apparatus [ap-uh-rat-uhs]
noun, plural ap·pa·rat·us, ap·pa·rat·us·es.
a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools, materials, etc., having a particular function or intended for a specific use: Our cinematographer created some beautiful images with his apparatus.
Enjoy my blog featuring 100 years of motion picture apparatus.
Pathé-Frères KOK 28mm Cine Camera
“No elaborate directions are needed. There is even an automatic indicator showing just the right speed at which to turn the crank.”
— 28mm Pathé-Frères KOK Cine Camera Operations Manual
Ernemann Kino II
In 1903 Heinrich Ernemann launched the marketing for his ‘Kino’ camera for 17.5 mm motion picture film, It was Germany’s first small-gauge camera made exclusively for amateur use.
Ernemann Kino Model E
The Kino Model E was manufactured by Ernemann Cameras in Dresden, Germany beginning in 1917.. The model E cinematographic camera was renowned throughout the world for its robustness and its cinematographic qualities…