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Bolsey Model C

A quirky little 35mm TLR camera produced by Bolsey in the 1950s. It succeeded the Bolsey B2 rangefinder camera. The camera features a fixed Wollensak 44mm f/3.2 lens and four shutter speeds in addition to Bulb and Time. Interestingly enough, the camera still has a rangefinder built into it, so it can be used both at eye level via the rangefinder or waist level via the TLR function.

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Bolsey Model C

For as many portraits as former staff member, Jim Hair makes, it is unimaginably difficult to get this man in front of a camera.

As to the camera, this is what the world looks like through the focusing screen of a Bolsey Model C, a fun little 35mm twin lens camera.⠀

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Bolsey Model C

The Bolsey Model C occupies an uncommon category in the history of film cameras - that of the 35mm twin lens reflex. The Bolsey Model C is even more uncommon, due to the fact that one could use either the twin lens waist level focusing screen or viewfinder/rangefinder system built into the camera. That's right, this machine could work like any TLR, or it could be used like a standard eye-level rangefinder camera (similar to some Alpa SLR cameras). It is also incredibly compact and solidly built.

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Bolsey Model C

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