ABSTRACT
In June 1923, Eastman Kodak Company introduced the Ciné-Kodak system intended for amateur use. The system included a Ciné-Kodak camera, Kodascope projector, splicer, tripod, screen, and 16mm film footage. The camera—a die-cast aluminum box—used a hand-crank technique. The crank needed to be turned twice a second, taking pictures at a standard rate of sixteen frames a second. Each camera held a footage indicator which showed how much feet had been used. The camera made use of a Kodak lens at f/3.5, which would enable filming under bad lighting conditions. The viewfinder was situated just above the lens. The Kodascope projector could employ 400 feet (122 m) of reels (sixteen minutes of screen time) once the film was threaded. The projector was motor-driven, and a Mazda lamp supplied the light. On the whole, it was easy to use, as the projector operated automatically: once the film was threaded, there was no need to go near the machine until the film was finished. The 16mm celluloid safety film format had a perforation on both sides of the film strip, placed at the frame lines. The price for the whole set was 335 US dollars.
