[Konvas] Cineflex?

[Peter Haas]

On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:12 PM, photones at juno.com wrote:

> Anyone see this yet?  220255550671 Ebay Cineflex 35mm camera,mags  
> available but no lenses. Looks pretty good. Are they worth it?

 From the serial number, this, a very rough copy of an Arri 35, was  
manufactured in 1946.

Cineflex went out of business sometime thereafter, and by the  
mid-1950s, cine camera dealers, such as CECo, etcetera, were selling  
Cineflexes and Cineflex add-ons at pennies on the dollar.

The Cineflex made a short come-back in the early 1960s, when an  
investor bought the remaining parts and cobbled together a number of  
Cineflex 2-perf conversions.

Cineflex again went out of business shortly thereafter.

Unless one wanted the camera as a complete oddity, a Konvas would be  
a better investment.