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  • Tiny Pocket 8mm Camera

    Look how tiny this Bolsey Pocket Subminiature 8mm Cartridge Film Camera is,


    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BOLSEY-8...sAAOSwyoNfzmIq

  • #2
    Small in size only.

    France does seem to go a bit bonkers on some cine bits and pieces though.

    Best Mark.

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    • #3
      Interesting camera, but could you actually use it now? I ask because I've never seen anything like the cassette for the film.

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      • #4
        The cartridge is described as very rare. The film used is probably not double 8 but 8 mm. As far as I know that film is no longer sold, so you would have to split a double 8 filmstock (in the dark) and then fill your cartridge. Process should not be a problem but labs are sometimes surprising (I remember the difficulties to have black and white 9.5 film, nowadays...).

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        • #5
          I thought at first that it used split stock, but when I looked closer at the photo of the cartridge it had a wide pressure plate and "Put this side in first" on the side. So it seems it does take double 8 un-split.

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          • #6
            The wide pressure is indeed wide, so you may be correct. I wonder however if "Put this side in first", couldn't refer to the left side (to insert it in the camera and then, the owner should press the right side to block the magazine). I thought of 8 mm stock, rather than double 8, since the camera is supposed to be compact and the magazine has the mention ""single 8 mm).

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            • #7
              https://imgur.com/a/JgriLlK

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              • #8
                Its single 8 in special Bolsey cartridge.So says my cine camera book by John Wade.He also states its probably the smallest cine camera ever made,measuring 2.5 x3x1 inches.

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                • #9
                  The Latest Issue of the "Super 8" Magazine #2 by Jurgen Lossau, has Information on the Worlds smallest Super 8 & 8mm cameras pages 20 - 25


                  https://www.super8.tv/en/

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