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Type of Object
Camera
Place of Manufacture
Rochester (N.Y.)
Date of Manufacture
1948-1961
Physical Details
Cine-Kodak Special II 16mm motion picture camera. The camera has two fixed detachable lens formations, one a Kodak Anastigmat F-2.7 63mm lens and the other a Kodak Cin? Ektar Lens 25mm f1.4. The camera is formed of hard black metal jointed with stainless steel joints, and most protrusions are also stainless steel with some textural engraving. Available mode settings include: One Frame Per Turn, Single Frame, Forward and Reverse (at eight frames per turn), and a manually adjustable aperture dial. Melvin Shaffer reports that the camera was used to produce surgical films from 1947 to 1957; 1948 is more likely, as this camera was not manufactured in 1947. Used by Dr. Sidney Negus to produce films of graduation exercises, and also used to film Dr. Hume's first kidney transplant procedure.
Dimensions
13 cm. x 34 cm. x 7.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Video Recording -- instrumentation
Accession Number
1982.601.1b
Genre
cameras (photographic equipment)
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Kodak Cine Special II Movie Camera, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
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