The Kodak Challenge

[Ed Gordon]

Kodak Sound 8 Projector Instructional Movie

[Douglas Meltzer]

Nice promo, Ed. And speaking of sound, I knew this was hiding in a closet somewhere....







It still runs!

[Mitchell Dvoskin]

When I have the urge to take pictures, I dig out my Jiffy Kodak Series II Camera from it's box:

And review my owners manual on not only how the camera works, but on how to set up both indoor and outdoor lighting and exposures:

Then being a traditionalist, I pull my Kodak Studio Scale, complete with it's original weights so I can properly measure my developing chemical powders:

Actually, now that I think about, I just whip out my iPhone and snap a picture so I can easily post these antiques on the forum. 🙂

[Paul Adsett]

Kodak used to have a library of Kodascope films:

[Ed Gordon]

From Home Movies & Home Talkies (1932)




Full article at: https://archive.org/details/homemovi...p?view=theater

[Janice Glesser]

I still have a couple of these Kodak Moviedeck projectors... Both are sound machines.

[Lee Mannering]

Nice to see the old Ektasound camera. Only thing I remember was the popping sound on the mag track back then.
Nice pictures all

[Janice Glesser]

Kodak Universal Splicer

[Steve Klare]

Hi Janice,

I wonder how many filmmakers got their start because Mom and Dad had one of those splicers and their kid used it to actually edit films rather than just string raw fifty foot rolls together as they showed up from the lab. (You start to be a filmmaker when they get titles!)

The one I have was given to me by family members who went full-transfer of their home movies. I'm kind of partial to it because it allows me to splice 16mm (it showed up exactly when I needed it, too!).

[Claus Harding]

My Kodascope B from '28, Kodak's first auto-threader with reels in an upper/lower rear configuration.
It works just fine to this day. I also have a model "BB" from the mid-thirties and that, too, runs well.



...and the oil that lubed a thousand gears:



Not much to say:



I kept this last cartridge (with the price tag in Danish Kroner) when I realized there would be no more chances to shoot it.

[Graham Ritchie]

The Kodak Instamatic range of cameras must have been a popular, for those on a small budget like me. It was the very first camera I ever bought when I was 21 years old. I cant remember the exact model I had, but have this Instamatic 233 on display at home.

Everything about it still works, it uses Kodak 126 film. I think the 233 came out around 1968 but I could be wrong.

[Janice Glesser]

This is a Kodak 16 mm editing kit. It comes with a viewer and a cement splicer. It holds 400ft. reels. I got this unit to edit my family home movies when I was first transferring films to digital. I think it's a cool little unit for editing small reels.

[Nick Regan]

2 x Kodakscope Model D 16mm Projectors and 1 x Kodakscope Model C 16 mm Projector (1924). Still working fine.

The model C was the first ever 16mm home movie projector introduced in 1924 by Eastman Kodak for use with their new 16mm film format.

The original Kodascope was part of an outfit that included the Cine-Kodak camera, tripod, Kodascope projector, projection screen, and film splicer, all of which sold together for $335. By 1924, Victor Animatograph Corporation and Bell and Howell had placed 16mm projectors on the market, so Kodak eliminated the requirement to purchase the equipment as a complete outfit and sold the projector separately.

The model D is an upgrade of the C with addition of an air vent to cool the lamp and a belt to the feed reel.


Nick

[Dominique De Bast]

Kodak and the 9.5

[Graham Ritchie]

I often wondered if the kids in this 1970s photo got their Christmas present