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Above: The Bolex H16 instruction booklet
Above: “Yours truly" using a Bolex H16 Reflex on
Moreton Bay while filming the Port of Brisbane
Series (1975) for the Queensland Education
Department. Photo by Viv Hansen.

Right: The Paillard Bolex H8 Reflex
had all the features of the H16 and was
the top of the range camera for serious
Movie Makers using Standard 8 mm
film.

This one has 3 “C” mount Kern Switars
especially made for Standard 8 mm and
was the last of the line, being phased
out around 1969.

All photos (except where noted) and
cameras from Kev Franzi’s
Australian Cinema Heritage
Collection.

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