Paillard BOLEX L8 (late model) 8mm Movie Camera with CASE & 13mm YVAR lens

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Well folks, the time has come to pass along my (almost) complete Bolex 8mm camera collection (see last photo). This listing is for an excellent Bolex late model L8. The camera comes with a clean, Yvar 13mm f:1.9 lens in great condition. The camera is in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition. It has been fully tested with film (not developed). and it run smoothly at all speeds. Original lens cap and original, Bolex case in very good condition are included A must addition to any Bolex camera collection. SN 101035 (1952) SATISFACION GUARANTEED! L-8 (late model), 8mm Camera, 1947 OVERALL DIMENSIONS: 4 7/8in x 3 1/8in x 1 3/4in. WEIGHT: 1 lb 12 oz. OUTER CASE: Highly polished duraluminium body, covered in genuine Morocco leather. Metal parts are chrome-plated. 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 read more

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