Brand: BOLEX
Category: Camera
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for H16EBM
Uploaded: Aug. 10, 2025, 12:37 a.m.
Manual Publish Date: 1971-01-01
The manual provides detailed instructions for the Bolex H16EBM camera, covering assembly, adjustments, and maintenance for various components. Key operations include fitting the lens holder, adjusting the optical flange focal distance, mounting the variable shutter, and assembling the viewfinder. Specific steps detail the alignment of prisms, shutters, and film gates, along with instructions for using specialized tools and gauges for precision work. The manual also includes sections on electrical circuits, accessories, and wiring diagrams to ensure proper functionality and troubleshooting.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Sign | Signification |
|---|---|
| (......) | Design available. |
| (.......+) | Part not available. |
| (.......) | Superseded design. Available as stock lasts. |
| (.......)* | Faulty parts, to be returned for exchange. Cheap parts may be destroyed. Moreover, this sign constrains the repairman to fit the new version on any apparatus equipped with the old one, no matter for which reason the apparatus is submitted to him. |
| Available for fully equipped service stations. | |
| Parts appearing in the dotted field are available as an assembly. The respective reference is to be found in a corner of the field. | |
| Quantity of identical parts going with the assembly. | |
| = numbering of the designs (to designate interchangeability). | |
| Part interchangeable. Design 2 may be fitted instead of 1 and 3. | |
| Part not interchangeable. Design 1 cannot be mounted instead of 2. | |
| Design 2 is not interchangeable with 1 but with 3. | |
| d=... e=... | Mechanical characteristics (thickness, diameter, size, length, appearance, colour, etc...) enabling you to distinguish the old version from the new one. |