Viewfinder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTERCHANGEABLE/SPORTS
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0110.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Pentax
- MODEL
- FC-1/FB-1
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- Eyepiece
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bodies are metal (steel?). Optics are glass. Lens covers are plastic. Soft case is suede and velvet.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Pentax
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Tokyo
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- 1980
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
General: A camera accessory showing the field of view of the lens, used in framing and focusing the picture. Specific: Used for sports or as a wasit level viewfinder. - Technical
-
Rotates 180 degrees for total flexibility in viewing angle from waist level to eye level (Brochure, p .1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BELOW FC-1 VIEWFINDER, INCISED, PICKED OUT IN WHITE LETTERING IS: 'PENTAX FC-1 JAPAN'/ ON FACE OF FB-1 BASE, INCISED AND PICKED OUT IN WHITE LETTERING IS: 'PENTAX'/ ON ITS UNDERSIDE, INCISED AND PICKED OUT IN WHITE IS 'FB-1 JAPAN'/ ON FB-1 FINDER PROTECTIVE CAP IN RAISED LETTERS IS: 'PENTAX'/ THE FC-1 LENS CAP HAS 'ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPAN'WRITTEN IN RAISED LETTERS.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black (paint?). Case is black exterior and purple. Burgundy interior.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Pentax, Viewfinder, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1988.0110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0110.001/
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