Cine-Kodak Royal Magazine

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 $192.50 (1951). The top magazine model. 100 ft magazine; 16 fr/s standard plus 24 and 64 by a lever at the bottom front; spring motor with a full wind of about half a minute, a run-lock detent for tripod work, and reverse giving single-frame stop motion. FULLY ENCLOSED finder with a right-side slide covering 15-152mm in seven detented positions. THE ONLY BODY WITH THE TYPE M BAYONET LATCH VARIANT. Cine Ektar 25mm f/1.9 standard, and a 25mm f/2.7 offered July 1951 to July 1954. END DATE NOT SOURCED - production End is null, which is UNCONSTRAINED and does not mean still in production. 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.