Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

camera in waterproof case

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Clear rigid synthetic [acrylic] casing fitted with grey rubber (?) seal; metal (including brass) hardware and fittings; portion of yellow woven synthetic fibre cord used as neck strap reinforced with opaque synthetic tubing; brown and black synthetic knobs and black synthetic protective ring defines area on case in front of lens. Predominantly silver metal camera casing has black imitation leather (?) covering on large areas of body; black leather carrying strap; clear glass lens. Markings printed by hand in blue ink on adhesive tape label applied to case back.

Dimensions

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

Longueur

28,0 cm

Largeur

25,0 cm

Hauteur

28,6 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Photographie

Catégorie

Cameras ciné

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Bell Howell

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Illinois

Ville

Chicago

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s. According to Ken Buck it was used by diver Joe MacInnis for filming underwater sequences in Mason’s film, In Search of the Bowhead Whale. Further research will be required to confirm this.

Fonction

General: Used to record moving images in two-dimensional format. Specific: This camera housed in waterproof case used to record moving images under water.

Technique

The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. This is a simple 16mm camera housed in a waterproof acrylic casing. This model was marketed to amateur film makers. It has a two-lens turret taking standard C-mount lenses, a rotary shutter and an optical (non-reflex) viewfinder. Its spring motor speed can be varied between 8 and 64 frames per second, providing about 30 seconds of running time at 16 fps. It accommodates 100-foot film magazines.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Printed markings visible on camera body [through case] include "16 MM/ MAGAZINE CAMERA - 200/ Bell & Howell/ CHICAGO/ MADE IN U.S.A." and "BELL & HOWELL/ 16 MM". "TAYLOR-HORTON/ No. 509512/ 1 INCH - f/1.9/ Bell & Howell" among markings printed on lens housing. Chart formatted hand written markings on tape label read "f L/ 1.9 7-8/ 2 8/ 2.8 9/ 4 10/ 5.6 11/ 8 12/ 11 13/ 10 Just BLACK/5 Just RED/ 3 Just below/ red".

Manque

Unknown.

Fini

Clear rigid synthetic [acrylic] casing fitted with grey rubber (?) seal; metal (including brass) hardware and fittings; portion of yellow woven synthetic fibre cord used as neck strap reinforced with opaque synthetic tubing; brown and black synthetic knobs and black synthetic protective ring defines area on case in front of lens. Predominantly silver metal camera casing has black imitation leather (?) covering on large areas of body; black leather carrying strap; clear glass lens. Markings printed by hand in blue ink on adhesive tape label applied to case back.

Décoration

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