341038-2 Cine-Kodak Eight Movie Camera, Model 25. "They
just don't build stuff like this anymore." We're tempted to find some film
and shoot some "Retro-Footage". Absolutely superb as a decorative
piece or...put it back in service? Only $29.00
About Cine-Kodak 8 Movie Cameras-
The
format, initially known as Cine Kodak Eight, was developed by Kodak to provide
a cheaper and more portable alternative to the 16 mm film format introduced a
decade earlier.
Standard
8 mm film stock consisted of 16 mm film reperforated to have twice the usual
number of perforations along its edges, though using the same size sprocket
holes. This film was run through the camera, exposing one edge of the film only
(the frame size of standard 8 mm film is 4.8 mm x 3.5 mm). The spool was then
reversed and the film run through again, exposing the other edge. After processing
the film was cut down the centre and spliced together to give one roll of 8mm
wide film. The standard spool size for amateur use contained 25 ft of film,
giving a total of 50 ft available for projection; at the usual filming speed of
16 frames per second this would give about four minutes of footage.
The
format was an immediate success, but retained a number of inherent problems and
quirks, mostly connected with the fact that the spool needed to be removed and
reversed half way through filming. This procedure was tricky for the
inexperienced user and needed to be carried out in subdued light to avoid
fogging of the edges of the film. In addition, the central six feet of the
finished film would include a characteristic burst of light corresponding to
the reversal point (unless the film was again edited and spliced).
In
the early 1960s, a new filming and projection standard of 18 frames per second
was introduced, although many cameras and projectors included a multi-speed
facility.
The
standard 8 mm format was quickly displaced by the Super 8 mm film format -
which offered cartridge loading, a 50% larger frame size and electric-powered
cameras - from the mid 1960s onwards. However, standard 8mm retained some
advantages over Super 8: in particular, the latter's use of cartridges with an
integral film pressure plate resulted in a less steady image than the earlier
format[citation needed], in which the pressure plate was part of the camera
itself. More sophisticated standard 8 mm cameras permitted backwind of the film
- not possible with a Super 8 cartridge - enabling simple double-exposure and
dissolve effects to be made in-camera. Super 8's smaller sprocket holes, while
allowing a larger frame size, were also inherently more liable to tear.
From Wikipedia-