Hi, I'm Michael, an avid collector of cinematographica: a cumbersome word used to describe the hobby of collecting vintage motion picture cameras, projectors, ephemera and home movie equipment.
I mainly collect and use cameras made by Paillard-Bolex - a Swiss company that manufactured spring-wound, clockwork movie cameras during the 1930s - 1960s.
If you're interested in finding out more about Bolex, visit my website at WWW.BOLEXCOLLECTOR.COM . It includes a history of the company, specifications of Bolex 8mm and 16mm equipment, an image gallery of vintage advertising, articles and more...