Dennis Toeppen

I owe it to myself to tell you, that's a damn fine camera.

Package Update: 1) Includes five 400' mags. Final answer, Regis. 2) Includes ~3" Arri monitor + Arri cable to connect monitor to IVS - this is the only cable required, as it carries both video and power signal. Price is $95k. I will provide a round-trip domestic AA ticket to CMI to pick it up, or you can pay me $150 (paid in advance) and I'll bring it to the nearest AA airport in lower 48 and meet you.

I'm sorry this doesn't appeal to you...man. Clearly, you are not my target market.

Indeed.

The camera was sold, but the Chinese buyer is now spewing excuses. The first party to show up with $95k payment in hand gets the kit. Thanks for inquiring.

I like your teenage girl impression. Good stuff.

Listed today at sharegrid.com for $95k. There is another, more complete (ie with lenses, matte box, tripod), 416 kit listed for $150k.

Purchased new from Arri in about 2015. Never used. Pictures from every angle available via PM. Includes original box/foam. Price is $3495. shouldermaginbox3.jp2

Pelican

Lens

Picture. Included zoom is 12.5-100 Kern. If you'd prefer 17-85 Kern that will cover super 16 at all focal lengths, I can provide that instead of the 12.5-100.

This is a Bolex EL MK III ("Mark 3"). It's the best Bolex 16mm camera ever made, and I'm selling a complete package. Price is $13,500. In 2013, I sent it to the Bolex factory for servicing and to have it converted to Super 16. It can now be switched between 16 and Super 16 by user. The camera has extremely good registration and no gate weave. It includes everything pictured EXCEPT the Arri/Zeiss PL-mount lens. The PL adapter is included. I cannot adequately emphasize how important it is that camera was serviced by factory. There are many people who claim to know how to properly service these cameras. My experience has been that most just throw improper lubricants into a camera and send it on its way without cleaning out sticky, caked old lubricants or undertaking numerous adjustments that are typically necessary to return a camera to proper functioning. The fact that this camera was factory serviced is huge. - The small black battery pack that attaches to the film door was recelled in 2013 and has a capacity of 1.4ah. If you want, you can re-cell it with NiMH cells and increase the capacity more. Cells are good. I have completed about four charge/discharge cycles in the past week and the capacity is good. Bolex says 6 x 100' with one charge. - The silver shoulder battery pack is a great backup or primary battery. It was re-celled 5/14/22. One XLR charger is 12v, the other is 13.5v. The 13.5v charge is typically used. Battery pack capacity is 4.3ah. - The grey flat battery pack is new old stock. It must be re-celled. I never saw any reason to do that. The cells for the silver shoulder pack are available at just about any big box store. That makes it much easier and cheaper to re-cell. - Aspherion and macro adapter are included, along with zoom lens with front and back caps. There is a bayonet c-mount adapter which doubles as a body cap. - The Series 9 flters are all brand new. The only one that has been used is UV - that's on the zoom lens (but not shown in the lens picture). I paid $720 for that set of filters! - Bolex intervalometer works properly. I never got around making a time-lapse film of a plant growing. - Pelican is included. You can take the zoom lens off and stow in in the little cutout if you want to carry the camera around with a different lens on it. - Internal exposure meter works properly. It's really handy. Having internal meter really speeds things up. - The little black Bolex charger on the white box is new. It cost me about $195 in 2013. The charger with the grey cord is inop. I couldn't bring myself to toss it, because it's vintage Bolex. - The only defect I'm aware of is inop battery test button. What's supposed to happen: If battery is good, LED comes on momentarily and goes out. What does happen: Press the button and nothing happens. But the shutter button has the same result and the battery indications work properly. Start the camera and LED comes on then extinguishes after about 1/2 second if battery is good. While you're shooting, battery LED comes on if battery gets low. When I got the camera back from Bolex factory in 2013 after conversion the button worked. Now it doesn't. Since the circuitry relating to battery voltage works, I imagine that the switch failed or somehow became disconnected. It should be trivial to repair the problem next time the camera is serviced. - The zoom lens does not cover Super 16 below 25mm. At 25mm and above, it covers Super 16 just fine. There are other Bolex/Kern zooms which cover Super 16 -- for instance 17-85mm. And there are many PL-mount lenses that cover Super 16. If you shoot regular 16, it covers the entire image area for entire zoom range. The ground glass includes Regular 16 and Super 16 frame lines. If you want to change over to Regular 16, you need to spend about half an hour taking a handful of screws out and moving a plate over to change the centering. This isn't a hack, it's the way it's designed. - There is a gel filter holder in the camera - between the lens and the body. I don't care for gel filters. It's too easy to get dust/fingerprints on them during insertion. - I'm including 5 x 100' rolls of 16mm Ektachrome. This film has been stored at -10F since new. All rolls have same emulsion number. This can be processed by Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, KS, Spectra Film & VIdeo in Burbank, CA, and others. Here's a test film I shot when I got it back after conversion. The first two shots were on a tripod. The rest is handheld. If you look at the first three shots carefully, you can see there is no gate weave and registration is great. The gentle rocking you see is not from the camera. It's from the Spirit at Spectra Film & Video. If you look at footage I've shot with my Arri 416, you'll see the same thing. Arri is pin-registered and isn't capable of producing that effect, which pins the problem on the Spirit scanner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGC8fdPsg70 Here's a film that shows what 12.5mm looks like on Super 16. The vignetting is due to the lens not covering the Super 16 frame at 12.5mm. Most of this film is handheld. Towards the end, there are several tripod shots. You can see that there are no problems with gate weave or registration -- it's rock solid (except for the Spirit issue). The edge exposure (orange) is due to Kodak spool being slightly bent and admitting light when changing film in a brightly lit area. https://vimeo.com/350247740 I'm also including printouts of MK II (I think) manual, promotional literature, and a couple price lists. The price of this camera jumped 50% between 1976 and 1978. Talk about inflation! Finally, I'm including a copy (scanned and laser-printed) of the Bolex EL Maintenance Manual. You won't find this anywhere on the interwebs, and it cost me a bunch of $$. So there you have it - the best Bolex EL you're going to find. I'll deliver this to any airport in US that AA flies to and you'll pay cash.

