Michael Ryan Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Hello There, Does anyone here know anything about the 16mm Kodak Reflex Special? I was told that Kodak only made about 800 of these before they stopped making them? They are from late '60s early '70s? Any info would be great. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted June 19, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 19, 2006 Hello There, Does anyone here know anything about the 16mm Kodak Reflex Special? I was told that Kodak only made about 800 of these before they stopped making them? They are from late '60s early '70s? Any info would be great. Thanks, Mike Back when I started at Kodak in the early 1970's, our demo production staff still had a 16mm Kodak Reflex Special in their inventory. I actually used it to make a short film that was part of my training process at Kodak. Unfortunately, the camera and any manuals are long gone. You might check with Todd Gustavson, equipment curator at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Kodak donated many items and documents from its patent museum to the GEH: http://www.eastman.org/ http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/collections/technology.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Hello There, Does anyone here know anything about the 16mm Kodak Reflex Special? I was told that Kodak only made about 800 of these before they stopped making them? They are from late '60s early '70s? ---The 1st edition of the Verne Carlson camera book has a chapter on it. The basic body of it seems to be a Cine Special with the 100' magazine permantly attached. ---LV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnathan Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Do you know anyone who would be interested in purchasing a Kodak Reflex Special with all lenses and 3 mags included? I inherited one and have no use for it. I am sure someone out there would love to have this rare jewel. Best Regards, Johnathan Gwyn 424-645-9882 Back when I started at Kodak in the early 1970's, our demo production staff still had a 16mm Kodak Reflex Special in their inventory. I actually used it to make a short film that was part of my training process at Kodak. Unfortunately, the camera and any manuals are long gone. You might check with Todd Gustavson, equipment curator at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Kodak donated many items and documents from its patent museum to the GEH: http://www.eastman.org/ http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/collections/technology.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnathan Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Do you know anyone who would be interested in purchasing a Kodak Reflex Special with all lenses and 2 mags included? I inherited one and have no use for it. I am sure someone out there would love to have this rare jewel. Best Regards, Johnathan Gwyn 424-645-9882 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Montes Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Do you know anyone who would be interested in purchasing a Kodak Reflex Special with all lenses and 2 mags included? I inherited one and have no use for it. I am sure someone out there would love to have this rare jewel. Best Regards, Johnathan Gwyn 424-645-9882 Depends on what you're asking for it. Last year I was looking for one at the same time I was trying to get a 16mm Mitchell. Now I got a Mitchell being delivered to me so I don't know if I got enough to spare to get the Kodak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Depends on what you're asking for it. Last year I was looking for one at the same time I was trying to get a 16mm Mitchell. Now I got a Mitchell being delivered to me so I don't know if I got enough to spare to get the Kodak. Somebody selling one on ebay right now thinks it's worth $25,000. I wish I lived in that same fantasy world, good god! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim Carroll Posted May 23, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted May 23, 2008 Somebody selling one on ebay right now thinks it's worth $25,000. I wish I lived in that same fantasy world, good god! :) Patrick, There's someone selling an Arriflex 16S on eBay right now, asking $5800. I think they drank the same Kool-Aid. Best, -Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Billy Furnett Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I?ve never seen one of these (Like the pic above), but it looks like it might have been a cool camera, did this line fail and/or were there only a relatively small amount made? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Montes Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I?ve never seen one of these (Like the pic above), but it looks like it might have been a cool camera, did this line fail and/or were there only a relatively small amount made? :) They were a high quality camera but not many were made. At the time Kodak was competing against other brands like Arriflex and Bolex who were better established. I believe Kodak used their own proprietary lens mount which meant not a lot of choices for lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Olmstead Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hello There, Does anyone here know anything about the 16mm Kodak Reflex Special? I was told that Kodak only made about 800 of these before they stopped making them? They are from late '60s early '70s? Any info would be great. Thanks, Mike 1962 or so, We used 1 or 2 Times, Did not Make the list, too maney Hand Helds at that time. Too late, too Big.10 Years too Late, gave them to collages. RFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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