The idea seemed pretty perfect for today’s market, with companies like Impossible Project and Fujifilm cashing in on products based on or resembling old-time film cameras. The Digital Bolex was that ...

There is an origin story for every filmmaker. And many of the directors that we laud the most today had their first taste of filmmaking with the Bolex camera in their hands. First built in the 1920s, ...

Today one of the easiest things to do in the world is to take a video with your phone. You can preserve all your precious memories in perfectly clear digital form inside a little black box. When you ...

We’ve been covering development of the Digital Bolex camera for a while now. Designed to look like a 16mm camera and meant to simulate a filmic quality, it’s been a buzzed-about piece of technology ...

There was a time, not all that long ago, when most independent film-makers shot their projects on relatively-inexpensive 16mm film – it wasn't as pricey as 35mm, but was definitely a step up from ...

If anyone was still skeptical about the power of Kickstarter, they should pay attention. We'd lined up the Digital Bolex for a forthcoming episode of Insert Coin, but the project managed to surpass ...

If you went to film school any time before the Obama era, you probably used a 16mm film camera. Sure, it was a pain to load, and processing the film cost a bundle. But it produced amazing images, ...

I can remember growing up my dad used to get on my nerves really bad with his stupid video camera. It was one those cameras that recorded to reels of film that you had to develop the film for playback ...

A young filmmaker discovers a treasure trove of family artifacts and unravels mysteries surrounding her visionary great-grandfather. Though buffeted by war and personal struggles, he created a ...