Mr. Eisenberg.

But at any rate if it was not made directly it was made indirectly? The only process that could have intervened was a rephotographing of the photograph and making a negative and then a new print?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

That is correct.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Shaneyfelt, I now hand you an Imperial Reflex Duo Lens camera. Let me state for the record, that this camera was turned over to the FBI by Robert Oswald, the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, on February 2 1964.
Robert Oswald identified the camera as having belonged to Lee Oswald and stated that he, Robert, had obtained it from the Paine residence in December 1963, several weeks after the assassination.
On February 25, 1964, Marina was given the camera and she identified it as the one which she had used to take the pictures 133A and 133B.
Mr. Shaneyfelt, are you familiar with this camera?
Mr. SHANEYFELT, Yes; I am.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may I have this admitted as 750?

Mr. Mccloy.

It may be admitted.
(Commission Exhibit No. 750 was marked and received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

When did you receive the camera, Mr. Shaneyfelt?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

It was--I can't pinpoint the date exactly, I don't have the notes here for that. It was, I would say, the latter part of February, not too long after it had been recovered on February 24.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Was it in working order when you received it?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

No; it had been slightly damaged.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could you explain that?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

In order to be able to make a photograph with the camera, I had to make slight repairs to the shutter lever, which had been beat. I straightened it and cleaned the lens in order to remove the dirt which had accumulated. These were the only things that had to be done before it was usable to make pictures with it.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you clean the inside or the outside of the lens?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

The outside of the lens.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And the shutter lever you are referring to is the little red-tipped lever protruding at the outside of the camera?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

That is correct.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What did you do with it exactly?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

I bent it out straight. It was bent over.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Could a layman have performed these repairs?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

Yes; he could have.

Mr. Eisenberg.

How would you characterize this camera in terms of expense, Mr. Shaneyfelt?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

It is a relatively inexpensive camera. It is what we refer to as a fixed-focus box-type camera. A simple box-type camera with a simple one-shutter speed and no focusing ability, fixed focus.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Do you know where the camera was made?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

It was made in the United States At the base of the camera it has the name Imperial Reflex, made in U.S.A., on the front, below the lens.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Shaneyfelt, did you compare the negative, Exhibit 749, with the camera, Exhibit 750, to determine whether the negative had been taken in that camera to the exclusion of all other cameras?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

Yes; I did.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What conclusion did you come to?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

I reached the conclusion that the negative, which is Commission Exhibit 749, was exposed in the camera, Commission Exhibit 750, and no other camera.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you explain how you were able to arrive at such a conclusion?

Mr. Shaneyfelt.

Yes; I can.
In order to make an examination of this type, it is necessary to make a negative with the camera, using the camera, because the examination is based on the aperture
at the back of the camera, at the film plane.