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.
Bioscope Cinematographic Camera
“The Bioscope Is the handiest, most compact and efficient machine obtainable.”
Akeley Junior 35mm Camera
The picture worth a thousand words...
When I opened the image I was shocked to see not the Pancake, but a new previously unknown Akeley camera under Martin Johnson’s arm…
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.
Akeley Pancake 35mm Camera
“There is a remarkable camera in Hollywood. It is the most difficult motion picture camera to operate successfully now in professional, but with it have been photographed some of the most thrilling action scenes on the screen today…”
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…