Fred Ferguson

Hi Thanks, The White Barney basically covered the back 'magazine- era of the camera. It was made by the manufacturer and designed of course to minimize noise, I think mainly the loud magazine noise when one side was a bit empty, or you were using 100 foot metal reels inside. (you could remove the inner pressure core disk inserts in the magazines, if you wanted to use smaller film reel spools). And of course the camera automatically self loaded without opening, just by snapping a magazine on the back. - great for high speed interchange of magazines. - It was a beautifully designed camera - I think I paid about $10,000 US for the Camera & 'kit' in 1972 - (about the same price as a decent Jaguar at that time.)

I have a Boles Pro 100 - bought it in 1973 new - with all accessories, even had a 'white patent leather' Barney plus large shoulder harness - three mags, crystal. single system, filters, Angenieux lens, etc etc. in a custom aluminum large siver case - I still have everything, manual, etc etc. - it probably has less than 3 hours total running time as the graphics production company I owned experimented with moving into commercial movie production, - but didn't go that direction. When I sold the company I kept the system. Great camera for the time - but heavy... (its weight and the auto overrides were both deemed unnecessary by the pro cinematographers at that time - thus few were built). All in all a beautiful looking and easy camera to work with..