Cinema Engineering Company

Where Vintage Motion Picture Equipment is Made New Again

Our Story

Bell and Howell 2709 no.555 after full restoration

Cinema Engineering has been proud to bring the entertainment industry the finest motion-picture camera repair, modifications and custom-designed photographic equipment services since 1975. We specialize in servicing Mitchell cameras, but all professional 16mm, 35mm, 65mm, and Vista Vision cameras are welcome.

Our clients include major motion picture studios, television and commercial production companies, special effects houses and dozens of award-winning Directors of Photography, Special Effects Supervisors and cameramen.

Our company prides itself on repairing, creating and modifying motion picture photographic equipment to solve your most demanding visual effects or live action production problems. From the smallest repair to the most complex design project, we are here to serve your photographic needs. Our technicians also provide expert restoration of vintage motion picture cameras and equipment.

Past Projects

Peachcam custom modified by Cinema Engineering Company for the 1996 feature James and the Giant Peach

16mm, 35mm, 65mm, and Vista Vision repairs and modifications
Reflex conversions for all professional motion picture cameras
Custom motion-control accessories and hardware
Nodal point compensating camera robots
Dome projection systems
Periscope and Probe lens systems
Back-lit, motion-control blue screen tracking systems
Motion-control model and camera moving robots
Scanning and archival optical cameras
PeachCam: Mitchell GC custom modified for stop-motion
animation for use in James and the Giant Peach

Our Clients

Mitchell Underslung magazine adapter with 200' Mitchell magazine

FotoKem
Warner Brothers Studios
Walt Disney Pictures
Industrial Light and Magic
Tippet Studios
Cinema Network
Visual Concepts Engineering
McCann-Erickson Advertising
Foote-Cone and Belding Advertising

Our Services

In addition to the above mentioned projects, we specialize in expert camera repair and restoration for the following cameras:

Mitchell Cameras (16mm, 35mm, 65mm, and Vista Vision)
Arriflex
Bell & Howell
Moy
Acme
Photosonics
Oxberry
Burk & James
Debrie
Parvo
Pathe

Equipment for Sale

Interested in purchasing vintage or antique motion picture equipment? We have a large variety of motion picture cameras, lenses, filters, tripods, and other accessories available at our sales site www.cinemagear.com. Or if you have vintage movie equipment to sell, contact us at cinemagear@cinemagear.com.