Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' High-Speed Camera

Made:
1935 in Dresden
maker:
Zeiss Ikon AG
Zeiss Ikon Zeitlupe Model II high-speed cine camera

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Zeiss Ikon Zeitlupe Model II high-speed cine camera
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Zeiss Ikon 'Zeitlupe' high-speed camera. Model II, manufactured by Zeiss Ikon AG , Dresden, Germany, 1935. Outfit comprises two camera bodies, spare mirror drum, tripod with two heads, 1000mm lens and power pack.

The Zeitlupe or 'time magnifier' camera used a combination of a rotating mirror drum and continuously moving film. The maximum speed was 1,500 frames a second. A full load of film (180 feet) lasted just two seconds. Zeitlupe cameras were used to record the V-bomb experiments carried out by the Germans at Peenemunde in the Baltic during the second world war.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1992-5018
Materials:
glass, metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
type:
cine camera