User manual BEAULIEU R16 AUTOMATIC

[. . . ] how to use your camera Beaulieu R 16 ((Automatic» 1 2 3 4 5 Battery Power Socket for the Camera Handgrip with Built in Battery 13 14 15 16 Cable Release 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Remote Release Socket Eyesight Correction Viewfinder Speed Control Knob Adjustment for Master Control Switch Release Button Socket Isolating Switch to Camera Footage Counter Frame Counter Zero Reset Control for Frame Counter Single Frame Release Socket Siqnal Generator Socket Turret Locking Catch with Tachometer for Exact Speed Setting Speed Range Switch 24/25 or 2-64 Frames per Second Film Sensitivity and Filming Adjustment for Light Meter Automatic Control. Diaphram Speed 6 for Power Supply 7 8 9 10 11 12 (Regulomatic) Diaphram Servo Motor for Automatic Iris Diaphram Setting Ring Ring Focal Length Adjusting Focus Adjustment Ring. Zoom Lever Socket. PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION 1. 21. Battery Power Socket for Camera Handgrip with built in battery Master Control Switch Release Button with Cable Release Socket Isolating Switch for Power Supply to Camera Footage Counter Frame Counter Zero Reset Control for Frame Counter Single Frame Release Socket Signal Generator Socket Turret Locking Catch Remote Release Socket Eyesight Correction Adjustment for Viewfinder Speed Range Switch 24 to 25 and 2 to 64 Frames per Second Speed Control Knob Tachometer for Exact Speed Setting Film Sensitivity and Filming Speed Adjustment Automatic Diaphragm (Regulamatic) Control Servo Motor of Automatic Setting Diaphragm Iris Diaphragm Ring. 2 BEFORE FILMING 1. Loading ~e Came~ Loading the Film Holding the Camera Adjusting the Viewfinder Setting the Filming Speed Adjusting the Exposure:!Control (Filming Speed/Film Sensitivity) Operating the Automatic Diaphragm Operating the Manual Diaphragm <li J Operating the Camera with "a 3 Lens Turret Viewing and Focussing ~Unloading the Film SPECIAL APPLICATIONS 1. [. . . ] The usual range of lenses are as follows: Normal lens of 25 mm focal length Wide Angle lens of 10 mm focal length Telephoto lens of 75 mm focal length. All lenses of standard C mount film plane distance (17. 52 mm) are suitable for mounting on the turret, as long as the rear part of the thread, when set at infinity, is not longer than 3. 8 mm. It is also possible to use the turret camera with zoom and very long telephoto lenses. For evry heavy lenses, we would recommend the turret strengthening plate. Mono and turret Model B Reflex Control Cameras can be converted to automatic cameras as long as the specially adapted zoom lenses are fitted. 10. Focussing : The viewfinder is adjusted to suit the eye of the cameraman. The subject to be the filmed should be framed in the viewing screen, then the focussing control turned until the subject is sharp in the viewfinder and it will then be sharp on the film. If the camera is equipped with a zoom lens it is easier to focus if you set the zoom control to the telephoto position. 16 11. Taking out the film : When the letter f appears at the end of the film counter the film is finished. Open the camera, run the motor until the film is completely on the take-up spool. II you wish to take the film out before it has finished, this can be done by taking out the film guide. This enables you to change a film in mid reel to another sort of emulsion. To replace the film guide, merely push it back until it is secure. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS 1. Tripod use: Before fixing the camera to a tripod, do not forget to switch on the isolating switch of the handgrip to the continuous position (turn the button a quarter of a turn clockwise). After use remember to switch off the power. 2. Reverse filming: Set the master control to the position « Retour ». Filming in reverse for special effects: Rewind the film so that a superimposition or a change of film can be achieved. The footage counter and the frame cou nter enable you to check exactly how much film has been re-wound. NOTE: Filming in reserve is effective at all speeds but not with the 200' rnaqazine. . 17 3. When filming single shot it is necessary to use a tripod and to use the cable release in the special release socket. The exposure times per frame on single picture are as follows: 2 frames per second = 1/5 of a second 4 frames per second = 1!1 0 of a second 8 frames per second = 1/20 of a second 16 frames per second = 1/40 of a second 25 frames per second = 1/62 of a second 32, 48 or 64 f. p. s. NOTE: When you want to film single picture, never put the cable release in a position for continuous filming. There is a danger that you may jam the mechanism. 4. Remote control filming: This facility is offered by the BEAULIEU camera and is useful to anybody who wishes to keep away from the subject (animal life, children, etc. ) or when there is a certain amount of danger (wild animals, automobile racing and aerobatic maneouvres and scientific experiments, etc. ). Put the isolating switch in the locked position and do not forget to cover the viewfinder window. [. . . ] Put the feed roller for the 200' magazine on the top spindle of the camera. Put the end of the film between the two feed rollers of the magazine and put it into the camera unrolling about 18; of film (f). Feed the film through the feed sprocket and film guide into the gate and then thread the film as in the camera operating instructions (h). Make feeds sideways on put the film on the feed sprocket and through the up sprocket, it is easier if you run the camera at the sure that you push the side of the film so that it to the perforations. 7. [. . . ]