Bolsey B3 (about 1956)

The Bolsey B3 is a Bolsey Jubilee without the "Set-o-matic" exposure calculator.  It was made about the time Bolsey Corp. of America was in financial difficulties and camera distribution was taken over by Obex. 

The camera has a die cast aluminum body with gray leatherette and chrome trim. The lens is a coated, f/2.8-f/22, 45 mm Bolsey-Steinheil Anastigmat with three elements in three groups. The shutter is a self-setting Bolsey-Gauthier leaf shutter with speeds running from 1/10 to 1/200 second plus B. The shutter is interlocked with the film advance to prevent double exposures. The camera needs to be loaded with film in order to operate the shutter. The shutter release is on the body of the camera. The back of the camera comes off for loading film. The film counter needs to be manually set to the number of pictures on the film and counts down. The film path is short enough to permit a couple of extra exposures on a regular roll of 35 mm film. There is a connection for a proprietary Bolsey flasholder.