Filmo 70DR with light meter

United States, c. 1960

ACMI Collection. Donated by Darryl Annett

Object Equipment On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI.

Leather custom case housing a 16mm Bell and Howell Company film camera, and a Weston Master Universal Exposure Meter with 2 accompanying booklets housed in their original cardboard storage box.

Medium/material description (removed from field for XOS data upgrade)
001: Pentagonal shapped leather fitted case and leather strap with a maroon-coloured velvet interior in good condition.
002: Heavy metal body and two lenses.
003 Plastic and metal.
004: Cardboard lid and base.
005: Paper instruction booklet.
006: Paper instruction booklet.
007: Paper

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

manufacturer

Bell and Howell

Production places
United States
Production dates
c. 1960

Appears in

Group of items

Film cameras

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

E000218

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-04. Materiality → MI-04-C01

Measurements

202 x 122 x 213mm

Object Types

2D Object

3D Object

Camera/ Camera crane / Camera lens/Film and television equipment

Flyer / Brochure/Textual

Projection equipment/Film and television equipment

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