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and 16mm Fields The engineers at the Paillard factories started long ago to develop the ideal double-eight motion picture camera. The L-8 Model BOLEX embodies improvements that a few years ago seemed too much to hope for in small cameras. At once it was found that the small double-eight did not lend itself to "wonder-working gadgets" and precision at the same time. After several years experience, amateur motion picture photographers called for better optical systems that might tend to give better definition in 8mm filming. Paillard provided this in the new L-8 BOLEX. Then came a demand for a constant speed motor that would not "peter out" as the spring ran down while filming, changing the perframe-exposure at the end of each sequence. Paillard provided this. Then, the needs for easier operation; easier to load and reverse spools; easier to carry and handle; better appearance; a method of determining when the end of one side of the film was fully exposed without breaking off the scene through the necessity of removing camera from eye to look at footage counter. Paillard provided all of these and more. We produced a small double-eight that rivals in operation and results the large BOLEX Model H-8, or even the H-16. The new BOLEX Model L-8 is by far the most precise small motion picture camera available. O.P.A. approved price, $68.75, without lens. Excise tax, $12.50. Due to present production difficulties, we cannot supply lenses for this camera, but will re-focus and adapt standard 8mm lenses to fit, at a nominal cost. Along the highways and the byways of the world . . . where men use amateur motion picture cameras for their pleasure or profit . . . to commemorate on film the passing scenes of family life ... to record history-making events of our time . . . in medical and laboratory research — there you will find BOLEX — ever faithful in all assignments. Critical movie-makers specify BOLEX because they can depend upon BOLEX ... in any country, any weather, any climate. Product of a manufacturer whose precision manufacturing heritage extends back more than 130 years, BOLEX H-8 and H-16 cameras go beyond the depths of just satisfactory performance. They provide an excellence of result which is beyond comparison . . . whether in black-and-white or color ... in addition to extreme versatility. With them, you can achieve almost any effect of the professional screen in a strictly professional manner. The BOLEX H-8 provides for 100' spools of film against other 8's 25 ft., making it the most economical of all 8's to use. In performance and features, both the BOLEX H-8 and the BOLEX H-16 are identical. Both feature automatic threading; critical visual focusing; tri-focal, parallax correcting viewfinders; focal plane shutters; all speeds from 8 to 64 frames per second; clutch to disengage spring motor; filming by crank, either forward or reverse; still picture mechanism, and a host of other refinements which have won for BOLEX the highest acclaim of critical amateurs the world over. The price of BOLEX is just $200.00, without lens. This is actually $65.00 below the O.P.A. ceiling price. Present retail prices are not "bargain" prices, but fair prices based on distributor's cost and a desire to deliver more camera value for camera dollars. In the opinion of owners, BOLEX cameras are the finest motion picture cameras produced at any price. * STILL THE BEST OF ALL BEST •■BUYS" UNIT FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, N. Y. ED STATES WAR BONDS *