"Well clearly the former because you can sue on the cheque alone. You're clearly right about ebay's status but when you list with ebay you certainly have a contract with it which requires that you abide by its rules on refunds, paying for shipping and so on. If you're selling in the course of trade surely there's some consumer protection in the US? In the UK a consumer can return an item ordered online for no reason at all." Experiencing buyers remorse and then misusing consumer protections to scam your way out of a situation you alone have created for yourself is totally unacceptable to me. I understand that you disagree, and you certainly have a right to your opinion. Have a nice day.

I just received notice from my bank that a purchaser of 8mm film bounced a check to me. I'm curious how the pro-ebay people feel about that. Breach of contract or valid expression of consumer preference to not pay for product already received?

I refuse to eat round-trip shipping cost when someone simply makes a foolish decision they regret. The world should not have to bear the expense of foolish people who make bad decisions. Those costs should be borne by the fools. You're essentially saying that you're ok with everyone paying higher prices so that fools like Blaz Podgorsek can be insulated from their bad decisions.

You seem to be asserting that there are three sides to a contract, in this case the seller, the buyer, and ebay. In written responses to two lawsuits I've filed against them, their position was that they are not a party to contracts between buyers and sellers: "EBAY disclaims participation in transactions, stating in answer in case 2021SC0770 that EBAY is not a party to contracts between buyers and sellers. ANSWER: eBay admits that it operates a global online marketplace that allows users to offer, sell and buy about anything in a variety of pricing format and locations. The actual contract for sale is directly between the seller and buyer."

Congratulations. I'm glad you had a positive experience. I've been selling about $7k/month on ebay for the past 18 months. In that time, I've had several notable extremely negative experiences with impetuous buyers who simply changed their mind and sought to transfer the cost of their mistake (typically $100-$300 in shipping) to me. Ebay encourages, supports, and facilitates breach of contract by flaky buyers.

