Ciné-Kodak K-100 Turret
Camera
Ciné-Kodak K-100 Turret
ca. 1956
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 6 × 4 1/2 × 12 in. (15.2 × 11.4 × 30.5 cm)
Overall (box): 6 1/4 × 11 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (15.9 × 29.8 × 13.3 cm)
Museum accession
1978.0191.0088
DescriptionBlack leather-covered metal, rectangular, 16mm, hand crank and spring motorized motion picture camera with telescopic eye-level viewfinder, three-turret lens mount holding f/1.4, f/1.9, f/2 lenses, variable speed and black leather handle in original box. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver and red on front handle clip on top of camera: Kodak / Stamped in silver on rear handle clip on top of camera: 16431 / Engraved in black on door latch on left side of camera: LOCKED, UNLOCKED / Printed in silver and red on product plate on left side of camera: Kodak / Engraved in black on view finder focus dial on right side of camera: FINDER FOCUS / Engraved in black on speed idal on right side of camera: 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 / Engraved in black on spring motor dial: SPRING 10, 20, 30, 40 / Printed in red and black under lens turret: CINÉ-KODAK K-100 TURRET CAMERA 16MM / Engraved in black on lens one: Kodak Ciné Ektar II Lens 25mm f/1.9 RO4837 / Engraved in black on lens two: Kodak Ciné Ektar Lens 25mm f/1.4 ET310 / Engraved in black on lens three: Kodak Ciné Ektar Lens 63mm f/2 OE309 / Engraved in black on footage dial inside of camera: LOAD, 0-100 increments / Printed in red and black inside of camera: SUPPLY SPOOL USE CINÉ-KODAK 16MM ROLL FILM, TAKE-UP SPOOL CINÉ-KODAK K-100 CAMERA TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / Engraved in black on spool inside of camera: R-90 / Printed in red on top of original box: Kodak / Printed in red, white and yellow on side of box: Ciné-Kodak K-100 TURRET CAMERA WITH SUPERB KODAK CINÉ EKTAR II 25mm f/1.9 LENS
