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Lot Essay
The circular wheel fitted to the side around the hand-crank appears to have been done in the factory and may be for aiding precise frame counting, perhaps for animation work.
Details
Ensign cinematograph camera
Houghtons Ltd., London; 35mm., mahogany-body, lacquered-brass binding, the side fitted with lacquered-brass circular wheel, with hand-crank, the mechanism marked PAT. APP. 24859/12 and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/3.5 5cm. lens no. 235982
Houghtons Ltd., London; 35mm., mahogany-body, lacquered-brass binding, the side fitted with lacquered-brass circular wheel, with hand-crank, the mechanism marked PAT. APP. 24859/12 and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/3.5 5cm. lens no. 235982
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