HOW TO LOAD YOUR CAMERA
Before loading your camera, tryout the important controls without film: winding, release
selector, filming speeds, exposure index dial, focal lengths control lever, variable shutter,
rewinding, release. Familiarize yourself with your camera in order to avoid wasting film.
While it is not difficult to operate the camera, a certain amount of experience is necessa-
rily required for good results.
Important -
When your camera is not loaded, never let it
run at more than 32 f.p.s., as this could cause damage to the
mechanism.
WINDING
Lift the winding key and move it back and forth until a definite
stopping point is reached. The motor is now fully wound and
will run off about 7 ft. of film. This gives you about 31 seconds
of filming at a speed of 18 frames per second.
To prevent the motor running down during an important shot
it is advisable to re-wind after every shooting.
To avoid any risk of fogging the film, the camera should
be loaded in the shade, or better, in
semi-darkness.
TO OPEN THE CAMERA
Lift up the hinged semicircular ring, turn it to position 0 and lift
the door.
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USE OF THE VARIABLE SHUTTER
o
If the light is particularly strong (reflection from snow or water) the variable shutter
can be set so that the exposure is reduced, and the use of a neutral density filter
becomes unnecessary.
o
The variable shutter increases picture sharpness of moving subjects by reducing the
exposure time. This is particularly true for films shot at 32 f.p.s. or more (slow motion).
At lower filming speeds this procedure is not to be recommended.
When filming with the shutter half closed, set the exposure dial to a number half
the speed of your film expressed in ASA, or the double number of the filming speed.
e
The variable shutter allows you to produce a number of professional effects such as
the following: '"
a)
FADE-IN
A fade-in
is made by gradually increasing the exposure of a shot to make it go from dark
to normal brightness on the screen.
To produce a fade-in,
start from the position illustrated (lever at extreme right notch
- letter S
=
Stop). Press the relase and turn the shutter lever smoothly all the way
clown (symbol D opposite the notch) and continue filming. As a rule this operation
should not take more than about 2 seconds.
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