Ciné-Kodak Special
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Ciné-Kodak Special
April 1933
Metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 6 1/4 × 3 × 10 1/4 in. (15.9 × 7.6 × 26 cm)
Museum accession
1978.0191.0139
DescriptionSerial# 2453 Black leather-covered and chrome, rectangular, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, variable speed, eight and single-frame hand-crank, double-lens turret with f/1.9 f/2.7 lenses, variable shutter and leather handle. The camera magazine accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved on plate on the right side of the camera: Ciné-Kodak Special 8, 16, 32, 64 CLOSED 1/4 OPEN 1/2 OPEN OPEN CRANK RELEASE FORWARD RELEASE EIGHT FRAMES PER TURN SINGLE FRAME ONE FRAME PER TURN CLOSED OPEN R F PAT. IN U.S.A. 1,595,277 1,619,108 1,736,436 1,912,749 1,976,304 1,984,103 1,997,321 2,011,350 / Engraved under chamber release: 2458 / Engraved on film chamber on back of camera: FOOTAGE EMPTY-100 increments MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, NY PAT. IN U.S.A. RE.14,532 1,507,357 1,583,707 1,605,874 1,705,220 1,823,299 PATS. PENDING / Engraved on film chamber door: OPEN CLOSE / Engraved on lens 1: Kodak Cine Ektanon Lens 15mm f/2.7 Made in The U.S.A. Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y. / Engraved on lens 2: KODAK ANASTIGMAT f/1.9 25mm U.S.A. PAT. NOS. 1,620,337 1,690,607 / Engraved on plate on lens turret: f/1.9 Brilliant Interiors Dark or in Deep Shade 2.6 Very Dull or in Shade 3.5 Dull or in Open Shade 5.6 Slightly Cloudy 8 Direct Sunlight 11 Intensely Bright 16 With Super Sensitive Film Use Next Smaller Opening / Engraved on Apeture Cover below turret: OPEN CLOSED
