Bolex

Explore 3 Bolex vintage camera models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.

Cine Cameras

• H 16 DELUXE — A 16mm non-reflex movie camera with automatic threading, variable speeds up to 64 fps, and a parallax-correcting Octameter viewfinder for precise framing.
• H 16 REX — A 16mm reflex motion picture camera known for its precision and reliability in portable filmmaking. With detailed specs and production dates.
• H 16 S — Bolex H 16 S — a Swiss-made 16mm non-reflex cine camera from the mid-to-late 1960s, three-lens C-mount turret, external dogleg viewfinder.
• H 16 STANDARD — A 16mm cine camera produced by Bolex, used in news-gathering and commercial production. Find the complete spec table and when it was made here.
• H 16 SUPREME — A precision 16mm spring-wound motion picture camera with reflex viewing, three-lens turret, and built-in filter slot, produced from 1953 to approximately.
• H 8 — Bolex H-8 (1958–1962): the world's first 8mm camera with a reflex viewfinder, sharing the H-16's spring motor and three-lens turret design with C-mount lenses.
• H16 Reflex (1956) — Bolex H16 Reflex (1956): Swiss 16mm spring-wound cine camera with ten-prism reflex viewing, 12–64 fps, C-mount turret, and variable shutter. Collector pricing included.
• H16 RX-5 (1966) — That quiet whir of the spring-driven mechanism, the tactile precision of hand-cranking film backward through the gate—this is the machine that taught…
• H16 SBM (1970) — The Bolex H16 SBM (1970) is a Swiss spring-wound 16mm reflex camera with bayonet mount, 5.5 lbs, 130° variable shutter, and frame rates to 64 fps.
• L-8 — Bolex L-8 8mm movie camera, 720g, 12-32fps, proprietary D mount — compact spring-wound film camera from the 1940s–50s. Find full specifications here.

Other Models

• 18 5 AUTO — An 8mm film projector with automatic threading and dual-speed projection, made by Bolex. Includes full specifications and production years.
• 18 5 L — Bolex 18-5L Super 8 silent projector, introduced 1967. Swiss-made, dual-speed (18/5fps), cast aluminium body. Owners praise its quiet, steady performance.
• B8L — An 8mm wind-up cine camera introduced in 1958, notable for including a built-in exposure meter. Find detailed specs and production dates here.
• D8L — A wind-up 8mm pocket cine camera with triple-lens turret and through-the-lens metering, made in Switzerland. Find the complete spec table here.
• H16 — A Swiss-made 16mm motion picture camera that became a staple in independent and student filmmaking. Includes the complete spec table and when it was made.