Does anynoe know what this is?

[adammoore2011]

I purchased this camera while traveling. There are no markings, and I cannot

get the film door open to see if there is anything that can help! After working with Chat GPT for a while, I got "Wollensak Eight‑type Automatic Triple‑Turret Standard‑8 movie camera." Thank you in advance.

 

[eli griggs]

Film camera for motion capture.

Maybe super 8 or 16mm Kodak.

 

[Kino]

Film door: Flip up the half-circle and twist to open the door.

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[MattKing]

Can we see the base - where there is probably a tripod socket? There might be some badging there. There might be some insignia as well in the shadowed parts of the images you show.
I don't think it is Kodak or Super 8. It might be 16mm but probably not.
Some version of 8mm I think.
Kino has it right about opening the film door.

 

[wiltw]

This might be the Revere Eyematic CA-2 or CA-4, both 8mm movie cameras from the late 1950s, with a missing nameplate at the bottom front. The difference between the CA-2 vs CA-4 was that the CA-4 took a film magazine rather than spool film. The lenses would be 13mm 9mm and 32mm. (But there should be a Fade control on the ride side, near the front of the body.)

 

[Nicholas Lindan]

Looks like Bell & Howell; possibly Revere.

 

[btaylor]

Definitely Double 8mm from the lens focal lengths.

 

[Europan]

That’s an Eight, a camera for Double-Eight Millimeter Film. The format was introduced in 1932.

This camera has a basic lens built in. Two of the frontal tubes contain afocal attachments for altering the image angle, the third one has a planoparallel pane in it. http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/movie/cameras/Revere_CA2.html

There’s a Selenium photocell behind the waffle window that delivers the electrical energy for the automatic diaphragm. No battery

To open the film compartment do pull on the latch with conviction. The door may be jammed a little.

I service these. How much did you pay?

 

[adammoore2011]

This might be the Revere Eyematic CA-2 or CA-4, both 8mm movie cameras from the late 1950s, with a missing nameplate at the bottom front. The difference between the CA-2 vs CA-4 was that the CA-4 took a film magazine rather than spool film. The lenses would be 13mm 9mm and 32mm. (But there should be a Fade control on the ride side, near the front of the body.)

After doing some research based on this comment it is Revere Eyematic CA-1 or CA-2. Thank you for the assistance. The page that sits below the lenses is missing.

 

[adammoore2011]

That’s an Eight, a camera for Double-Eight Millimeter Film. The format was introduced in 1932.

This camera has a basic lens built in. Two of the frontal tubes contain afocal attachments for altering the image angle, the third one has a planoparallel pane in it. http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/movie/cameras/Revere_CA2.html

There’s a Selenium photocell behind the waffle window that delivers the electrical energy for the automatic diaphragm. No battery

To open the film compartment do pull on the latch with conviction. The door may be jammed a little.

I service these. How much did you pay?

Thank you for the info, I'll check out your site. I only paid $6.