Media Services only circulates Bolex Cameras to students who have enrolled in Film I and have been tested and approved by their TA.
A Bolex is a spring-wound clockwork-powered motion picture film camera that only captures silent images. Image is captured onto a photo-chemically sensitive piece of film, one frame at a time. Film is then processed and reproduced/projected at 24 frames per second (FPS). Camera can capture 1 frame at a time (as in stop motion animation) or at 24 FPS (for continuous motion) or 64 FPS (for slow motion).
Patrons checking out a Bolex will usually need to also check out a Light Meter and often, a Tripod.
This essential PDF names all of the parts and functions of our standard circulating Bolex 16mm Camera.
This is a Bolex Test: NAMING THE PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE 16MM BOLEX