the abandoned digital bolex

Interesting story on how it was made, its success, and why it was abandoned even when it always sold its full inventory BMD is mentioned ar 22:00. They are still selling at 4times the original retail value.

Ricard Marty

I always loved the concept of this camera. If I had bought a Boxel H16 after being introduced to it in college and gotten some nice C-Mount 16mm Glass, then I would have had the glass for the Digital Bolex and it would have been perfect for emulating that 16mm look.

However, you could still achieve that with the BMCC2.5K to a degree. Although the form factor of the Digital Bolex was closer to the classic film Bolex. And, that's where I think it really shined.

It was too hipster, modelled more on amateur retro Super 8 cameras, than the original Bolex H16 (which was more box and strangely how some modern body forms look). 2K and a small CCD had very short legs at the time too, when the Red One had long since shown 4K and large Cmos was the future. I still love my near perfect Beaulieu 4008ZM4, having said that, even if it will never see another Super 8 cartridge again.