Bolex Paillard B8L Double 8mm Camera, special lenses plus Lots of accessories ++

For 8mm film, 25 foot reels. Fitted with a Kern-Paillard Yvar lens F: 13mm f/1.8-22 No.

816026 in two lens turret. Filming speeds 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 48, 64, single frame. Zoom' viewfinder for 12.5-36mm lenses with swing up extra lens for wide angle. Variable shutter - adjusting lever can be locked.

Rewind handle for dissolves etc. Needles matched in viewfinder directly coupled to lens aperture ring. Paillard-Bolex B8L 8mm cine camera made in Switzerland, 1958. The B8L was the first Bolex camera with through-the-lens metering. Clockwork-driven, the camera ran at 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 48 and 64 frames per second: it could also be run a frame at a time.

It was the first 8mm Bolex with a variable shutter (for in-camera fades and mixes). The camera used double-run 8mm film.

OUTER CASE: Highly polished duraluminium body, covered in genuine Morocco leather. FILM CAPACITY: 25ft daylight loading spools of double run 8mm film. When a roll runs through the camera, only half the width of film is exposed. The spool is then reversed and run through again, exposing the other half.

When processed, film is split and spliced together giving 50' for projection. Projection time at 16 fps for 25' roll is 4 minutes. THREADING: manual, with no loop forming; with the pressure pad opened the film is simply placed over a guide roller, threaded behind the gate, over the bottom guide roller and onto the takeup spool.

MOTOR: Constant speed, spring motor mechanism; governor controlled. Generous winding key, attached to the camera, folds back against its side when not in use. TURRET: Accommodates two standard D mount lenses.

VIEWFINDER: optical type; adjustable dial shows the scene as viewed by focal lengths of 12.5mm, 25mm and 36mm. Accessory prism attachments allow for filming with 5.5mm lenses, and for parallax correction while filming at close distances. VARIABLE SPEED: 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 48 and 64 frames per second.

RELEASE BUTTON: continuous exposures can be made by a sliding release lever or cable release. The lever can be locked to prevent accidental exposures, or set for continuous hands-free filming. VARIABLE SHUTTER: Adjustable dial changes the shutter opening from 0-165 degrees to allow for shortened exposure times and fades. Shutter gives an exposure time of 1/35th second at 16fps when fully open (165 degrees). FOOTAGE COUNTER: Precise reading of exposed film footage.

Resets to zero upon reloading. SINGLE FRAME: A cable release socket allows the user to expose single frames for filming animation, titles, etc. EXPOSURE METER: A photoelectric cell measures light through the lens. Two needle indicators in the viewfinder are then aligned by adjusting the diaphragm on your lens, resulting in proper exposure. Included are filters, lenses and all manuals etc... This is a sweet camera.

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