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[portrait of man on ship]

green-grey cardboard mount, captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Depicts man in trench coat and glasses, carrying a camera case (possibly sx-70?). He is on the deck of a ship, with lifeboat and water visible behind him.

Zorki - 4

Item is a 35 mm camera with Cyrillic letters that resemble "Zopkuu" in Roman characters. The camera is attached to the leather case by a screw in the bottom. Zorki cameras are copies of Leica and other well-known 35 mm brands and particular model of Zorki features a self timer, an Industar-50 f3.5/50 mm lens, and a focal-plane shutter 1-1000. The Zorki - 4 is the most common Zorki, with more than 1.7 million made.

Zenit-E

Item is a 35 mm cameras with 1/30 - 1/500 shutter speeds and a Helios 44 mm f2 lens. The camera has an uncoupled selenium meter and a match-needle on top housing. The match-needle was a system of exposure metering commonly used in the 1960's and 1970's. The system used small needles (similar to small watch hands) that lined up to indicate the level of exposure.

Zenit EM

Item is a 35 mm single lens reflex camera with an uncoupled selenium meter and automatic diaphragm. This camera features a Petri f1.8/55 mm lens made in Japan.

Zeiss Ikon Tenax I

Item is a simple camera for 50 exposures ( 24x24mm ) on regular 35mm film . It was built 1939 t0 1941, the low serial No indicates a small production of this camera , possibly because of the war.
The foldable lever transported the film and cocked the Compur shutter.
The lens is a non exchangeable Zeiss Novar Anastigmat 1:3.5 with a focal length of 35mm. The Viewfinder is a simple Newton finder , it is folded onto the body Focusing by front lens in a simple helical mounting.

Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta (A) 531

Item is a high quality black leather-covered folding roll film camera, with a rangefinder of the rotating wedge type, gear coupled to front cell focusing lens. This camera has a chrome top. It has the normal lens - a Tessar 75 mm 1:3.5. and a Synchrop Compur shutter.

Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex III, demonstration model

Item is the last pre-war Ikoflex model, released in June of 1939 and made in Stuttgart, Germany. For 6 x 6 cm exposures on 120 format roll film. The focusing screen has a condenser, magnifier for focusing and an “albada” finder (sports finder) in the hood. The viewing lens is an f3.5, 7.5 cm Teronar Anastigmat, lower lens is a Triotar f 3.5, 7.5 cm, Carl Zeiss Jena. Shutter is a Zeiss Ikon Compur Rapid, with speeds of 1 - 1/400 second and Bulb. Model number "853/16" is stamped under the lens assembly. Inside the viewfinder is a chart for seasonal exposure times.

Zeiss Ikon Contina-matic II

Item is a non-folding camera with a coupled selenium meter. Has an uncovered beehive selenium cell on the front. It has a fixed Pantar F2.8 45mm lens.

Zeiss Ikon Contessamat SE

Item is a 35mm rangefinder film camera with a fixed Color-Pantar 45mm f2.8 lens, and Prontor-Matic 500 shutter, manufactured in Stuttgart, Germany between 1963 and 1965.

Zeiss Ikon Contessa-35

Item is a folding 35mm rangefinder camera with built-in dual range and uncoupled exposure meter. Manufactured in the Zeiss Ikon AG factory in Stuttgart, Germany from 1953-1955, this model has a Synchro Compur lens. The model name, "Contessa" is inscribed in gold on the leather door covering, and round rangefinder window directly above lens. The camera has double exposure protection and the shutter will not fire unless camera has film and is advanced.

Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super

Item is a 35mm Compur reflex leaf shutter film camera with a fixed 50mm f2.8, and selenium light meter, manufactured in Stuttgart, Germany. This model of the Contaflex was introduced in 1959 and was baed on the Contaflex Rapid. The aperture and shutter speed settings can be locked for aperture priority while maintining the same exposure. The camera also incldes a Carl Zeiss Monocular 8 x 30 B, which can be screwed onto the lens for telephoto work.

Zeiss Box Tengor 54/2

Item consists of a box camera, for 5 x 7.5 cm exposures on 127 film. Model has two finder lenses placed horizontally across the top front side of the camera. The camera also has an extended hexagonal front plate around the lens with stops and closeup settings around it. There is a black enamel trim around the front end of the camera and a diamond shaped winding knob at the top right side.

