Bolex

Bolex International S.A. is a Swiss company based at Yverdon, Switzerland. Bolex manufactures motion picture cameras and lenses. The most famous and popular products of Bolex are the 16 mm and Super 16 mm format cameras. The Bolex cameras were significantly important for documentaries, early television news, nature films, and are still favoured by many animators today.

Many independent film making professionals and specialist cinematographers considered the 16 mm Bolex Camera as their preferred camera as it had features like single frame, unlimited reverse running, and auto fades in and out.

In 1923, Eastman Kodak introduced 16 mm film as an inexpensive alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. THE 8 mm and super 8 mm film (Introduced by Kodak in 1932 and 1965 respectively) generally used for home movies were even less expensive.

Looking back into the history of Bolex, it was the Ukrainian designer Jacques Bogopolsky (later changed to Bolsky) who developed a 35 mm cine camera for the amateur filmmakers. In 1924, he patented the 35mm cine camera and projector as the BOL-Cinégraphe. In 1928, Bogopolsky introduced his first Bolex 16mm camera under the Bolex name, the Auto Cine A. In 1930, The Swiss Company Paillard S.A acquired Bolski's business and, for a period of five years, his services as well. Thus the Paillard-Bolex -the cine division of Paillard S.A. was born.

In 1933, Paillard introduced the first Bolex h-16 type camera. No one remembers today what the letter