Bolex Reporter, Volume 5

  • Bolex Reporter
  • Christmas 1954
  • Volume 5, Number 1
  • Articles: "Sport Fishing and Filming", Lansdell Anderson; "Still the Best - Bolex", Ted Heck; "Watchmaking to Movies", Alan McMaster; "One Touch of Fantasy", Joseph Nettis; "An Apparatus for 3-D Cinephotomicrography", Zane H. Price; "Bolex Interview", R. Howard Cricks; "Testing the New Bolex H16 Supreme", Arthur Kramer
  • In this issue, the H-16 Supreme is given a full review, and the new C-8 camera is introduced. This was the last of the free issues sent to registered Bolex owners.
  • 28 pages
  • Bolex Reporter
  • Spring 1955
  • Volume 5, Number 2
  • Articles: "Better Travel Movies with Bolex", Ernst Wildi; "Someone's in the Kitchen with Bolex", Lisa Larsen; "Her Wedding Day", Morty Frank; "The Pan Cinor-60 for TV", Willis Cook; "Identification Stills with Bolex", Richard D. Merritt and Stephen D. Morrison; "Miniature Magic", Gerre Jones; "Home Spun Drama", Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Berger
  • 1955 brought new changes to the Bolex Reporter with the addition of a color cover and center art spread. An insert reminded readers that copies would no longer be sent free, but could still be bought at Bolex dealer shops.
  • 32 pages
  • Bolex Reporter
  • Summer 1955
  • Volume 5, Number 3
  • Articles: "Skin Diving with Bolex", Dr. John Storr; "Inca Highway Expedition", Victor von Hagen; "On the Beach with Bolex", Lance Edwards; "Bolex Helps Sell Bearings", Bernard Silver; "A Dancing Daughter and a Bolex", Don Langer; "Writing a Shooting Script", Peter Gibbons; "Cartooning with Bolex", William Hanks
  • The Pan Cinor 70 and 100 Direct View zoom lenses are introduced and reviewed in this issue. A nice bibliography on animated films is included at the end of "Cartooning with Bolex".
  • 32 pages
  • Bolex Reporter
  • Fall 1955
  • Volume 5, Number 4
  • Articles: "Sports Car Racing with Bolex", Tom March, FRPS; "Marching Bands and Bolex Movies", Frank Piersol; "How To Show Your Eight Millimeter Movies", Alan Costain; "Why Use a Film Script?", Adrian Siegel; "My Front Yard and Bolex", Henry J. Auger; "Simple Animation Techniques: Part One", Peter Gibbons; "Color Film Your Family", Fred Mann
  • Peter Gibbons discusses tips and techniques for simple animation, and provides a step-by-step method for animating a map by using an exposure sheet.
  • 32 pages