Kodak Magazine Ciné-Kodak Eight (1940–1946)
Documentation on this model is thin and the surviving record carries a few contradictions. What seems clear: the Magazine Ciné-Kodak Eight was a clockwork-driven 8 mm motion picture camera that loaded film in cartridges rather than on spools. Kodak promoted this as its magazine system. It ran at 16, 26, 32, and 64 frames per second, so the home filmmaker could pick normal speed, slow motion, or the faster frame rates for special effects.
The naming adds to the confusion. Period references call the camera the "Magazine Ciné-Kodak Eight, Model 90," and some sources treat that as the same product as this one. It appears to have entered Kodak's line in June of 1940 and was produced under that name until 1946. One vintage advertisement from 1940 lists the camera at $97.50. Another source dates the Model 90's introduction to January 1936 with a $79.50 price for the version with a 25 mm f/1.9 lens. The dates and prices conflict, and no single authoritative document reconciles them, so treat both figures with caution.
The camera took Kodak S-mount lenses, and Kodak offered adaptors for S-mount Ciné-Kodak optics that list the Magazine Ciné-Kodak Eight, Model 90 as compatible. Kodak's film magazine deposit system applied here. The magazines remained Kodak's property, with a deposit charged at purchase (50 cents for an 8 mm magazine in the mid-1950s policy as later documented).
- Type: 8 mm magazine-load motion picture camera, spring-wound
- Frame rates: 16, 26, 32, 64 fps
- Lens mount: Kodak S-mount
- Production: June 1940 – 1946
No period magazine reviews of this exact model have surfaced in the archive, and no owner commentary from the era is documented. The InstAppraisal listing that anchors much of the record notes the camera in "excellent" condition, which is about as specific as collector reporting gets. The distinguishing marks are "Kodak, Magazine Cine-Kodak Eight Model 90" engraved on the body, with the magazine-loading door and the clockwork mechanism underneath.
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