Cine-Kodak Special II

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 $893 (1948). SEPARATE ROW FROM THE SPECIAL, and the evidence is far past the two-dimension threshold - TEN differences are documented, not two: (1) mount CKS to Type S, the only Kodak body to use Type S natively and the last to use it at all; (2) turret flat slab with PARALLEL lens axes to roof-shaped with DIVERGING axes, and slightly wider; (3) front plate flat to slanted; (4) viewfinder front element carried on a flag on each lens, to separate interchangeable elements sliding under a spring-loaded cylinder on the turret - a direct consequence of the mount change, since Type S does not lend itself to the flag arrangement; (5) reflex focusing wholly different, a simple sliding button against a rack-and-pinion plunger; (6) magazine drive coupling springs-and-grooves against an asymmetrical pin; (7) turret rotation free against limited to 180 degrees; (8) a spring-wind warning bell; (9) frame counter standard; (10) hand-crank retention. NOT differences: the variable shutter and the magazines are common to both, and the magazines interchange between the two cameras. 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.