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Hey wondering if anyone has worked with the new digital Bolex.  Seems like more of a toy than a real production camera. [arbitrary spinning wheel control]. Looking for experiences / successful work flows for getting usable audio into camera- I found the meters a little weird to use. [initially lining up -20] 

With an internal SSD and no playback function, Ill have to wait until tomorrow to hear about the results.

 

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I saw the camera and I kind of liked it.. CCD chip instead of CMOS, and I think it has a real shutter.

What I couldn't figure out .. is that mic input only?.... no line level.. and is there a way to shut the phantom power off?

 

At least it has XLR inputs.

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Just one post..but happened to see it in a forum a few minutes ago:

"The pre-amp on the Bolex is awful. Add to that terrible audio controls and it is recipe for disaster. Shot an entire day on it for a feature earlier this year. Two actors speaking at the same volume- One spiked the audio and the other barely registered. Had a top notch Audio team and they couldn't save the audio."

Of course, can hope it's user error or a defective unit but...

It came up in a discussion about using a test Cion, in which they said "I was expecting shit like the Digital Bolex but the preamp is solid."

 

 

 

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Just one post..but happened to see it in a forum a few minutes ago:

"The pre-amp on the Bolex is awful. Add to that terrible audio controls and it is recipe for disaster. Shot an entire day on it for a feature earlier this year. Two actors speaking at the same volume- One spiked the audio and the other barely registered. Had a top notch Audio team and they couldn't save the audio."

Of course, can hope it's a defective unit but...

​i don't doubt for a second that the audio part of the bolex is not terribly good, but seriously?

a top notch audio team recording primary sound on a feature on a kickstarted camera for a full day without doing tests first?

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Yes..there is that...(grain of salt emoticon)

 

FWIW as well, another user on Bolex forum says

"The D16 preamps are superb for a digital camera. Probably the best on camera audio quality of any camera on the planet. 

No need for external preamps unless you need a multi-channel mixer or record double system. The D16 seems cleaner and quieter than the cheaper external recorders like the Zoom H series from the music samples so far, which used internal preamp on the instrument mic channel and external preamp for the vocal mic. "

 

With that..I bow outta this ;)

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"The pre-amp on the Bolex is awful. Add to that terrible audio controls and it is recipe for disaster. Shot an entire day on it for a feature earlier this year. Two actors speaking at the same volume- One spiked the audio and the other barely registered. Had a top notch Audio team and they couldn't save the audio."

They had a "top notch team" but weren't recording double-system audio? Jesus.

To me, the only reason to record single-system is if you're getting shot at, running down the street under war/crime conditions, or you're doing a live news feed. Everything else really should be recorded separately, with camera strictly as a backup (or for dailies).

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