Ciné-Kodak Royal Magazine
Camera
Ciné-Kodak Royal Magazine
November 1950
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 5 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (13.3 × 6.4 × 19.1 cm)
Museum accession
1974.0210.0001
DescriptionChrome and black leather-covered, rectangular, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with adjustable optical eye level view finder, f/1.9 lens, variable speed, single-frame exposure, exposure guide and black leather handle in brown leather case with film magazine and instruction manual. The camera accepts 50 foot magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in silver, black and red on product plate on front of camera: Kodak Ciné-Kodak ROYAL Magazine CAMERA / Printed in black on speed switch on front of camera: 16, 24, 64 / Engraved in black on lens: Kodak Cine Ektar Lens 25mm f/1.9 RM3607 MADE in U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Company / Engraved in black on aperture ring on lens: f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 / Engraved in black and red on focal length ring on lens: INF, 30, 15, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, feet, 2, 22", 20", 18", 16", 14", from film, 12" / Printed in black on optical vewi finder on right side of camera: LENS FOCUS LENGTH IN MM / 152, 102, 63, 50, 40, 25, 15 / Stamped in silver under motor winder: 50385 / Printed in black on door switch on left side of camera: OPEN, LOCK, RUN / Printed in black around camera door window on left side of camera: UNEXPOSED FOOTAGE / Printed in black on exposure guide on left side of camera: UNIVERSAL GUIDE f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, DARK SUBJECT, LIGHT SUBJECT, CAMERA SPEED, SIXTEEN AVERAGE, 24, 64 / Printed in silver and red on plate inside of camera: CINE-KODAK ROYAL MAGAZINE CAMERA PAT'S. U.S.A. 2,076,189 2,080,021 2,095,850 2,110,477 2,110,493 2,132,715 2,153,220 CANADA 1936, 1937, DES.161,940 MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY T.M. REG. U.S. PAT.OFF.
