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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 28, 2006 02:12 PM
I've seen the bottom picture before. It is used as a title card in the film "Cinema in Miniature" which Derann still sells on Region 2 DVD, but I have as a Super-8 print.
The Bolex shown is an SP-80 Special, which was the first sound machine I ever owned and still is an active member of my small fleet.
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posted November 28, 2006 03:13 PM
I must get one of those Bolex projectors so I can watch my films just by putting the reel on the front arm. No need to run the film through the film path. Excellent image quality, even when someone is standing in front of the lens!
posted November 29, 2006 07:17 AM
Graham, I love that bolex advert. I'd love to have a big blowup of it and frame it on my wall. It is so nolstagic of the perfect family setting watching home movies.
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 29, 2006 02:22 PM
Can't say the Minolta ad. gives me nostalgia, because I have two of 'em and use them all the time! One of them has been my travel camera for years and has been with me all the way from the Russian Far East, through Europe, at home and all the way over to San Francisco.
Not bad for something I snagged off E-bay for 10 bucks!
Enjoyed the ad.! Thanks, Mike!
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