLE FILM BASES, & ATTENDENT BENEFITS OF FILM- LIGHTER, EASIER TO STORE, LESS PRONE TO DAMAGE- MADE RC7 SHORT LIVED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"Made in Switzerland" incised along one top edge of ring. Scale 30- 0- 30, divided by single increments, incised on upper edge of outer frame. "FWD" & directional arrow crudely incised in surface of paint on inner rotating ring, at base of standard..

Missing

N/A

Finish

HAS OLIVE GREEN FINISH. BLACK KNOBS, FITTINGS, ETC.

Decoration

N/A