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OBJECT TYPE: HIGH SPEED/TIME LAPSE
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0190.001

MANUFACTURER: NEYHART ENTERPRISES
MODEL: AUTOMAX G-1
LOCATION: Rolling Hills, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 1336
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ GLASS OPTICS

Dimensions

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

Length: 50.0 cm
Width: 43.0 cm
Height: 16.5 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: NEYHART
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Rolling Hills

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1967+
Canada: CAMERA USED BY COMPUTING DEVICES OF CANADA LTD. (NOW COMPUTING DEVICES CANADA LTD., PART OF CERDIAN). COMPUTING DEVICES WAS ORIGINAL PURCHASER; FIRM WAS FOUNDED IN 1948 IN OTTAWA & IS NOW AMERICAN OWNEDDEFENSE ELECTRONICS COMPANY.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT. THIS TIME-LAPSE CAMERA COULD BE USED FOR SURVEY OR SURVEILLANCE WORK. IT WAS CAPABLE OF TAKING INDIVIDUAL FRAMES OF DATA AS SLOW AS ONE FRAME UP TO 10 FRAMES PER SECOND; AUXILIARY DATA COULD BE PUT ON EACH FRAME TO RECORD TIME, EVENT & FRAME NUMBER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF 35 MM PULSE/CINE CAMERA ON MARKET SINCE 1955, WHEN IT WAS MADE BY NEYHART ENTERPRISES. SINCE THEN CAMERA HAS BEEN MODERNIZED & INTERNAL RELAYS REPLACED BY ELECTRONICS. IT IS STILL SOLD BY ROBERT WOLTZ ASSOCIATES INC. OF LAGUNA BEACH, CA.& MOST RECENT LARGE SCALE USE WAS FOR PHOTOLOGGING OF AMERICAN HIGHWAYS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATES READING "Automax/ MODEL G-1/ CINE FRAME RATE 16/SEC./ MAX. INTERVAL RATE 10/SEC./ EXP. 1/64 SEC. LOAD 400 CYCLE/ SERIAL NO. 1336/ NEYHART ENTERPRISES/ ROLLING HILLS/ CALIFORNIA"; "DISTRIBUTED BY/ TRAID/ CORPORATION/ GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA"; "WESTERN GEAR/ Corporation [SCRIPT]/ ELECTRO-PRODUCTS DIV., PASADENA, CALIF./ MOTOR D.C./ MODEL CG9D34B SER. 814/ V. 18-30 WOUND COMP./ R.P.M. 5050 H.P. 1/30 ROT. CW/ DUTY CONT."/ LABEL READING "MITCHELL CAMERA CORP./ MOD. S4L/ SER. 12122"/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READING " F=25 mm No 56647 APOCHROMAT KINOPTIK PARIS"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON EXTERIOR/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED FINISH ON LENS/ ORANGE PAINTED MOUNT PARTS/ GRAY PAINTED TRIPOD PARTS/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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