Ciné-Kodak Model B
Camera
Ciné-Kodak Model B
July 1925
Metal, leather, and glass
Overall (camera): 6 1/4 × 3 × 8 3/4 in. (15.9 × 7.6 × 22.2 cm)
Overall (box): 6 × 3 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (15.2 × 9.5 × 23.5 cm)
Museum accession
1978.0191.0054
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 and leather handle with the original box. Inside the box is a Kodak Home Lighting Guide dial for use with Kodak Super-XX film. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed on top of box: Ciné-Kodak Model B / Printed on side of box: Ciné-Kodak Model B K.A. f3.5 Made in the U.S.A. by Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY / Engraved in the leather handle: CINE KODAK / Engraved on the top of the camera: Ciné-Kodak Model B MADE IN THE U.S.A. AT ROCHESTER, NY BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. FOOTAGE guage / Engraved on the door: OPEN LOCK / Engraved inside the camera: 100 50 / Engraved on plate above lens: 29107 Use Portrait Attachments for Close Ups From 4 to 8 Feet / Engraved on plate below the lens: 29032 f3.5 See Manual 4 For Close Ups in Shade. For Subjects and Scenes no 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 / Printed on yellow envelope inside box: Kodak HOME LIGHTING GUIDE Exposure data for stills or movies with Kodak Super-XX Film and ordinary home lighting.
