Posts: 65
From: Palm Springs, Florida,USA
Registered: Aug 2007
posted December 24, 2016 08:43 PM
Hello,
I picked up a Bolex 16mm Camera and realized that the pressure plate is missing! I was wondering if anyone has an extra pressure plate they could spare? Or if they have a Bolex that no longer works, perhaps I could purchase the pressure plate from you. I'd appreciate any help at all. Please let me know your asking price.
Posts: 540
From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013
posted January 01, 2017 07:35 AM
Since the Bolex H16 was such a long-lived camera the gate pressure plate changed over time. Cameras with serial numbers of the mid 1950s onwards have non-ferrous plates. Try and source a plate from a camera of similar age.
Posts: 65
From: Palm Springs, Florida,USA
Registered: Aug 2007
posted January 02, 2017 08:59 PM
Thanks for your help and suggestions guys. I ended up getting a good deal on another Bolex. I figured this would be a better option than waiting and hoping to find a replacement part.