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October 1 933 • American Cinematographer 229 On Location at Home If it isn’t an Eastman, it isn’t a Kodak EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y. The Special's masks, supplied in a vest pocket size leather case, are merely slipped into a slot before the film. Circle, oval, and horizontal and vertical half masks are stand- ard equipment—other designs supplied on order. Cine-Kodak Special °ff ers professional cameramen many facilities formerly found only on studio cameras FADE-OUTS . . . FADE-INS IVE us a 16 mm. camera for off-the-lot use up to professional standards of abil- ity but well below professional standards of cost and size.” That was a big order. But Eastman has done it in the remarkable Cine - Kodak Special — a precision - made, custom-built 16 mm. camera of unparalleled versatility which lifts the lid off the restrictions of usual home movie technique. Professional Ability —16 mm. Economy Many of the Special’s most note- worthy features are identical with those that studio cameras provide. There’s a reflex finder which shows on a ground-glass screen the field of the taking lens, permits visual focus- ing with all lenses; variable speed control, from 8 to 64 frames per second when spring-motor driven; variable shutter for fades and lap dissolves; double lens turret, mount- ing any two of the six lenses availa- ble for the Special; ioo-foot and 2oo-foot interchangeable film cham- bers permitting instant switching from one type of film to another; long-running, spring-motor drive; one- and eight-frame shafts for hand cranking—the latter being used as well for winding film back for lap dissolves or multiple exposures; two film meters, one geared directly to the camera mechanism recording the amount of film run or rewound, the other on the film chamber show- ing the amount of unexposed film. Alterations on Order The standard model Cine-Kodak Special, with Kodak Anastigmat /. 1.9 lens, double lens turret, one ioo-foot film chamber, set of six masks, is priced at $375. Other ac- cessories are extra. Special altera- tions to specific needs will be read- ily estimated and painstakingly ex- ecuted. See this precision-built, custom- made camera now at leading Cine- Kodak dealers’, or write for the Cine-Kodak Special Book. The Special's variable slit shutter may be moved from open to closed, or vice versa, while the camera is run- ning, for making fades and lap dissolves. MULTIPLE EXPOSURES—LAP DISSOLVES The eight-frame shaft winds the film backward for mak- ing double or multiple exposures and lap dissolves. MASKS