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The '''Bolsey A''' is a 35mm [[viewfinder camera]] made by [[Bolsey]] around 1953. It has a [[Wollensak]] 44/4.5 lens and a [[Wollensak]] shutter giving B, 25, 50, 100 speeds. In Sanford's book, there is a reproduction of an advertisement for the Bolsey A: in the advertising picture the camera is marked ''BOLSEY MODEL A'' on the front. Nobody seems to have ever seen a Bolsey A, and it is unsure if it was sold under that name.
 
The '''Bolsey A''' is a 35mm [[viewfinder camera]] made by [[Bolsey]] around 1953. It has a [[Wollensak]] 44/4.5 lens and a [[Wollensak]] shutter giving B, 25, 50, 100 speeds. In Sanford's book, there is a reproduction of an advertisement for the Bolsey A: in the advertising picture the camera is marked ''BOLSEY MODEL A'' on the front. Nobody seems to have ever seen a Bolsey A, and it is unsure if it was sold under that name.
  
The same camera has been sold under the name '''La Belle Pal'''. La Belle Industries Inc. was a company based in Wisconsin, manufacturing projectors and slide viewers. It seems the Pal was their only camera.
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The same camera was sold under the name '''La Belle Pal'''. La Belle Industries Inc. was a company based in Wisconsin, manufacturing projectors and slide viewers. It seems the Pal was their only camera.
  
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* Pont, Patrice-Hervé. ''Le Bolsey.'' Fotofiche n°9. Flassy (France): Fotosaga, June 1988. (Leaflet, no ISBN number.)
 
* Pont, Patrice-Hervé. ''Le Bolsey.'' Fotofiche n°9. Flassy (France): Fotosaga, June 1988. (Leaflet, no ISBN number.)
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*  [http://camera-toybox.com/sub2004e.htm La Belle Pal] at [http://camera-toybox.com/ Camera Toybox]
 
*  [http://camera-toybox.com/sub2004e.htm La Belle Pal] at [http://camera-toybox.com/ Camera Toybox]
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[[Category: 35mm viewfinder]]
 
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Revision as of 21:38, 17 September 2011

The Bolsey A is a 35mm viewfinder camera made by Bolsey around 1953. It has a Wollensak 44/4.5 lens and a Wollensak shutter giving B, 25, 50, 100 speeds. In Sanford's book, there is a reproduction of an advertisement for the Bolsey A: in the advertising picture the camera is marked BOLSEY MODEL A on the front. Nobody seems to have ever seen a Bolsey A, and it is unsure if it was sold under that name.

The same camera was sold under the name La Belle Pal. La Belle Industries Inc. was a company based in Wisconsin, manufacturing projectors and slide viewers. It seems the Pal was their only camera.

Bibliography

  • Pont, Patrice-Hervé. Le Bolsey. Fotofiche n°9. Flassy (France): Fotosaga, June 1988. (Leaflet, no ISBN number.)
  • Sanford, Richard. Bolsey, the man behind the camera. Home publication, 2003. (No ISBN number.)

Links

In Japanese:


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