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'''Bolsey''' was an American company founded in 1947 by [[Jacques Bolsey]], who had already designed cine and still cameras. The company designed small 35mm rangefinder and TLR cameras, then a subminiature using 8mm film. It disappeared at the beginning of the 1960s.
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'''Bolsey''' was an American company founded in 1947 by [[Jacques Bolsey]], who had already designed cine and still cameras. The company designed small [[35mm]] [[rangefinder camera|rangefinder]] and [[TLR]] cameras, then a [[subminiature]] using 8mm film. It disappeared at the beginning of the 1960s.
  
 
=== 35mm rangefinder ===
 
=== 35mm rangefinder ===
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* [[Bolsey A]]
 
* [[Bolsey A]]
 
* [[La Belle Pal]]
 
* [[La Belle Pal]]
* Bolsey Explorer (made by [[Braun]])
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* [[Bolsey Explorer]] (made by [[Braun]])
  
 
=== 8mm subminiature ===
 
=== 8mm subminiature ===
* Bolsey 8
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* [[Bolsey 8]]
 
* Bolsey Uniset 8
 
* Bolsey Uniset 8
  
 
=== 120 pseudo-TLR ===
 
=== 120 pseudo-TLR ===
* Bolsey Flex
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* [[Bolsey-Flex]]
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* [[Bolseyflex]]
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* ''Bolsey, the man behind the camera'', by Richard Sanford, home edition
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* Sanford, Richard. ''Bolsey, the man behind the camera.'' Home publication, 2003. (No ISBN number.)
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/bolsey/bolsey.htm Bolsey page at Pacific Rim]
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In English:
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* [https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/Bolsey.htm Bolsey] in [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/rindex.htm Pacific Rim's Photographica pages]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/other_manuals.htm Bolsey manuals] (.pdf format) in [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ butkus.org's orphan camera website]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeB_imagettes.php#Bolsey Various Bolsey cameras] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French)
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* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/704 Bolsey page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site] (in French)
  
 
[[Category: Camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Camera makers]]
 
[[Category: USA]]
 
[[Category: USA]]
 
[[Category: Bolsey|*]]
 
[[Category: Bolsey|*]]

Latest revision as of 06:13, 24 February 2017

Bolsey
Bolsey A
Bolsey B
Bolsey C
Bolsey Explorer
Bolsey-Flex
Bolsey Jubilee
Jacques Bolsey

Bolsey was an American company founded in 1947 by Jacques Bolsey, who had already designed cine and still cameras. The company designed small 35mm rangefinder and TLR cameras, then a subminiature using 8mm film. It disappeared at the beginning of the 1960s.

35mm rangefinder

35mm TLR + rangefinder

35mm viewfinder

8mm subminiature

120 pseudo-TLR

Bibliography

  • Sanford, Richard. Bolsey, the man behind the camera. Home publication, 2003. (No ISBN number.)

Links

In English: