Transport: Spring-wind
Exposure: Manual
Approx. date of manufacture: 1960
Approx. original price: $24.50
I actually used this a bit: it was my first usable movie camera (as opposed to a filmless classic like the Ciné Kodak above). A very simple, plastic camera. Big old crank on the side, one button to run it up front. Had a rotating aperture dial. Mine had a crack in the door and leaked light like a sieve and I remember putting duct-tape over it; I don't think I shot a foot of usable film on it.
I have another that's identical but called a Hawkeye 8—same hateful hump but all-black instead of gray, and its Ektanar ƒ/2.3 lens was about 1/2-stop faster. Whether it was any better (or enough to matter) is anyone's guess.
These cameras are the plastic-body redesigns of the Kodak 8mm Movie Camera line. Frankly, I don't think it was a step forward. But Kodak made a lot of cheap junk in the early 60s.
