Magazine Cine-Kodak

[David J]

Does anyone out there in APUG Land know how to operate the Magazine Cine-Kodak motion-picture camera? I've just been handed one to play around with and I know nothing about it. It appears to take a 16mm film magazine, but I'm not even sure about that. The camera is metal, wrapped in leather with a Kodak Anastigmat f1.9 25mm lens. It has speed settings of 16, 32, & 64 fpm. There's a hand crank on the right-hand side, so it appears to be spring driven. Any info would be much appreciated!
-David Jakupcak

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Try filmshooting.com or cinematography.org, if you don't get any good answers here.

 

[David H. Bebbington]

Something here:

http://www.marriottworld.com/pieces/pieces19.htm#kodak

Looks like a paperweight rather than a working camera - try turning the crank gently clockwise, don't force it because it might already be wound. From the speed selection, sounds like a model aimed at sportspeople (2 and 4x slo-mo compared with the standard speed of 16 fps). I expect the lens does not focus but it probably interchanges by unscrewing and should be the standard mount for 16 mm cameras (C mount).

Regards,

David

 

[David J]

Oh no! Film for this is no longer available? I hope that's not the case. I'll look into that a little more at my local camera store (National Camera Exchange).
The lens is marked with distances from three feet to infinity, so I assume it is able to be focused and I was able to remove the lens by pushing a putton and giving a small twist clockwise; bayonnet mount I guess.
Thanks for your help!
-David J.

 

[egdinger]

The magizines are no longer made, but if you can find some on ebay, they are reloadable. I believe.

 

[David H. Bebbington]

Another snippet:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/products/chrono1.jhtml?id=0.1.6.26&lc=en

The f1.9 lens was apparently intended for use with Kodacolor film.

Also this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-Gun-Camer...23956284QQihZ015QQcategoryZ4691QQcmdZViewItem

This too!

Dead Link Removed

And finally:

http://www.movie-camera.it/kodake.html

 

[Kino]

Oh no! Film for this is no longer available? I hope that's not the case. I'll look into that a little more at my local camera store (National Camera Exchange).
The lens is marked with distances from three feet to infinity, so I assume it is able to be focused and I was able to remove the lens by pushing a putton and giving a small twist clockwise; bayonnet mount I guess.
Thanks for your help!
-David J.

The film is made, the cartridge is not. You will have to reload them and then unload them prior to sending it to the lab. A royal pain...

I ditched all my preload magazine cameras about 10 years ago because I had no patience for it all...

Your mileage may vary.