apparatus [ ap-uh-rat-uhs ]
noun, plural ap·pa·rat·us, ap·pa·rat·us·es.
a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools, materials, etc., having a particular function or intended for a specific use: Our cinematographer shot some beautiful footage with his apparatus..
Enjoy my blog featuring 100 years of motion picture apparatuses.
Prestwich Patent Kinematograph-Model 5
The Prestwich Kinematograph Model 5 cine camera for 35mm film became Prestwich’s most popular model. It contains two 400 foot internal wood magazines. It is hand-cranked with two eight-frame-per-turn shafts and one single frame shaft. The film drive is by…
Victor Cine and Ultra Cine Cameras
On July 5th 1923, The Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, New York introduced 16mm Safety Film and one of the first companies to make movie cameras for the new film was Victor Animatograph Co. and their Victor Cine and Victor Ultra Cine Cameras…
Cine-Kodak Model A 16mm Cine Camera
The original Cine-Kodak Model A 16mm movie camera holds a significant place in the history of filmmaking. Introduced by the Eastman Kodak Company in May 1923, it was the first 16mm camera produced and heralded Eastman Kodak’s brand new 16mm safety film…
A Camera With No Name.
America, 1920’s
A Camera With No Name.
This mystery camera was used in the 1920’s to shoot a few short films in New Jersey and the east coast of America, but who is her maker?
Akeley Junior 35mm Camera
The picture worth a thousand words...
When I opened the image I was shocked to see not the Pancake, but a new previously unknown Akeley camera under Martin Johnson’s arm…