Bolex H16
Camera

Bolex H16

ca. 1935
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 8 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (22.2 × 10.8 × 15.9 cm)
1981.3213.0001
DescriptionBlack leather-covered metal, 16mm, hand-crank or spring motorized motion picture camera with three-turret lens mount holding f/1.9, f/1.8, f/2.9 lenses, waist-level viewfinder, eye-level optical viewfinder, variable speed and single frame exposure. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on product plate on rigth side of camera: PAILLARD BOLEX MADE IN SWITZERLAND / Engraved in white on motor engagement switch on right side of camera: MOTOR, O / Engraved in black on speed dial on right side of camera: 8, 16, 24, 32, 64 / Printed in silver on footage guage on rigth side of camera: A, 0-100 increments / Engraved in white on motor motion switch: M, STOP, P / Engraved in black on door latch on left side of camera: O, F / Engraved in black on optical vewi finder: H8 12.5, 25, 36 / Engraved in white on lens one: Kern-Paillard Switzerland YVAR f/1.8 13mm AR No.669485 / Engraved in white on lens two: Kern-Paillard Switzerland YVAR f/2.8 36mm AR No.709406 / Engraved in white on lens three: UNIPAR 7mm f/1.9 No.56177 / Stamped in white under door cover: 68639 / Stamped in white inside of camera: 68639 / Engraved in grey on spool inside of camera: KODAK SPOOL

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