General Information

Serial #

532222

Part Number

1

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY; LEATHER COVERING WITH STRAP; GLASS LENS

Dimensions

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

Length

12.8 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

5.3 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

PAILLARD

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS ONE USED FROM THE MID 1950'S UNTIL THE 1970'S

Canada

EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER WHO MADE FILMS FOR THE POLISH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1958 & 1973. ONE OF HIS FILMS HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261]

Function

USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON CINE FILM.

Technical

HIGHLY RELIABLE AND SIMPLE TO USE [REF 3]. THIS ONE COMES WITH SUPERB LENSES, INCLUDING A VERY RARE YASHICA CINEMASCOPE LENS (.7), AND A RARE EARLY NOMINAR LENS (.2) [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABELS ON FRONT: 'C paillard 8' 'PAILLARD - BOLEX/ COLOR-PANCHRO-MICROPAN SUPER X-HYPAN-SUPERPAN 16 i/ sec/ [FOUR DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATING DIFFERENT LIGHT CHOICES WITH SUGGESTED FOCAL OPENINGS]'/ PRINTED INSIDE: 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR/ 532222'/ STAMPED ON BOTTOM: '532222'/ PRINTED ON LENS COVER: 'Yashica'/ TWO DIALS ON SIDE AND CHART/ MOLDED ON BAR ON FRONT: 'FABRICATION SUISSE - MADE IN SWITZERLAND'.

Missing

CABLE RELEASE; DEPTH OF FIELD CHART

Finish

BLACK WITH SHINY METAL TRIM

Decoration

N/A