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E' Check these features of the versatile Cine-Kodak Special II Camera against your 16mm. movie-making needs □ | | Aim, frame, and focus through the taking lens. A built-in reflex finder does away with problems of parallax, gives critical hairline focusing on close-ups. For finding and following fast action, the camera has a direct-view finder with parallax adjustment for distances from two feet to infinity. Make fades and dissolves. The adjustable-opening shutter can be changed during operation to provide smooth fades and dissolves and also to provide, when desired, a useful means of controlling exposure. Hand-cranking shafts provide one or eight frames per turn, forward or reverse. Shift from one film to another. Camera comes with either 100 or 200-foot film chamber. Extra chambers may be purchased separately. Easily removable for rapid shift from one type of film to another. ] Masks for double exposures and special effects. A standard set of masks which fit the integral mask slot is supplied with the camera. Set includes a circle, an oval, and two vertical and two horizontal matched halfmasks for making double exposures. □ Get more run per winding. One winding of the powerful springdriven motor is sufficient for the exposure of 38 feet of film. Camera has provision for attaching auxiliary motor drive. Make speeded-up or slow-motion pictures. Any desired speed, governor-controlled from 8 to 64 frames per second, including 24-frames-per-second sound speed, can be obtained. Single-frame release provides for animations and special title effects. Switch from telephoto to normal shooting distance instantly. Two-lens turret permits quick shift from one lens to another. Angle mounting prevents physical or optical interference, regardless of lens barrel length or design. Camera comes with either f\\A or //1.9 Kodak Cine Ektar Lens. Other Kodak Cine Ektar Lenses, from 1 5mm. wideangle to 152mm. telephoto, available. Know your exact footage at all times. Three film meters show footage exposed or rewound. One, on the film chamber, shows amount of unexposed film. A mechanical footage meter on the camera indicates amount of film run or being rewound. And a frame counter registers individual frames run forward or reverse to make possible exact control for special effects. For further details and prices, see your Kodak dealer or mail coupon below. 1-5 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Dept. 8-V, Rochester 4, N. Y. Please send me more information about the Cine-Kodak Special II Camera.