Cine-Kodak Model M

Format

16mm

Is Film

Yes

Metering

none

Research

Doug Kerr, The film and cameras that made home movies possible (http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/Kodak Cine-Kodak.pdf); Lens mounts of Kodak Cine-Kodak movie cameras (http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/Kodak Movie Lens Mounts.pdf); The Kodak Cine-Kodak Special (http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/Kodak Cine-Kodak Special.pdf).

Confidence

high

Spec Notes

Introduction price $75 (1932), falling to $50 (1933). FIXED LENS, fixed focus f/3.5. FOCAL LENGTH NOT SOURCED - Kerr writes "focal length not known; likely 20 mm" and a likelihood is not a value. Dates are Kerr's own hedges, "about 1932" and "sometime in 1934", not gaps in the search. Frame rate, motor, viewfinder, capacity, weight and dimensions all NOT SOURCED. SERIAL NUMBERS: these bodies DO carry serials (Kerr's own Special is number 330; a Science Museum Group Royal Magazine is 65678) but NO Cine-Kodak serial-to-year scheme is published anywhere - checked across all four Kerr monographs, Wikipedia, Pacific Rim Camera's Cine reference library and two museum catalogues. Date these bodies by model production window only.