Yukon CU lens

3 close up lens in leather pouch (+1, +2, +3). The lens have a diameter of 52mm. The lenses can be used individually or in combination to do micro photography.

Your ticket is good for a thousand trips

Photograph of crowd on shore waving to people on board a large ship, with streamers filling the air. Text contains consumer information - describes camera use for vacation movies, and suggests those attending "the coronation" [likely of King George VI of the United Kingdom] capture it as a full-color movies.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

Yashica-44

Item is a small twin lens reflex camera for 4 x 4 cm exposures on 127 format film. This created the "super slide" which had the same casing dimensions as a standard 35mm slide, but with a larger image area. The camera has a crank film advance, with no double exposure inhibitor. Lens is a 3 element Yashikor f 3.5 60mm lens with a Copal SV shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/500 of a second.

Yashica Minister

Item is a 35 mm camera with a coupled rangefinder. It features a Yashinon f2.8/4.5 cm lens and a Selenium meter that controls a Copal-SLV shutter. The case can be attached to the camera using the attached screw in the bottom of the case.

Yashica Minimatic - EL

Item is a 35 mm camera with a split image rangefinder and automatic exposure camera. A signal appears in the viewfinder if the film will be overexposed and the shutter cannot be released. Lens is a Yashinon - DX, f1.7, 45 mm.

Yashica LM

Item is a typical medium format twin lens reflex camera, designed to resemble a Rolleiflex. The "LM", for light meter, indicates that this model has a selenium cell exposure meter on top, with meter control on left side. Shutter: Copal MX. 80mm f3.5 Yashicor Lens.

Yashica Co. Ltd.

Yashica FX-3 2000

Item is a manual, single-lens reflex 35mm camera that is an improved version of FX-3. Dedicated flash contact in hot shoe. Rubberized handgrip. All black body.

Yashica Co. Ltd.

Yashica 635

Item is a double format twin-lens-reflex camera capable of exposing 120 and 35mm film. Camera was outfitted with a mask, pressure plate and take up spool adapter for format changes. Lens is a Yashikor 80mm F3.5 with shutter speeds 1 - 1/500 and Bulb.

Wray Stereo Graphic camera & viewer

Item is a stereographic camera for dual 24x23mm exposures on 35mm film. The camera was originally produced by the Graflex company (from 1955), sold under the Wray name beginning in 1959, with lenses produced by the optical company. The lenses are fixed-focus with aperture options from f4-f56.

Wooden shutter

Item is a wooden time shutter that could be mounted on any plate camera. Is still functional. The spring wound mechanism oerates a sil curtain to open and close.

Wooden camera obscura [replica]

Cameras of this kind were used during the 18th and 19th century by artists and travelling tourists to sketch landscapes and buildings. A piece of transparent paper was placed on the matte screen. One could now trace the outlines of the subject as a guide for later elaborate sketching or painting. It was the predecessor of photographic cameras which, after 1839, could record the image by the reaction of chemical substances to light. Later the simple meniscus lenses were replaced by more corrected lens elements.

Nassau, Wilhelm E.

Wilhelm E. Nassau and Wilfrid Laurier University Media collection

  • F 2011.018
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2011

Fonds consists of records the Wilhelm E. Nassau created during his time at Wilfrid Laurier University, working in the development of the Audio-Visual department as a professor and curator of an extensive collection of photographic and film cameras and technology. This collection was amassed for the purpose of teaching students of the university and was curated by Nassau over the span of fourty years. Cameras were collected from students, faculty, and employees as well as purchased from local camera shows. The collection traced the history and development of the tools used in these fields. The collection was donated to both Brock University (motion picture and video materials) and the Ryerson University Library and Archives (still photography materials). Objects in the donation were distributed amoung the Heritage Camera Collection (2005.006), the Photography and Film Technology Collection (2005.005), and the Photographic Publications Collection (2005.003).

We're dying to make movies, too - but what will we use for money? : Makes marvelous movies at everybody's price

Photograph of two men and two women in beach costumes, talking, and photograph of Ciné-Kodak Eight movie camera. Text contains consumer information - describes the camera’s affordability and the option of full-color Kodachrome film.

