Kodak SPECIAL Operating instructions

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THE
CINE-KODAK
SPEC AL
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
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TAB L E o F
LOADING THE
CINE-KODAK SPECIAL. 5
Interchanging
the Film
Chambers. . . . .
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Aperture Cover .
10
Threading the Film. 11
Film Meters . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unloading.. 18
HAND-HELD OPERATION. 19
Condensed Instructions
for Average Filming.
General Inform
ation.
20
23
Holding the Camera Steady. 23
Finder.
Exposure
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Focus.
23
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27
Miscellaneous Notes. 28
Important Rules ........ . . 28
Turret Hea d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Camera Speeds . 35
Variable Shutter . . . . . . . . . . 36
Masks. 37
OPERATION ON THE
CINE-KODAK TRIPOD. .
41
CONTENTS
Reflex Finder. . . . . . 42
Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dissolves. 46
Single Frames. 49
Frame Counter. . . . . . . . . .. 50
Double Exposure. 52
Running Down the Motor. 54
Hand Cranking. . 55
FILMS, FILTERS AND
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS.
56
SPECIAL EFFECTS
AND TRICKS. 61
CARE OFTHE
CINE-KODAK SPECIAL. 70
Cleaning the Gate. . 70
Cleaning the Lenses. . 71
Cleaning the Reflex Finder. 71
Oiling the Camera. . 71
TITLESERVICE, DUPLICATES
AND COPIES. 74
TABLES ..
Exposure . .
Field Sizes
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CINE KODAK
SPECIAL
TH E CINE-KoDAK SPECIAL is an instrument that creates wholly new pos-
sibilities for making motion pictures. It frees the advanced workers
from certain limitations of the simple home movie camera, and yet
retains the 16 mm. film economy and convenience. It is the camera for
serious workers who wish to go beyond the average movie making
technique.
The Cine-Kodak Special uses st;tndard 16 mm. Cine-Kodak Panchro-
matic, Super Sensitive Panchromatic, Cine-Kodak Safety, and Koda-
chrome Films.
A great variet y of lenses can be used on the Cine-Kodak Special. In
addition to the I-inch f.1.9 lens which is regularly supplied and is the
best for general work, the camera can be equipped with a wide-angle
lens for including a larger area than can be obtained with the standard
I-inch lens. Several long-focus lenses are available, so that telephoto
effects can be obtained. These lenses will be found very desirable for
making motion pictures of ath letic games from the grandstand, hunting
big game and simi lar subjects where it is not possible to get close to the
object. These telephoto lenses also permit obtaining close-up effects
from
intermediate distances when it is inconvenient to place the camera
very near
the subject; such as pictures of insects, birds, surgical
operations, dental work and similar subjects.
Members
of movie clubs will find this camera an unequalled instru-
ment for photographing scenarios that include the most difficult effects.
It is the camera for doctors, physicists, biologists, engineers, athletic
instructors- in short, all those seeking an inexpensive and elastic
method of disseminating knowledge or of preserving records. In the
Special they have a photographic instrument that not only simplifies
but greatly widens the scope of the work they are doing.

[Cine-Kodak Special with 100-foot film chamber in position, and
with I-inch f.l.9 lens and 3-inch fA.S telephoto lens on turret.
Cine-Kodak Special with 200-foot film chamber in position, and
with 1-inch f.1 .9 lens and 6-inch fA.S telephoto lens on turret.

LOADING THE
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CINE-KODAK SPECIAL
INTERCHANGING THE FILM CHAMBERS
THE Cine-Kodak Special consists of twO units; the camera and the film
chamber.
Figure 1 shows the camera with the lOa-foot film chamber; Figure 2
shows it with the 200-foot film chamber. These film chambers are
quickly interchangeable. This feature is invaluable as you may keep
one chamber loaded with regular Cine-Kodak Panchromatic, another
with Super Sensitive Panchromatic, and another with Kodachrome
Film. If an unusual opportunity arises for good pictures in Kodachrome,
you
will not ha ve to wait until the rest of the black-and-white film is
exposed. Also, you may be making a special sequence that requires
considerable time, such as animation, yet not want to tie up the camera
for this use exclusively.
By hand cranking or by using the Electric Motor Drive, over eight
minutes of uninterrupted action can be filmed. This makes the 200-foot
chamber invaluable for surgical operations, many types of a thletic
events, etc.
Cine
-Kodak Panchromatic, Su per Sensitive Panchromati c, regular
Kodachrome, and Kodachrome Type A can be
obtained in SO-foot,
lOa-foot, or 200-foot lengths for use in lOa-foot or lOa-foot film cham-
bers. Cine-Kodak Safety Film is supplied in loa-foot rolls, only.
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Removing the Chamber
FIGURES 3, 4, and 5 show graphica lly how this is done:
Fig. 3
Push aperture cover button to CLOSED.
(M a ke sure expo sure button ;5 OUT.)
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Raise chamber release until it snaps out.
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Disengage chamber by swinging it down
as indicated by arrows, then lift it off .

Replacing the Chamber
FIGURES 6, 7, 8 and 9 show the method of doing this:
Fig. 6
Drive couplings are shown which must be engaged.
Pins engage holes automatically.
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