General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

29.0 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

20.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TRENKA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (1952-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DIDWORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC AMONGST OTHER CLIENTS.

Function

USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON FILM WITH ACCOMPANYING SOUND. THIS TYPE OF CAMERA WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR TV NEWS GATHERING.

Technical

THIS SINGLE SYSTEM NEWS CAMERA WAS DEVELOPED IN CANADA AS A WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE THEN PRACTICE OF 2-MAN NEWS GATHERING CREWS. IT IS BASICALLY A MODIFIED AURICON IN WHICH ONLY THE INTERNAL MOVEMENT SURVIVED. THE CAMERA WAS MODIFIED & UPDATED CONSTANTLY AS NEW TECH INNOVATIONS WERE INCORPORTED INTO THE DESIGN. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 DYMNOTAPE: 'OFF REC.PLBK.''V.U. IN''ADJ.''BIAS''MIC.2''MIC.1''ON OFF''PHONO.IN''MIC.2''VOL.''EAR''A.C. IN MIC.1''AMP.POW.IN'/.2-.4 NO MARKINGS/.5 PRINTED AROUND MIKE BASE: 'EV/ Electro-Voice/ ELECTRO-VOICE INC./ BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN/ MODEL 647 OHM 150 H/Z SER. 8937'/.6 STAMPED ON EARPHONE: 'TELEX 1K RTX-04'

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

.1 DARK GREY TEXTURED PAINT FINISH WITH BLACK LEATHER;.2 &.3 DARK GREY TEXTURED PAINT WITH SHINY SILVER TRIM;.4 MAINLY BLACK MATTE TEXTURED PAINT;.5 GREY MIKE AND CORD;.6 BROWN CORD

Decoration

N/A