The Baker Advertising Agency, Limited

Waltax folding camera

Item is a folding Ikonta-A style camera; for 16 exposures on 120 rollfilm. It contains a Kolex Anastigmat f3.5/7 cm lens in a Dabit-Super shutter marked "OKAKO TOKYO" at the top.

Voigtländer Vito CLR (35mm camera)

Item is a 35 mm rangefinder camera. Part of the Vito C series, this camera is a later model and includes a Color-Skopar 50mm f 2.8 lens and a Pronto-LK shutter with speeds of 1/15-1/500 (+ bulb setting). An external selenium cell exposure meter, which is set by adjusting the f-stop and shutter speed until two needles in a window on the top of the camera line up.

Voigtländer Vito BL

Item consists of a Voigtländer Vito BL 35mm viewfinder camera. It has a Voigtländer Color-Skopar 1:3.5/50mm lens and a Prontor-SVS leaf shutter. It is similar to the Vito B, but features a built-in exposure meter.

Voigtlander Vitroet 110 EL

Item is a pocket 110 camera, in blue plastic presentation case with flash Voightlander Easy Light System V200) and wrist strap. Electronic shutter.

Voigtlander Vito II

Item is a 35 mm folding camera that has an accessory shoe attached. Comes with "color Skopar" F3.5/50 mm lens and a Prontor-S shutter.

Voigtlander Brilliant

Item is a mock twin lens reflex camera with Bakelite body and metal fittings, for use with 120 roll film. Designed to mimic the look of a twin lens camera, the topmost "lens" is in fact a brilliant viewfinder used only to frame the view and not to focus.

Vivitar Instant Slide Printer

A device to instantly get a photo from a slide, using Polaroid film. Built from plastic material, it allows to insert a mounted slide and be seen on a little screen. The exposure may be adjusted

Uses C batteries

Vivitar 2500

Electronic Flash - semi-automatic for hot shoe or synch-cabled cameras. In original box, with instruction manual and warranty card.

Vivitar Corporation

Vigilant Six-20

Item is a medium format camera with large bulb flash attachment, black casing and bellows, metal clasps and folding viewfinder. Originally sold for US $38, it was made for use with 620 film and features a body similar to cameras of the Kodak Monitor series.

Canadian Kodak Co., Limited

Vigilant Junior Six-20

Item is a folding camera with black casing, black leather bellows and metal clasps. It is a smaller model of the Vigilant Junior Six-16, and similar to the Kodak Vigilant Six-20 but with a simpler lens and shutter.

Canadian Kodak Co., Limited

View-master stereoscope (Sawyer's)

Item is a handheld View-Master manufactured by Swayer's Inc and first introduced at the New York World Fair (1939-1940). The 3D viewer is made of plastic and metal. Reel shows 7 diametrical, 16 mm kodachrome transparencies of famous global landmarks. The push-down lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes often ordered through a View-Master catalogue.

Sawyer's Inc.

View-master junior projector (View-Master)

Item is a electronic brown plastic projector with electrical cord manufactured by Sawyer's Inc. with a bakelite and metal case. Item comes with original instructional pamphlet on how to operate projector. This projector takes View-Master picture reels to project two-dimensional images onto a flat white surface. Reels are placed in the top slot with titles towards lenses. Reels alternate with changing metal lever. Junior Luma-Ray F3/70mm. Written on object : View-Master Junior Projector 115 V.A.C. - D.C. 30 W. Sawyer's Inc. Portland. Ore. U.S.A.

View-Master stereoscope (model M)

This item is a plastic blue viewer kept in original plastic sealed packaging. Item contains on one reel of 7 diametrical, 16 mm colour transparencies depicting children's cartoon shows. On the side of the object is a yellow push down leaver. Lever is designed to rotate reel.

View-Master projector 30 standard (GAF)

Item is an olive electric View Master Projector manufactured by GAF Corporation. The slot on top of the projector is designed to insert reels into the projector. Pushing down the lever on the side of the projector will rotate the reel one frame at a time. Item is meant to project reel images on flat white screen. Written on object : 30 Watt Max. Item comes with a electrical cord.

View-Master model A (Sawyer's)

Item is a handheld plastic view master manufactured by Swayer's Inc. This 3D viewer was first introduced at the New York World Fair (1939-1940).Reel of 16 mm colour transparencies of 7 diametrical pairs depicting Victoria Falls, Southern Rhodesia, Africa. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. Originally this item was meant as an educational tool for adults but quickly became a popular children's toy. Item is made of plastic and metal. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes.

