Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/3311/1
- type:
- bioscope camera
Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- Made:
- circa 1910 in Paris
- designer:
- Alfred Darling
- maker:
- Charles Urban
Urban Bioscope camera fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F: 75mm f/3.5-23, No.97799. Rack and pinion focusing mount. Narrow sector shutter, perhaps not original. Through-the-film focusing. Folding optical frame finder. Film speed indicator 12-24 fps. 100 foot internal magazines. Film punch. Charles Urban Trading Company, 48 Rupert Street, Picadilly, 33 Passage de l'Opera, Paris.
Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera, made by the Charles Urban Trading Company, c. 1910.
Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F: 75mm f/3.5-23, No.97799. Rack and pinion focusing mount. Narrow sector shutter, perhaps not original. Through-the-film focusing. Folding optical frame finder. Film speed indicator 12-24 fps. 100 foot internal magazines. Film punch.
The Bioscope cost around $900 when new. The camera has a speedometer to count frames per second, the cameraman could crank the camera faster or slower depending on the emphasis required by a particular scene.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/3311
- type:
- bioscope camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Parts
Zeiss Tessar Lens for Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/3311/2
- type:
- lens
