Edward Wilson

Thanks for the info everyone. Prices have really dropped in the last while, I think I paid that much for the bolex outfit way back when. The SR3's are quite tempting, but I'm not really looking to spend quite that much. Most of the time for real projects I'm shooting digital, but I've always thought that shooting film improved my skills and planning quite a bit more than digital, and have always enjoyed the process and the look. The bolex has always been more for personal enjoyment and skill building, I bought it back while I was still in school. Though I have used it for quite a few music video type projects. I've got a couple "personal" projects that I would like to shoot 16mm and it looks like I might end up close to breaking even vs renting, if I'm careful. And then its there for a bit of fun every now and then, also it does seem to help bring folks on the film bandwagon when you can cut a deal on the camera. At least I saw that a bit on the bolex. Will, the offer is tempting but it's probably going to be a while till I actually pull the trigger on this, Waiting on the tax return, its kinda a present to myself in that regard. Thanks everyone.

Hi, I've been thinking about moving up to an SR 1, I've been using a Bolex for some time and am looking to move up to a sync package. I've grown to like the squarer format and haven't had too much trouble when I really needed a 16:9 extraction. And the glass is a bit more obtainable these days. So I have no intention of trying to have it converted to S16. With that in mind could anyone give me a ballpark on what I should be looking to spend? Assuming it's a basic package, body, a couple mags, batteries and charger. Not looking for a video tap at this point either. I know I'll need to add quite a bit more gear to it to really get the best out of it, but its been a bit easier to budget for those items. And I know Glass is probably going to run me more than the camera. Prices seem to have come down quite a bit from when I bought the Bolex, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of these things changing hands these days so I've had a hard time figuring out what their going for lately. Thanks