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John Whittle
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posted July 09, 2009 03:29 PM

While surfing a typewriter site, I found the following quote related to the Hermes Typewriter which was made by Paillard:

"In the 1930s the firm had also been manufacturing movie cameras-the Bolex cameras, and after World War II, the success enjoyed by the Hermes typewriter and the Bolex movie equipment persuaded the management to abandon production of gramophones and radio sets and concentrate on the two principal product lines. In 1970 Paillard signed an agreement with the Austrian group, EUMIG, under which Eumig gradually took over the production of the Bolex equipment."

If this is true, anyone know dates of change-over to Eumig production for various product lines (like 8mm projectors, 16mm projectors, cameras, etc) and were new products designed by Bolex or Eumig?

John

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Hugh McCullough
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posted July 09, 2009 03:50 PM

The Bolex 714/715 and the Eumig S912GL are one and the same.

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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posted July 09, 2009 04:26 PM

Even some models of the earlier series 800 by Eumig had a Bolex clone... One of these should be the model SM 80

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Steve Klare
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posted July 09, 2009 04:33 PM

Bolex 150 Super, 155 Macro, and 160 Super were the only genuine Bolex Super-8 cameras. Everything after that was a rebadged Eumig.

My first sound projector is a Bolex SP-80 Special. It is a close cousin to the Eumig 800 Series and says "Made in Austria" on the serial number plate. The schematic in the manual says "Eumig" on it!

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John W. Black
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posted July 09, 2009 10:14 PM

The problem with with the Eumig made Bolex was the sprockets were rather cheaply made and were prone to breaking.I have two with this problem and no problem with my 16 Eumigs.

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Paul Adsett
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posted July 10, 2009 10:13 AM

As much as I like Eumig, they never matched the unique Bolex look and quality. The old Bolex projectors, such as the M8 and the 18-5, were all metal and finished to a stunning metallic shine. Same thing with the cameras, with that gorgeous polished alloy and black leather. After the 800 series, Eumig/Bolex projectors went heavily plastic and the cameras were almost totally plastic.
Good performers - but the Bolex magic was gone forever.

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Steve Klare
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posted July 10, 2009 10:46 AM

It's kind of strange, there's an expression "Is that a Rolex or a Bolex?" which means "Is that the real thing or just a cheap knock off?"

The people that came up with this one had no idea what they were saying: Rolex and Bolex are both great designs well manufactured. Both Swiss too!

I have the 150 Super. It's a remarkable camera: noisy, heavy, but it takes beautiful images and it's rugged enough to smash walnuts if you felt like it. Looks like a ray gun!

John? Which Eumig/Bolexes had that problem?

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