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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted October 03, 2005 11:52 AM

Hey, I don't even collect 16mm , but I recently bought (for five bucks, probably a steal!) a Bell and Howell 16mm "Filmo" 70DL camera. It has all three lenses, (some quite large) as well as the smaller lenses that came with each lense for the seperate view finder, even going as far as the original vial of camera oil! It's one of those wind-up cameras that still runs incredibly quiet and honestly, the camera is in mint condition, the leather bag it's in is a little worn though, but I think it's an amazingly good find. I think it's from the thirties or forties and from what little I have read, this particular camera was very popular with WW2 photographers, as it was very rugged.

Could anybody give me any info on this camera. I'd appreciate it.

All the best!!

OSI

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John A. Pommon
Film Handler

Posts: 69
From: San Francisco, California 94131
Registered: Nov 2004

posted October 03, 2005 01:20 PM

Check out:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:s2adupfWpWYJ:www.intervalometers.com/bh/index.stm+Filmo%22+70+DL&hl=en

also:

In-Sync Publications -
www.insynpubs.com
Lots of 16mm film production equipment people in there.

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

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From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted October 03, 2005 10:18 PM

Google caches are cool, but how about the current version of the above page. [Wink]

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted October 04, 2005 12:05 PM

Though that website is cool, it's not quite the camera I have. I'm ore fascinated with the fact that some solgier may very well have captured war footage while under very unfriendly fire with this camera. It was certianly used.

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John A. Pommon
Film Handler

Posts: 69
From: San Francisco, California 94131
Registered: Nov 2004

posted October 04, 2005 07:01 PM

www.craigcamera.com
e-mail address: john@craigcamera.com
(860) 496-9791·····P.O.BOX 1637,TORRINGTON, CT 06790······FAX: (860) 496-066.

May have the manual: B&H 70-DL, -S,-H Cameras

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted October 06, 2005 11:03 AM

Thanks for all the info thus far. Actually, I have written (about two years ago) a script for a modern "silent movie" entitled "silenced" a Hitchcockian thriller about a deaf mute woman who witnesses a murder and no-one will take her serious, except the killer, and this camera would be perfect, especially since I have a scope lense which I can screw onto this baby. This may have been the best five dollars I have ever spent!

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Roger Manning Jr
Film Handler

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From: Encinitas CA.
Registered: Dec 2004

posted October 06, 2005 11:45 AM

Osi,
If you titles made for your film you should try Larry Koski he does great work. You can find him at 16mmfilms.com
Roger

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