CAMERAFLEX CINEFLEX 35mm Movie Camera User
Manual !
Reprinted from our movie studio tech files here in Hollywood.
Studio-bound, in LIKE NEW condition.
Sturdy cardstock cover.
It's the 1944 50-page CAMERAFLEX 35mm User Manual,
for properly operating and maintaining a
CAMERAFLEX or CINEFLEX 35mm movie camera.
A CAMERAFLEX (or CINEFLEX) 35mm camera is a lightweight,
hand-held, easy-threading, reflex movie camera, manufactured
into the 1980s by the great CAMERAFLEX company of New York City.
It is an American copy of the legendary German Arriflex.
During WWII, the US government seized German patents,
and reverse-engineered the Arriflex camera. Cameraflexes
were first available to the US Armed Forces.
Many types of person have shot 35mm movies with Cameraflexes,
drawn by low cost and good quality.
The Moody Bible Institute shot church movies for GIs, and
filmmaker Russ Meyer (of “SuperVixens” fame), shot his
girly movies, too. How’s that for a diverse group of users?
Russ Meyer with his Cameraflex.
(He learned to use it in the US Army Signal Corps.)
Cameraflex is pretty close to an Arriflex (circa 1940), with
some differences, but the same great spinning mirror shutter.
Cameraflex actually improved on the original Arriflex design,
in one way. Its motor either mounts beneath, or fastens onto
the side, where Cameraflex put another drive gear. Wonderful!
An Arriflex manual works for the Cameraflex, but there are
different dimensions and the Arri uses metric screw fasteners.
This is a rare wartime Cameraflex military manual.
You’ll love the familiar CAMERAFLEX CINEFLEX 35mm design:
- Spinning mirror shutter
- Remarkably steady claw-type movement
- Magazines with integral drive sprockets
- Camera shaped and balanced for
hand-holding
- Simple Threading
CAMERAFLEX 35mm cameras have shot many
movies,
and are still in use, shooting many independent features.
The CAMERAFLEX CINEFLEX 35mm User Manual covers:
- Filters
- Testing
- Parts List
- Viewfinder
- Lens turret
- Film Magazine
- Aperture Plate
- Technical Data
- Light Leak Test
- Focusing controls
- Footage indicator
- Camera Test Run
- Drive unit controls
- Preparation for use
- Film Steadiness Test
- Table of Components
- Inspection and Repair
- Preventive Maintenance
- Sequence speed control
- Rustproofing and Painting
- Test and Repair Equipment
- Magazine door and camera door
- Operation in various climates
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