No.1
No
.2
..
FITTING
THE
M
'\'
TTE
BOX
ON
T O
YOUR
CAMERA
IS
EASY
The
Bo
l
ex
Matte
box
fit
; on
to
a
carefully
designed
base.
This
base
znus
t,
of
course,
be
attac
hed to Y
O.J
.r
caznera.
To
attach
the
base,
follow
the
instructions
given
in
figure
op
p
os
it
e:
Tighten screw
(a)
firmly with th, special
key
supplied with the Matte box,
Turn screw (b), whi
ch
rests
on
Ue housing, in either direction until
the
sides of the base run parallel to
the side of the
film camera.
Sc
r
ew
(c)
locks screw
(b)
in
pia('
~
.
To
improve the stab
il
ity of the bas "Iset fiange
(d)
against the camera
by
means of the adjoi ning sma
ll
screw.
A
nd
now
w e
ar
e re
ad
y
fo
r t
he
lens
h
oo
d
The sliding rail stop (kept in pla'e
by
two screws) will occupy different positions, dependi
ng
on which
camera is used:
H16RX
(No.1);
rl8RX
(No.2). See illustration.
Insert
the le
ns
hood support inn the sliding rail at the
front
of the base, then tighten and lock
the
knurled screw.
And
now
we
are
ready
fo
:
the
lens
hood
The sliding rai l stop (kept in
pl
ace by two screws) will occupy di
ff
erent positions, depending on which
camera is used: H8RX
(No.1);
H16RX
(No.2). See illustration.
Insert
the lens hood support i
nt
o
the
sliding rail at the
front
of
the base, th
en
tighten and lock the
kn
url
ed
screw.
Centering
the
lens
hood
Wh
en
the lens h
ood
is
co
rrecth mount
ed
, the front a
nd
rear fr
am
'
es
should
be
appr
ox
imately
ce
ntr
ed
in
relat
io
n to the taki
ng
lens. To
pf
'
fect
the centerin
g,
p
ro
ceed
as
fo
ll
ows:
- horizonta
ll
y,
by
adjusti
ng
the setti
ng
of the base
by
means of the screw
(b)
and the fiange
(d)
- verticall
y,
by
adjusting the position
of
the base plate (g). To do this you must:
- remove the lens hood
- loosen the carrier screws (v)
- raise the plate
(g)
the necessary distance (indication marks are picked out on each side of the plate to
facilitate regulating height).
After
locking t
he
two screws (v), fix the lens hood on the sliding rail
ancj
check the centering again.
These centering operations are made once and
for
good.
One
thing
you
should
not
forget:
In
order to enable the taking lens to
pe
netrate into the interior
of
t
he
Matte box it will
be
sometimes necessary
to remove too
long len
ses
from the turre
t.
I
With
which
you
can
use
a
wide
range
of
lenses
for
both
the
H8RX
or
H16RX
cazneras
(
starting
frozn
5.5
znm.
to
100
zn
~
).
"
When
using
wide
angle
l
~
nses,
it
is
recoznznended
to
extend
the
bellows
to
only
2/3
of
their
full
length.
I
If
you
are
working
with
a
telephoto
lens,
you
can
iznprove
the
efficiency
of
the
Matte
box
by
attaching
a
zn
ask
to
the
frazne
in
front
of
the
hood
(
fig
.
below)
.
•
THE
MATTE
BOX
CAN
BE
USED
FOR
A
LARGE
VARIETY
OF
TRICKS
Each
of
the
two
znobile
fr
a
znes,
one
in
front
of
and
the
other
behind
the
bellows,
is
equipped
with
a
set
of
sliding
rails;
the
front
frazne
sliding
rails
can
be
reznoved
to
allow
for
the
"
use
of
differ
e
nt
znasks
to
achieve
a
variety
of
effects.
Front
frazne
- the sliding rai ls can accom-
Rear
frazne
- equipped with two fixed sliding
mod ate one or two masks
which
have a thickness rails with two stops. Exampl
es
on
pages 2 and,8
of
3/64/1
or a glass plate which has a thickness show different applications for the rear frame.
of
up to 1/8
/1
. Furthermore several masks can
be
mounted
on
the
front
frame at the same time.
The frames, too, move
along
two
sliding rails, one of which
is
graduated in mm and inches.
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