Lot Essay
The Kino I was the Ernenann company's first camera designed for amateur use. It used a claw intermittent to drive a centre-perforated 17½mm. film making exposures 16 x 10mm.
Details
H. ERNEMANN, Dresden
A 17½mm. hand-cranked Kino I cinematographic camera stamped 99 with hand-crank, removable direct finder and rack and pinion focusing Kinostigmat lens, removable 'A' back, removable 'B' back, three film magazines numbered 1-3, nickel mounting plate, nickel film mounting accessories and gate and film crank, in maker's original box gilt-stamped 1903 Erster Staatspreiss. Ernemann Kino.
A 17½mm. hand-cranked Kino I cinematographic camera stamped 99 with hand-crank, removable direct finder and rack and pinion focusing Kinostigmat lens, removable 'A' back, removable 'B' back, three film magazines numbered 1-3, nickel mounting plate, nickel film mounting accessories and gate and film crank, in maker's original box gilt-stamped 1903 Erster Staatspreiss. Ernemann Kino.
Literature
Ariel, Ariel Cinematographic Register, no. 365.
Coe (1981), The History of Movie Photography, p. 163.
Coe (1981), The History of Movie Photography, p. 163.
Further details
See illustration and front cover