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* Until approx. 1970: all Bolex-products have been designed and produced by Bolex in Switzerland. | * Until approx. 1970: all Bolex-products have been designed and produced by Bolex in Switzerland. | ||
* Approx. 1970: Bolex and Eumig merged their research-teams and all "Bolex"-Super8-products now got produced by Eumig and hence are labeled "Made in Austria". (The 16mm-products haven't been affected by these contracts.) | * Approx. 1970: Bolex and Eumig merged their research-teams and all "Bolex"-Super8-products now got produced by Eumig and hence are labeled "Made in Austria". (The 16mm-products haven't been affected by these contracts.) | ||
| − | * Approx. 1974: Some of the "Bolex" products show up with "Made in Japan"-stickers. According to the [http://www.bolexcollector.com/ Bolex Collector] they've been made by [[:Category:Chinon|Chinon]]. From now on you'll also encouter some "Bolex"-products that are "Made in USA" (most likely made by [[ | + | * Approx. 1974: Some of the "Bolex" products show up with "Made in Japan"-stickers. According to the [http://www.bolexcollector.com/ Bolex Collector] they've been made by [[:Category:Chinon|Chinon]]. From now on you'll also encouter some "Bolex"-products that are "Made in USA" (most likely made by [[:Category:Bell_and_Howell|B&H]]) or "Made in Italy" (guess: made by [[:Category:Silma|Silma]]?). |
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Revision as of 08:57, 24 November 2009
Bolex International SA
15 Route de Lausanne
CH - 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains
Switzerland
Short history:
- The company Paillard bought Bolex in 1934/35. As a result a later Bolex-products are labeled "Paillard-Bolex" until the company got renamed to "Bolex International SA" in 1970.
- Until approx. 1970: all Bolex-products have been designed and produced by Bolex in Switzerland.
- Approx. 1970: Bolex and Eumig merged their research-teams and all "Bolex"-Super8-products now got produced by Eumig and hence are labeled "Made in Austria". (The 16mm-products haven't been affected by these contracts.)
- Approx. 1974: Some of the "Bolex" products show up with "Made in Japan"-stickers. According to the Bolex Collector they've been made by Chinon. From now on you'll also encouter some "Bolex"-products that are "Made in USA" (most likely made by B&H) or "Made in Italy" (guess: made by Silma?).
Remarks:
- Bolex can still service Bolex and Eumig cameras / projectors
- Some additional manuals can be found at apecity.
- Link to a French list of Bolex-super8-cameras (PDF).
- Link to an Italian list of Bolex-made cameras
- The Bolex Collector has got some usefull information as well
Pages in category "Bolex"
The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
