Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

417

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal casing & parts/ synthetic parts/ glass optics

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

38,5 cm

Largeur

26,5 cm

Hauteur

37,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Photographie

Catégorie

Cameras ciné

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Red Lake

Pays

United States of America

État/province

California

Ville

Santa Clara

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

circa 1969+

Canada

A piece of equipment used at a Canadian manufacturing facility. The donor's father was Roland Ouellette who worked as an electronics technician at the CIP mill in Hawkesbury, Ontario. He was self taught in electronics but still received 4 patents for his inventions. Canadian Patents: # 925285 issued May 1, 1973; class 33-176; # 925286 issued May 1, 1973;  class 33-179; # 1222319 issued May 26, 1987;  class 354-29. United States Patent: #4,644,174 issued Feb 17, 1987.

Fonction

The HYCAM is a high speed 16mm motion picture camera deigned for the acquisition of photographic data pertaining to high speed or short-lived phenomenon , and/or recording of cathode ray tube displays operating in conjunction with the photographed event for evaluation, performance and engineering. This camera was used in a pulp mill to photograph the mixture of wood chips in the slurry on the processing line, to make sure the mixture was in the right concentration & during tests to determine the effectiveness of various mixing equipment and procedures.

Technique

The HYCAM was a rare piece of equipment because of its high cost. The Red Lake Labs equipment was well respected and a similar model of camera is still available, often currently available from specialist camera supplies for rent. Other uses, besides, production line use, automotive (including crash tests) and aeronautical applications, would have been sports and wildlife photography. Hycams did not reach the extreme speeds as used by pioneers like Harold Edgerton, but they were according to various web sites, reliable mid-range instruments and are often used in courses for training in high speed photography. This appears to be a 16 mm camera with an operating speed to 8,000 frames per second, which accepts standard "C" type lenses. In the early 1960s, Red Lake Laboratories introduced a 16mm rotating prism camera, the HYCAM. The rotary prism camera allowed higher frame rates without placing as much stress on the film or transport mechanism. The film moves smoothly past a rotating prism which is synchronized to the main film sprocket. Each revolution of the prism "paints" the same number of frames onto the film as there are faces on the prism. A shutter also improves the results by only opening as the prism faces are nearly parallel, and then closing again (Ref. 4).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

label on inside reads ""Red Lake Labs, Inc. [script]/ SANTA CLARA, CALIF./ U.S.A./ HYCAM/ 400' MODEL/ PAT./ PEND./ The World's Most/ Advanced Rotating/ Prism Camera"/ incised white lettering on inside reads "SER./ 417", "RED/ LAKE/ LABS/ SANTA CLARA/ CALIF." & "MDL/ NO./ K20S4E/ MADE IN/ U.S.A."/ label on camera top rads "Red Lake Laboratories, Inc. (script)/ PHOTO INSTRUMENTATION EQUIPMENT/ SANTA CLARA, CALIF. Made in U.S.A."/ black & silver plates on front & back reading "HYCAM"/

Manque

power cord

Fini

textured beige painted casing/ black synthetic/ brushed metal control & instruction panels, parts/ green wire covering

Décoration

S/O