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Images from the “Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema” exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

A Preview of the “Color in Motion” Exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

October 11, 2024 / Cameras

On Saturday, October 5th, my family and I had the privilege of attending a preview of the new “Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema” exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. I was pleased to find a fairly comprehensive exploration of the history and evolution of color in motion pictures. The exhibit opens […]

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A four-panel grid showing: (top left) 16mm Cine Kodak Special II camera and accessories on original Cine Kodak Tripod with pan tilt head; (top right) a closeup of the original Cine Kodak Special II camera case with accessories in from of the Cine Kodak tripod; (bottom left) original Cine Kodak tripod; (bottom right) closeup of original Cine Kodak tripod pan tilt head.

Cine Kodak Special with Original Cine Kodak Tripod

June 6, 2024 / Cameras

A fellow collector and camera aficionado, John Kwinn, kindly sent me this immaculate Cine-Kodak Special II 16mm camera (ca. 1948) with its original case, a 200’ magazine, and an amazing collection of original lenses and accessories. John asked if I could find a filmmaker or collector who would adopt this camera package and take as

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Keystone model A-3 16mm motion picture film camera; Nagra IV L tape recorder; Kodak Royal Magazine 16mm motion picture film camera with two spare magazines; Kodak Brownie, Bell & Howell Two Twenty, and Kodak 8mm film cameras; Arriflex 16 SR 16mm motion picture film camera with a magazine and zoom lens; Cine Kodak Model E 16mm motion picture film camera; Sears Easi-Load, Bell & Howell Optronic Eye, and Sears 8mm film cameras; and Bell & Howell Super 8 Optronic Eye and Beaulieu Super 8 film cameras.

A Last Look at the 16mm Camera Hoard

September 22, 2023 / Cameras

Winding down our look at the table full of 16mm cameras this week, I wanted to highlight a few more items that I thought were cool. The Arriflex 16 SR turns out to be a working camera under all of that dirt. A quick cleaning and careful examination made me comfortable enough to power the

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A collage of all of the cameras featured in this post

A Closer Look at Some of the 16mm Camera Haul

September 15, 2023 / Cameras

We promised in our last post that I would give a closer look at the 16mm camera collection I showed off last week. I had very limited time to look through them this week, so I was only able to evaluate a few of the pieces. Arriflex M To begin, I looked at the ARRI

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A group of 16mm cameras sitting on top of a workbench. Included in the group of cameras are a Kodak Reflex Special that I had never seen before, along with an ARRI SR1, several ARRI Ss, an ARRI 16 BL, and an ARRI M.

A Last Haul for the Year

September 8, 2023 / Cameras

At a certain point, everyone has to say, “I just can’t take on anymore stuff”. But this group of cameras was literally going to end up in the landfill, so it came here with the hope of having a new life. I don’t usually take in 16mm equipment, but this garage load of equipment belonged

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Lenses, tripods, friction head, and motion control items from Rocco Gioffre

New: From the Collection of Rocco Gioffre

October 20, 2022 / Accessories, Lenses

New arrivals: From the Rocco Gioffre collection is a small cache of wonderful items, including some fascinating ancient Cinema Engineering relics I built long ago. In the back row you see a single frame animation motor with a motion control interface box, an RCA friction head with pan handle, some Baltar lenses, some Cooke Speed

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Cine Kodak Special II with auxiliary viewfinder

June 18, 2021 / Cameras

The Cine-Kodak Special II is a marvel of 1940’s engineering, with innovative features like a divergent lens turret, interchangeable magazines, a through-the-lens critical focuser, and an audible warning when the wind was coming close to an end, among others. Before we send this Cine-Kodak Special II off to its new home, I thought we would

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Victor Animatograph Co. Model 3 16mm Camera

October 1, 2020 / Cameras, History, Research

The Victor Cine Camera Model 3 is a 16mm spring-driven motion picture camera manufactured by the Victor Animatograph Corporation and introduced in 1927. The company was founded in Davenport, Iowa in 1910 by Swedish-born inventor and showman Alexander Victor. Victor’s career began in 1894 when he joined the show of traveling magician “The Great Stephanio”.

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