Tag Archives: Bolex

one born every minute …

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. … or so Barnum is supposed to have said.  The Bolex was the Leica or Contax of the amateur movie crowd. It was a high end camera made in Switzerland by Paillard. Interestingly, Bolex was originally not a Paillard … Continue reading →

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simplicity again

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. In the late 1960s, Kodak aggressively pushed its ads to capture the low end of the home movie market. My October 14th post, “eulogy for simplicity” showed one ad Kodak used in this approach. This teaser ad shows another … Continue reading →

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Bolex? Bollocks!

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Bolex from Paillard of Switzerland, was indeed the preeminent movie camera maker for 16mm and later 8mm cameras, but this spread (pp58-60) in the December 2, 1957 LIFE magazine sucks since it lists ONLY American dealers in spite of … Continue reading →

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home movies over 60 years ago

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Back in January of this year I did a post on DeJur and their 1954 ad in LIFE Two years later they are still banging away at home movies via an ad in LIFE.  As mentioned in my January … Continue reading →

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Bolex joins the game

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. After the world-wide 1929 stock market crash ushered in the great depression, many small companies failed. BOL SA, founded by Jacques Bogopolsky, was one of them. A Swiss company, it made cameras for cine. Paillard SA made watch parts, … Continue reading →

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PHSC News 16-9

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. The latest issue of PHSC News, issue 16-9 has been distributed. With this issue, we shift the editorial duties from David Bridge to Sonja Pushchak. Sonja was instrumental in redesigning the newsletter to modernize the approach of PHSC. A … Continue reading →

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Report on December 2013 Show and Tell

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Robert

I was a bit late arriving at the December meeting but I had an enjoyable evening. Doug Napier’s wife provided some home baked cookies – delicious! Oscar Li attended to the coffee machine in the absence of Bob Wilson and … Continue reading →

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