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PeterDuke wrote on 3/13/2012, 5:40 AM
It doesn't look like a "proper" camera. What are clients going to think?
Richard Jones wrote on 3/13/2012, 6:53 AM
Yes, it looks more like an old fashioned cine camera. Brings back memories of using the oild three-turret Bolex cameras and, my favourite, the Bolex H8RX. Happy days but life is so much simpler without having to cut the film into those small coils and thern glue them together.

Richard
farss wrote on 3/13/2012, 6:54 AM
"It doesn't look like a "proper" camera. What are clients going to think?"

Not intended for that purpose. It's for those who want to make a movie or get started doing that without spending a fortune or getting distracted by the technology. It's not unique in that intent, there's also the A-Cam dll from Ikonoskop. Both emulate the 16mm film cameras from a bygone era. 16mm was affordable and good enough for arthouse indie productions.

Bob.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 3/13/2012, 7:55 AM

Great news! Thanks for sharing, Bob.

But how the heck are they able to use the name "Bolex"?


PeterWright wrote on 3/13/2012, 7:58 AM
Never mind the bolex, here's the sex pistols
farss wrote on 3/13/2012, 8:11 AM
"But how the heck are they able to use the name "Bolex"?"

According to their website they asked the owners of the Bolex name and they were given the OK to use it. Kind of remarkable as Bolex are still in business. Maybe Bolex have still got a few thousand of those bakelite handles in stock and will be glad to sell them to the makers of the Digital Bolex :)

Bob.
JJKizak wrote on 3/13/2012, 8:17 AM
Had a Bolex REX 5 and hauled that thing around a lot when I was still able to jump tall buildings.
JJK
dxdy wrote on 3/13/2012, 10:44 AM
Does Vegas handle DNG files?

How much of a computer would it take to handle these files in Vegas?

It does sound interesting.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/13/2012, 12:04 PM
Also does TIFF (boo) and JPG files (yeah?).