Bolex L8
Camera
Paillard-Bolex
Maker
Bolex L8
ca. 1942
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 5 × 1 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (12.7 × 4.4 × 10.8 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1978.0706.0007
DescriptionBlack leather-covered metal, rectangular, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder and f/1.9 lens. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on product plate on front of camera: L8 paillard / Engraved in silver on plate under on front of camera: FABRICATION SUISSE - MADE IN SWITZERLAND / Printed in silver on maroon exposure plate: PAILLARD-BOLEX Film Panchro, Spring or Autumn, middle of day. Dull 2.8, Hazy: dark subject 4, Bright: landscape in shade 5.6, Bright: sunny landsacpe 8, Sunny: bright distant subjects 11, Bright sunshine, water, snow 16, Summer or Supepan: close one degree more Winter or ortho: open one degree less / Engraved in white on lens: Kern-Paillard Switzerland YVAR f/1.8 13mm AR No.763510 / Embossed in silver on lens cap: Kern paillard / Printed in silver on footage dial: 0-25 increments / Stamped in silve on bottom of camera: 51356 / Stamped in silver inside of camera: 51356
