Ciné-Kodak Special
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Ciné-Kodak Special
April 1933
Metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 16 × 12 × 16 in. (40.6 × 30.5 × 40.6 cm)
Gift of Eric Siegel
2021.0001.0001
DescriptionBlack leather-covered and chrome, rectangular, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye level adustable optical view finder, variable speed motor, eight and one frame hand crank, four lens turret, variable shutter and leather handle. The camera is modified to accept 400 foot spools in a Mitchell magazine.
Inscriptions Printed in brass around the variable speed dial on the right side of the camera: 8, 16, 32, 64 / Printed in brass above the crank release button on the right side of the camera: CRANK RELEASE / Printed in brass above the eight frame crank on the right side fo the camera: FORWARD, REVERSE, EIGHT FRAMES / Printed in brass behind the shutter swtich on the right side of the camera: CLOSED, 1/4 OPEN, 1/2 OPEN, OPEN / Printed in brass above the single frame button on the right side of the camera: SINGLE FRAME / Engraved in silver on the footage gauge on the back of the film chamber: FOOTAGE, EMPTY 0-100 increments, MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. PAT. IN U.S.A. 1,388,886 1,507,357 1,583,707 1,605,874 1,750,220 1,823,299 1,942,891 2,059,834 PAT. IN CANADA 1933 / Stamped in silver below the magazine release on the right side of the camera: 8082 / ENgraved in black on the exposure guide on the left side of the camera: CINÉ-KODAK UNIVERSAL GUIDE f/1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32 OR EQUIVALENT CAMERA SPEED 8, 16 NORMAL, 32, 64 SUBJECT DARK , NORMAL, LIGHT / Engraved in silver on film chamber door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, CLOSE