You make a deal, you keep your deal. If you buy something that is not refundable and change your mind, it's your problem, not the seller's. I am not running a Nordstrom store. I am an individual seller. Comply with the terms of my contract or get sued. It is not incumbent upon me to pay round-trip shipping for every flake that makes impetuous decisions and experiences buyer's remorse.

As expected, Podgorsek has filed a claim with Ebay, stating that the item is defective. As mentioned above, he was offered an unused, perfect new item to resolve his complaints, with shipping paid by me. Calling an item with a scratch on it defective, as he has done in his claim, seems like a bit of a stretch to me. The most frustrating part of this is the lack of reciprocity of good faith. When he complained, I looked at the packing video and found that he was correct - there was a scratch. I immediately offered to cure. Instead of reciprocating good faith, he is attempting to use my honesty and candid reply as a weapon against me. I'm glad I'm not a medical patient of this fellow. He seems to be lacking something - morals, honesty, maturity? Item is defective Comments Dear eBay, the item arrived not as described, it has a big scratch that the seller failed to describe or depict in pictures. He agreed to the mistake he made and even send a picture himself (that, like mine, proves the damage was before shipping). I decided I would like to return/get a full refund as it is not as described and has significant damage...

"eBay is getting very tough to sell on. All the fees they charge and the thieves. Some people use it for short term rentals. I had sold a lens last year and the seller tightened the tripod mount too tight and claimed it was broken upon receipt. Then after it was returned, eBay charged me for the sales commission fees unless I put in a claim myself." I've been waiting for that to happen with a camera. Luckily, none of the ~8 Bolex 8mm cameras I've sold on ebay have been returned. I have the most difficulty with computer items. I think people imagine how wonderful it will feel to own something, buy, then aren't filled with the sense of euphoria they expected when they get their obsolete computer that they don't know how to use/fix/restore. Then, they say or do whatever they have to in order to scam their money back. Do schools not teach: * Keeping your word * Honoring your deals * Complying with contracts ? I feel like we started on a downward slide when Best Buy started offering 30 day returns on everything. Consumers used to face some constraints. If you tried to return an opened or damaged item, merchants properly rejected your request. But now, consumers seem to be able to engage in transactions without any expectation of responsibility on their part.

This fellow seems to want to put together an Arri 235 package. His approach is a little weird. He started by buying a 200' demo mag I advertised on ebay. When he got it, he was dissatisfied with a blemish on the mag. But I also sensed that he just didn't want the item. I sent him a shipping label and told him to return the item and I would send him an unused, new old stock mag. This was a pretty decent offer. He replied that he was going to proceed with a (forced) return through ebay. He felt that the blemish gave him an out. Clearly, furnishing a new magazine with no blemishes whatsoever would cure any breach he imagined based on the blemish. Instead of honoring the contract he'd entered into, he chooses to use ebay to breach. Ebay is becoming less and less useful. Anyhow, be very careful if you sell gear to this guy. He doesn't seem to know what he's doing or have a sane plan. He is a Slovakian med student in Houston.

Have a look at them on Ebay. If you want to buy them directly from me, shipping is free. Just PM me. You'll need to mail a check. https://www.ebay.com/itm/314012927013 I also have a ~60' roll available for $90. These were manufactured by Kodak and delivered as non-perforated 16mm. Wittner perfed and returned on 1000' rolls. Retrocine.com spooled down to 100' rolls.

Everything about Ebay sucks now. They are charging commission (about 13%) on taxes and shipping, not just the item. It is a total ripoff. On top of that, they seem to go out of their way to screw sellers. I have sued Ebay three times now over their satisfaction guarantee. They interfere with contract between seller and buyer and I'm sick of it. Customer changes mind, files a false item not as described complaint, and seller eats shipping in both directions.

Sold on Ebay for $119. I think I get about $50 of that. Ebay is a ripoff, if you want my honest opinion.

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