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Luigi Castellitto
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From: Campobasso, Italy
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 - posted June 14, 2018 07:41 AM      Profile for Luigi Castellitto   Email Luigi Castellitto   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I was wondering, with a friend, how much it could cost a Bolex H8 (maybe with the lens or just the camera body) at the time of the release.
And what the cost would be like in our day.
Does anyone have data about it?
Thank you. [Smile]

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Maurice Leakey
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 - posted June 14, 2018 09:45 AM      Profile for Maurice Leakey   Email Maurice Leakey   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I cannot give the actual cost asked for but I can say its cost new in 1954 in the United Kingdom. (UK pounds).

H8 with Switar 12.5mm. f/1.5 lens = £190
Yvar 25mm. f/2.5 lens = £33
Yvar 36mm. f/2.8 lens = £34
De Luxe carrying case = £13

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Paul Adsett
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 - posted June 14, 2018 10:53 AM      Profile for Paul Adsett     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The equivalent cost today of the Bolex H8, with just a single lens, is 5,148 pounds sterling or $6,692.
In other words a small fortune back then! My father made 12 pounds a week back then, so this camera was totally out of reach for the average person. Only a wealthy person could have afforded this camera.

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Luigi Castellitto
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 - posted June 20, 2018 04:23 PM      Profile for Luigi Castellitto   Email Luigi Castellitto   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thank you, guys, I had imagined a high cost!

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