This item sold and moved to the Ukraine!
Circa.1926-1948, used.
Good condition, operational and clean. Three lens spider turret, black, serial number 361291, 100' loads only, spring driven, 12-48 fps.
Includes 3 lenses: 1inch Bell & Howell Eyemax Anastigmat Type-V (25mm) f/4.5 SerNo 356812, 2 inch Bell & Howell Eyemax Anastigmat Type-V (50.8mm) SerNo 354141 an 6 inch Miltar General Scientific/Bell & Howell EFL (152mm) T3.7 (f/3.5).
Also includes 100' take-up reel and winding crank on chain.
Originally sold by Burke & James Inc. Chicago. A newsreel camera for the important events, ones worthy of national distribution, ship launches, state visits, wars, superman, etc.
Available at: myworld.ebay.com/eidolon57
Flaws:
Shutter has small dings.
Evidence of metal dust in shutter chamber.
Pressure plate for film gate has central bump which has been filled on reverse with a pitch-like substance, possibly JB weld, but finer. Bump likely cause by tension spring behind pressure plate. Bump does not appear to contact film plane, but test film should be run before the big stunt...
Minor oxidation and dust accumulation.
Has not been recently oiled.
No case, no lens caps.
About the Eyemo 35mm Q:
The Eyemo is a 35 mm motion-picture film camera which was manufactured by the Bell & Howell Co. of Chicago. Designed and first manufactured in 1925, it was for many years the most compact 35 mm motion-picture film camera of the hundred foot capacity. Its small size and ruggedness made it a favorite choice for newsreel and combat cameramen (it was used through the Vietnam War, and the War Department issued special manuals for it), and also found use for fiction and documentary filmmakers whenever a portable, rugged, and inconspicuous camera was needed.
The Eyemo is still in use by some filmmakers. It is often used these days as a "crash cam" for filming dangerous stunts and explosions, and shots in which the camera must be dropped from a building or other elevation. -Wikipedia
The Eyemo came in a number of models ranging from a simple single lens version through three different lens turret models. The Q had a spider turret with a facility for accurate focusing through a rear mounted prism and a mount to take a 400 ft magazine with an auxiliary 12 volt motor.
It is possible to use a hand crank to rewind the film to do double exposures or lap dissolves or fades. The hand crank can also be used to shoot a full 100 ft roll continuously.
During World War 2 the Eyemo was used by the US Army Signal Corps as a combat camera often mounted in aircraft. The Australian Army Military History Unit and the Department of Information found them ideal for use in the mud and rain in New Guinea and the Pacific. The simplicity of the camera meant that the cameramen could service them in the terrible conditions that existed. -www.canadianfilmandphotounit.ca
Manufacture & Distribution:
"Böwe Bell & Howell is a U.S.-based former manufacturer of motion picture machinery, founded as Bell & Howell in 1907 by two projectionists, and headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois. The company merged with Böwe Systec Inc. in 2003 to become Böwe Bell & Howell, which provides document processing, microfilmers, scanners, and financial services. The "Bell & Howell" trademark is also licensed to makers of various electronic consumer products." -Wikipedia
Burke & James Inc. Chicago was a camera manufacturer and importer of cameras and lenses, from 1890 to the late 1970s. It designed and manufactured view Cameras, fingerprint cameras, portrait cameras, graphic arts equipment, lenses, darkroom sinks and other things. B&J used additional brand names Rexo, Watson and Ingento. B&J was the first manufacturer to commercially coat lenses. -www.xs4all.nl/~lommen9/Burke/page2.html
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