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Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

 From The Bolex Reporter magazine ,Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968) , an in-depth look at the Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 camera.

Also an article from The Bolex Reporter,  Vol. 19, No. 1 (1969) on "Zoom or Macrozoom?" that discusses some of the distinctive features of the Paillard-Bolex Macrozoom lens (Bolex 155 and Bolex 160) , but more generally discusses the unfortunate tendency of many amateur filmmaker's to over-use the Zoom Lens while filming , too much in-and-out which gets repetitive and visually annoying, so it is a caution to avoid using the zoom function too much. (what was true in the 1960's is still true today!)

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Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter - The Bolex 155 Macrozoom Super-8 Camera - Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1968)

Bolex Reporter Vol. 19, No. 1 (1969) Zoom or Macrozoom ?

Bolex Reporter Vol. 19, No. 1 (1969) Zoom or Macrozoom ?