General Information

Serial #

5804509

Part Number

6

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; GLASS; CARDSTOCK; VELVET

Dimensions

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

Length

5.2 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

4.2 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Yashica

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS ONE USED FROM THE MID 1950'S UNTIL THE 1970'S

Canada

EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER WHO MADE FILMS FOR THE POLISH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1958 & 1973. ONE OF HIS FILMS HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261]

Function

USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON CINE FILM.

Technical

HIGHLY RELIABLE AND SIMPLE TO USE [REF 3]. THIS ONE COMES WITH SUPERB LENSES, INCLUDING A VERY RARE YASHICA CINEMASCOPE LENS (.7), AND A RARE EARLY NOMINAR LENS (.2) [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Printed on edge of lens: ‘COMPRESSION RATIO 15:1 8mm No. 5804509'/ Printed around lens: ‘ANAMORPHIC LENS/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ [ 1 SCALE]/ Printed on lens cap: ‘Yashica'/ Printed on lid of box: ‘Anamorphic Lens/ 1 X 1.5/ YASHICA/ SCOPE/ 8mm/ YASHIMA OPTICAL IND. CO., LTD./ MANUFACTURED IN TOKYO JAPAN'

Missing

N/A

Finish

Metal and glass lens. Cardstock box with velvet lining. Lens: black with white printing. Silver box with navy, blue and red printing; blue velvet lining.

Decoration

N/A