Ciné-Kodak Model B
Camera
Ciné-Kodak Model B
July 1925
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 6 1/2 × 3 × 8 3/4 in. (16.5 × 7.6 × 22.2 cm)
Overall (case): 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (19.7 × 26.7 × 11.4 cm)
Museum accession
1978.0191.0055
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, eye-level viewfinder, waist-level viewfinder, footage gauge on top of camera, leather handle, matching case and instruction manual. There is a United States Customs sticker on the top of the case. There is a red, blue and white sticker on the back of the case. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved on leather handle on case: CINE KODAK / Engraved on case latches: MADE IN U.S.A. EKC / Engraved between case latches: COMBINATION CASE FOR CINE KODAK MODEL B AND TWO ROLLS OF FILM MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, NY PAT. IN U.S.A MARCH 3,1914. / Printed on card under case lid: EXPOSURE GUIDE FOR CINE KODAK MODEL B WITH f3.5 LENS / Engraved on leather handle on camera: CINE KODAK / Engraved on top of camera: Ciné-Kodak Model B MADE IN U.S.A. AT ROCHESTER, NY BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. FOOTAGE guage / Engraved on door: OPEN LOCK / Engraved on inside camera: 100 50 / Engraved above the lens: Use Portrait Attachment for Close Ups 4 to 8 Feet / Engraved below the lens: See Manual f3.5 4 For Close Ups in Shade. For Subjects and Scenes on Dark Days or in Deep Shade. 5.6 For All Close Ups in Direct Sunlight. For Average Subjects and Scenes on Cloudy Days. 8 For Average Subjects and Scenes in Direct Sunlight. 11 Use Only for Distant Subjects in Direct Sunlight. 16 See Manual For Use in Tropics See Manual 23032
