Ken Moss

Chris, i am trying to get my hands on a Switar preset RX 10mm 1.6 as we speak. I have heard of some people using canon FD lenses. Would these have the same framing ratio as the RX lenses?

Thanks for the helpful replies everyone, lots of knowledge on this forum! Im now searching for RX, or Bolex specific lenses... I shoot this type of stuff, feature length, shorts that are primarily to be the 20's to the 50's mainly drive in style stuff. Can anyone suggest a good prime and zoom lens for this camera? This was shot and edited in 1 day for promo purposes with a t2i dslr. Thanks again.

John, my camera came with a bayonet to c-mount . Mark, thank you for the link! I am converting this to S16, would that change the focal length any when using m42 or EOS lenses? And would it be better to get a m42 bayonet mount or just the adapter? Thanks Ken

I held a lens up to the camera, and there is a picture! Luckily i only saw 2 little dirt speks in the reflex. Thanks for the help.

I live in the states. How about 50mm primes m42 mounts on a bolex? Im pretty attached to my super takumars. Ivee seen a few mounts and adapters online. Just unsure which would be best.

John, thanks for the reply. I will give that a shot. I do see "halos" when.looking through say, looking at a light bulb. Im looking into buying a EOS to c-mount adapter for my existing EOS lenses and my m42 mount so I can use my super takumar on this. Could you recommend a good lens adapter and repair / cleanning shop? Thanks Ken

Hello everyone, I just ended up getting a Bolex H16 SBM off of eBay.motor and all levers and gears runs smooth. My concern is, when I.look into the reflex view finder all I see I a white blur I do not have a lens for it yet, but was unsure if its one of the prisms or not. Thanks

the only way that it will sometimes turn on is when i press the action trigger and the power switch that is on the handle together and it make a loud noise if i do that. And i know its not good to do that.

when the camera does power up it works? its only sometimes, pretty much when it wants to. no there are no diagram in the battery box not even a + or - sign? i have both sets of batteries also. sorry for the misunderstanding.

when the camera turns on everything works. motor etc. so i think it has something to do with the switch on the handle or the connection to battery box. How much would a repair for this cost?

wonder what the problem is then?

could there be a bad connection on my battery box? im still confused why it would say 1.5v on the battery box and that you should use 1.2v? no diagram at all.. in manual anywhere?

how exactly do you load them? inside the holder theres a circle then a tab, etc.?

yeah the handle holder has no + or - on it but i think i loaded them right? because it turned on for me several times but now its just by chance. im going out to get new batteries today so i can test it again.

no just says 1.5v. is there any special way to put the batteries in the holder? it just started to go weird on me last night.