Written on object : Swayer's view master Portland Ore. U.S. pat.2, 189, 255 Foreign Pats Appl'd For Made in USA

View-Master deluxe projector (Sawyer's)

Item is a electric View Master Deluxe Projector in original case. This item was manufactured by Sawyer's Inc. Item comes with f2.8 lens, 2 1/4" focal length, electric cord, and original 300 watt light bulb. Case is brown and also acts as a stand. The projector is brown with a small white leaver meant to rotate reelviews. A small grate is under the bottom of the case to allow heat out from the lamp and reduce overheating the projector. Item also comes with additional Sunset Projection Lamp for movie and still projectors. This object was used to project View Master reels onto flat white screens.

View-Master deluxe projector

Item is a brown electric view master projector manufactured by Swayer's Inc. Originally this item was meant as an educational tool for adults but quickly became a popular children's toy. Item is made of plastic and metal. This projector has adjustable lenses, 100 watt light bulb, metal angle adjustment, slot to insert reels on the top and vent to cool light. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. From box: 100 watt projector, 1/2.8 lens, 2 1/4 focal lengeth, and 50" picture image. This projector was designed to project view master reels against flat white screens.

View-Master Personal Stereo Camera

Item is a black stereo camera for making your own View-Master slides. Film was wound twice through the camera with lenses raised/lowered for each pass. The camera make 69 stereo pairs of 12 x 13 mm exposures. It features a matched view-master anastigmat f3.5/25 mm coated lenses and has a 1/10-1/100 shutter.

View-Master Lighted 3D

Item is a handheld red plastic View-Master. The 3D viewer includes one a reel of 7 diametrical, 16 mm colour transparencies depicting promotional themed images of famous popular culture and cartoon characters. Reels for View-Master were sold through Tycho Industries, Inc. Reels were manufactured by Tycho Industries Inc. in Portland, Oregon, USA. Whereas, the View-Master was manufactured in New Jersey, USA. The yellow lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. First, reels are inserted through the top of the viewer. Next, user would look through binocular eye holes to see a three dimensional image. View-Master can be used with ambient light or by bulb. Bulb is powered by 2 ‘AA’ batteries that are fit into a compartment beneath the viewer. A yellow push down button on the front of the viewer controls bulb. Written on object : View-Master Lighted 3D

View-Master 3D gift set

This item is a red view master manufactured by Tycho as a child's toy in the 1994. Item contains 3 reels of 16 mm colour three-dimensional transparencies. Each reel shows 7 diametrical pairs of Bugs Bunny touring Australia.

View-Master

Item is a handheld view master manufactured by Sawyer's Inc and first introduced at the New York World Fair (1939-1940). Item is made of plastic and metal. Reel of 7 diametrical, 16 mm colour transparencies of famous landmarks in British Columbia, Canada. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes.

View master gift-pak (Sawyer's)

This item is a view master gift-pak. The brown view master is made of plastic and metal with a small lever on the right side. When pushed down the lever rotates the reel inside. There are 7 separate Kodafilm reels of 16 mm transparencies depicting landscapes and landmarks throughout North American. Item comes in original box with a catalogue of optional View Master reels.

Video cameras

Series contains hand-held, shoulder-mounted, or structurally-attached cameras that use electronic components to record moving images and sound. Most items in this series are for home use. For cameras that record moving images using digital components, see the Digital and Pre-digital cameras series.

To browse the individual items in this series, click on the "View the list" link under the "File and item records are available for this series" title (to the right of the page).

Weisblatt, Betty

Vest Pocket Kodak Autographic camera

Item is a Vest Pocket Autographic made for use with 127 film. It is a small camera with black casing and black leather bellows. A continuation of the Vest Pocket camera, it features an "Autographic" feature that allowed photographers to sign a note on the top of the film which became visible after the film was developed.

Eastman Kodak Company

Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak

Item is a folding camera that uses trellis struts and no bed. Similar to the Vest Pocket Kodak but has an Autographic feature. The Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter offers settings for Clouds, Marine View, Distant View, Average View, and Portrait.

