General Information

Serial #

140530 [CAMERA]

Part Number

1

Total Parts

21

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CASE: LEATHER COVERED CARDBOARD WITH LEATHER LINING AND METAL HARDWARE/.1 CAMERA: METAL WITH LEATHER COVERED BODY/ GLASS IN LENSES

Dimensions

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

Length

33.0 cm

Width

25.5 cm

Height

14.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PAILLARD

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS CAMERA WAS PROBABLY USED FROM THE LATE 1950S TO THE 1980S BY MR. H. EASTWOOD, FATHER OF DONOR

Canada

MR. EASTWOOD WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND, BUT RETIRED TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. HE MADE WILDLIFE FILMS FOR THE BBC AND FOR UN FAMINE RELIEF. HE FILMED IN AFRICA; THE NWT AND ALASKA; AND MEXICO; AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES IN N. AMERICA.

Function

USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON FILM.

Technical

THE PAILLARD-BOLEX WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR "AMATEUR" CINE CAMERAS IN USE IN THE 1950S. THE REFLEX, INTRODUCED IN 1956, INCLUDED A "REVOLUTIONARY REFLEX SYSTEM" WHICH ALLOWED VIEWING & FOCUSSING THROUGH THE LENS BEFORE AS WELL AS DURING SHOOTING. IT WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR TITLING, SPECIAL EFFECTS & EXTREME CLOSE-UPS [REF 1].

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'PAILLARD/ BOLEX/ MADE IN SWITZERLAND'/ PRINTED INSIDE '140530'/ PRINTED ON LENSES: 'SWITAR 1:1.4 f=50mm H16 RX No932449/ Kern-Paillard Lens made in Switzerland 22 [TO] 1.4/ 3 [TO] 600 feet''SWITAR 1:1,4 f=25mm AR No 101280/ Kern-Paillard Switzerland 22[TO] 1.4/ 0.5 [TO] 50m'/ MOLDED ON LENS COVERS: 'Kern/ paillard'/ STAMPED ON FRONT: 'H16 REFLEX'/ STAMPED IN CASE COVER: 'Bolex/ paillard'

Missing

USUALLY CAME WITH 3 LENS, THIS ONE ONLY HAS 2

Finish

CASE: BROWN BOTH EXTERIOR AND LINING/ .1 CAMERA: BLACK LEATHER COVERING ON CAMERA WITH SHINY METAL TRIM

Decoration

N/A