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.

28mm Kino Cameras 28mm Kino Cameras

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

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17.5mm Kino Cameras 17.5mm Kino Cameras

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.

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35mm Kino Cameras 35mm Kino Cameras

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…

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