Ventura Synchro Box

Item is a mid-century German metal box camera with plastic covering and art-deco front. It was manufactured in 1951 by Agfa Camerawerk. The Synchro term in the name comes from the fact that it has a flash sync shutter. The lens is a 105mm f/11 single-element Meniscus fixed focus lens with a focus range of 3 meters to infinity. A pull-out tab is located above the shutter release to change the aperture. When the tab is fully pushed in, there is a larger aperture approximately equivalent to f/11; the middle tab is a smaller aperture approximately equivalent to f/16; and the last tab is the larger aperture (f/11) with a yellow filter. The shutter is an instant-return self-cocking rotary shutter controlled by a simple spring. The shutter speed can be adjusted by a small sliding lever directly under the side viewfinder. The dot is 1/50th of a second, and the long line is bulb mode. The optics are only slightly better than a toy camera, and have a soft focus but little to no vignetting. Camera takes 6x9cm images on 120mm film. This is the export version made c1951. In 1951 and later, the Agfa name appeared on the front of the camera. It originally sold for $5-10.
Dimensions: 9.7 cm (3.75") x 7.5 cm (3") x 11.5 cm (4.5")

Various flash bulbs

Flash bulbs in boxes (PT11)
3 boxes GE Twelve M2B Flashbulbs
2 boxes GE Flashcubes
2 boxes GE MagiCubes
1 box GE Super Cubes
3 boxes AG-1B Flashbulbs
1 box GE PH/SM Photoflash lamps
1 GE Photoflash 22
1 GE Lamp
1 box GE Synchro-Press 5B Photoflash
2 GE projection lamp
1 box GE 5B flashbulbs
1 box GE number 6 sure-fire flash bulbs

Flashbulbs in Boxes (PT11)
1 box Sylvania Flashbulbs M2B blue dot
1 box Sylvania Flashbulbs M3B blue dot
1 package Amplex photoflash type 5
2 boxes Sylvania blue dot Magicubes
1 box Sylvania blue dot flashcubes
1 box Diramic Flip Flash super 10
1 package Philips topflash
1 package GE Flip Flash II
1 box Sylvania Superflash M25
1 box GE M3 flashbulbs (box only)
1 box Westinghouse M2B
1 box Westinghouse M2 clear
1 box Sylvania Light Bulb
1 box Westinghouse Photoflash bulbs
1 Rollei projector bulb
1 box Sylvania Superflash class M
1 Wabash Photolamp Corp. No. 0 Super Flash photolamp
1 GE Flip Flash II (no box)
1 Sylvania Flash Bar (no box)

Unsorted loose bulbs (PT12)
3 sylvania Wabash Superflash No. 2
4 Phillips PF5
1 GE Lucalox LU150/55
1 GE 6
2 Phillips Photoflux
1 GE Photo Flash no. 22
1 GE Edison Maza Photoflash no. 22
2Sylvania P25
1 Phillips PF 1/97
3 Sylvania M-2 (Blue dot)
1 unknown
1 unknown blue dot flash bulb
1 Westinghouse photoflash 11
2 unknown medium blue dot flash bulb
2 Sylvania M-25
1 GE ELN. No. 113
1 GE SM 2
3 GE flashcube
4 GE Magicube
4 Sylvania Blue Dot Magicube
1 ITT Flashcube
1 small Westinghouse frosted
1 small GE frosted
1 small GE
1 Phillips PF 1
1 Philips PP 1R
1 Phillips PP 1
1 AG 1 flashbulb
1 blue AG3B flashbulb

Various flash attachments

1 - 1 Kodak Instant Flash Model A
2 - 1 Brownie Flasholder for Brownie Reflex Camera
3 - 1 Lumex Dual B.C. flashgun
4 - 1 Dimension 32 flashgun
5 - 1 Secord BC type fan flashgun
6 - 1 Minicam Synchron flasholder
7 - 1 Kodalite Flasholder Lumaclad Reflector
8 - 1 Anglo fan flasgun
9 - 1 Kobold fan flasgun
10 - 1 Vivitar RS-1 remote sensor
11 - 1 Ilford Sportslite fan flasgun
12 - 1 Lumex Dual B.C. Flashgun
13 - 1 R. & H. fan flashgun
14 - Sunset Super Deluxe model 1500 BC Bounce Gun
15 - Polaroid Wink LIght Flasher 256
16 - Alpex Deluxe Swivel Flash Gun B.C. type
17 - Agfa Tilly flash gun

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