General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL WITH GLASS LENSES AND MIRRORS/ SYNTHETIC CAPS/.2 &.3 SYNTHETIC/ CARDSTOCK BOX WITH SYNTHETIC PADDING

Dimensions

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

Length

16.5 cm

Width

16.0 cm

Height

8.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Akai

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1970S; HOWEVER, THIS ONE NEVER USED

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950 -1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO CONVERT 8-MM CINE PROJECTOR PICTURES INTO TELEVISION SIGNALS USING A VIDEO CAMERA.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PRINTED ON MFG'S LABEL: 'VLC-8/ CINE ADAPTER/ AKAI [2 TIMES]'/ MOLDED ON ONE CAP: 'AKAI'/ PRINTED ON LID OF BOX: 'AKAI/ VLC.8/ CINE ADAPTER/ MADE IN JAPAN'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 MATTEBLACK FINISH WITH SHINY METAL TRIM;.2 &.3 GLOSSY BLACK; BOX: LIGHT BLUE WITH SILVER PRINTING

Decoration

.1 BRUSHED METAL WITH BLUE & BLACK PRINTING MFG'S LABEL