Bolex 150 Super 8mm Cine Camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
Switzerland
maker:
Paillard-Bolex
Paillard-Bolex 150 Super Super 8 Cine Camera, 1966

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Paillard-Bolex 150 Super Super 8 Cine Camera, 1966
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

Cine camera for Super 8 cartridge film; hinged lens cover; Paillard Box zoom lens F:8.5-30mm, f/1.9; refelx finder, visible meter needle, auto exposure; macrofocusing capability - faulty; electric motor drive. The first Bolex Super 8 camera is of strikingly unconventional design, not only externally but inside the camera body too. Uniquely, the light from the lens is deflected 90 degrees by a prism inside the body so that the film cartridge sits horizontally above the lens. The f/1.9 8.5-30mm zoom lens is built into the camera housing and its focus and zoom setting is adjusted by the knurled knob. It has through-the-lens CdS metering and can be operated at 18 frames/second or a single frame at a time.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/7250
Materials:
metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified), rubber (unidentified) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 240 mm x 65 mm x 210 mm,
type:
cine camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford