Canon Reflex Zoom 8-2 User guide

Thank

yo

u f

or

buying the Canon Refl ex

Zo

om 8.

The new Can on Reflex

Zo

om 8 is another Ca non's

fir

st!

The first 8 mm cine camero with the fastest

speed

Fl.4

ZOom lens. The first 8mm cine cornero

to com bine the highest

qual

ity optical system

wi th Pr

of

essional level body mechanism. The

first 8 mm cine camero with on amazing 10 mm-

40 mm

zo

oming range . . .

yo

u can zoom fro m

wide -angle to teleph

ot

o

co

ntinuo usly !

Please read the f

oll

owing pages

car

efully to

ge t utmost e

njoy

ment in taking 8 mm

motion

pictures

with

the

new

Can

on Reflex Z

oom

8.

Thank

yo

u.

Sincere ly yours

7

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Dr. T. M

itar

ai

Presiden t

4

5

CANON

REFLEX

ZOOM

8-2

The

Canon

Reflex

Zoom

8 is

extremely

simple

to

(4)

FILMING

MECHANISM

operate

that

even

a

very

beginner

can

take

fine

motion

pictures.

These

are

the

special

features;

7

filming

speeds

from

8

to

64

frames

per

second

are

available

with

this

camera.

A

single

frame

exposure

(1) CANON-EXCLUSIVE

ZOOMING

is

also

possible.

SYSTEM

THE

EXPOSURE

LEVER is

equipped

with

a

SAFETY

The

Zoom

8

has

the

fastest

speed

F

1.4

zoom

lens

with

an

amazing

zooming

ratio

of

1

:4.

The

power-

LOCK

as

well

as a

RUNNING

LOCK

which

enables

ful

4X

magnification

enables

you

to

zoom

from

wideangle

to

telephoto

continuously.

Once

the

continuous

picture

taking

without

having

the

exposure

subject

is

focused,

the

performance

to

world-

lever

kept

depressed

by

your

finger.

There

is

also

famed

Canon

precision

lens

and

the

zooming

system

assure

you

of

absolute

sharpness

during

a

FOOT

AGE-COUNTER

which

shows

the

length

of

the

entire

zooming

operation.

It is

also

devia-

tion

free

which

enables

you

to

take

clear-and-

film

exposed.

sharp

pictures

at

any

point

between

10

mm

and

40mm,

making

composition

a

breeze!

The

clear-

est

and

smoothest

zooming

effect

is

obtained.

(5)

CLOCKWORK

SPRING

MOTOR

(2) SINGLE-LENS

REFLEX

SYSTEM

The

Zoom

8 is

superbly

designed

for

the

easiest

Like

a

watch,

the

Spring

Motor

with

a

ratched

wheel

and

most

care-free

picture

taking.

The

single-

enables

you

to

wing

without

reseasing

your

grip

on

lens

reflex

system

of

the

Zoom

8

assures

you

of

the

easiest

viewing

and

the

most

accurate

the

handle.

Uniform

speed

is

maintained

throughout.

focusing

through

the

lens.

Single

lens

reflex

focusing

assures

the

freedom

from

parallax

error.

A

warning

signal

sounds

approximately

3

sec.

,50

You

will

view

with

full

brightness

at

01\

time;

frames

or

7-1/2

inches

in

length,

before

the

spring

closing

lens

aperture

does

not

affect

the

bright-

ness

of

the

view.

The

split-image

rangefinder

runs

down.

gives

critical

focusing.

Canon

REfLEX

ZOOM

][i]

~

(3)

CdS'

EXPOSURE METER COUPLED

Page

(6)

FOOTAGE-COUNTER

TO THE LENS

DIAPHRAGM

,)

)

Exposure

Meter

Adjustment

Dial

13

Super

sensitive

CdS

Exposure

Meter

is

incorpo-

In

addition

to

a

FOOTAGE-COUNTER

INDICA

TOR

rated

in

the

Canon

Reflex

Zoom

8.

Setting

~

2)

Meter

Window

..

12

exposure

is so

much

more

easier

now.

You

can

DIAL,

a

click

signals,

as

every

7

-1/2

inches

of

film

is

now

view

while

you

turn

the

aperture

ring

to

(,;,

......

.14,15

exposed,

for

accurate

counting

while

the

picture

<

••••

Zoom

Lens

get

accurate

exposure.

An

accurate

exposure

is

automatically

determined

by

simply

rotating

taking

is in

progress.

The

indicator

automatically

(4)

Spring

Motor

Winding

Lever

..

.6,8

the

aperture

ring

to

match

the

needle

to

the

index

mark

both

of

which

are

visible

in

the

returns

to

"S"

or

starting

position

as

the

side

cover

:~

fi'r

Shutter

Release

Safety

Lock

.10,11

viewfinder

window.

is

opened.

If

you

want

to

keep

the

same

footage

(r, I

Shutter

Release

Lever

10

The

meter

can

be

employed

in

all

filming

speeds

and

aperture

readings

of

the

Zoom

8

for

all

shown

on

the

indicator

dial

even

after

the

side

cover

'7)

Continuous-S

i

ngle-Fr

ame

film

with

se

nsitivine

s

for

ASA

10

to

320

DIN

8

to

26;

for

ASA

640

DIN

29

film

all

is

opened,

press

the

FILM

COUNTER

CONTROL

Changing

Lever

..

.....

10

readings

except

a

speed

of

8

and

12

{p

s.

BUTTON

adjacent

to

the

counting

indicator

when

you

:H'I

Release

Socket.

.......

, ..

...

21

"Sulfur-Cadmium

open

the

side

cover

.

"H)

Filming

Speed

Dial

.........

.. 10,11

mmwJ

@~

Hand

Grip

.........

..........

........

.

18,19

6

7

LOADING

THE FILM

( 1) To

win

d the spring

mecha

·

nism,

life

the

ratchet

winding

key

and

wind

the

motor

with

a

back

and

fort

h

move

ment.

( 2 \ To

open

,

lift

the

OPENING

KEY on

the

sid e

cover

and

turn

it

to

the

counter

-clockw

ise.

As

the

cov

er

is

ope

ned

, the

film

gate

will

a

utomat

ica

lly be

opened

.

and

the

FOOT

AGE

COUNTER

returns

to

starting

posit

io

n " S

".

(6)

Hold

ing the TA KE-UP SPOOL in the left

hand

and

the FILM SUPPLY SPOOL in the

rig

ht

(3) Take

out

the

TAKE-UP SPOOL

from

the

camera.

hand,

these

will

now

be a

loop

of

film in

between

.

The

cent

er

hole

of

the

unwound

spool

should

show

pa ss this

loop

over

the FILM

GA

TE

and

pla

ce the

the THREE

NOTCHES

faci

ng up . Rev

erse

side

of

the

TAKE-UP

SPOO

L on the TAKE-UP SPINDLE at the

spool has FOUR NO TCHES a

rou

nd the

center

hole

bottom

of

the

camera

,

wh

ile the

new

film-spool

(See the

drawing

on the

opposite

page

l.

plac

ed on the FEED SPINDLE at the

top.

The TAKE-UP SPOOL

will

now

show

three

notches

(4 ) Tak e the

seal

off

the

new

film

and

unroll

about

up

and

the FILM SUPPLY SPOOL

will

show

the

2 Scm 10

inches

)

of

the film .

..

four

-notch

hole

fac

ing up .

Take

care

t

hat

the

(5) W

ith

the dull emul-

spoo

ls and the

loop

of

film

are

touching

the

sion side

of

the film

fac-

floor

of

the film

compartment

. If the

loop

is

too

ing the lens,

insert

the

short,

it

will

be difficult to

place

both

spools on

end

of

the film into the

their

respective

spin

dles.

slot

on the

inside

TAKE-

UP

SPOOL,

and

wind

it

four

or

five

turns

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(7 ) To te st

if

the film is lo

ade

d cor

rectl

y , pr ess

the

pres

sure Pad a

gain

st the Film

Gat

e

an?

re

le ase

shu

tte

r. (See

the

illus

tr ation. ) If the film IS l

oad

ed

prope

rl y, it w

ill

be

adva

nced smo

oth

ly

.

(8)

Wh

en the film is

plac

ed

corr

ect

lv.

clo

se th e sid e

cov

er

ti

ght

and

turn

th e

LOCKING

LEVER to the ri ght to

lock

.

The FILM

GATE

is

now

auto-

maticall

y in

po

sition

for

the film

to pa ss

throu

gh .

\9 ) Press the EXPOSURE LEVER

until

the " S" on the

FOOTAGE

COUNTER indi ca tes " 0 " . The

camera is n

ow

r

ead

y for

taking

pi

ctur

es.

( 1

0 W ind the

spring

moto

r

agai

n un

til

the spr ing is ta

ut.

CHANGING

THE

FILM

W hen the

first

7-1/ 2 met

ers

(2

Sft

)

of

fil m have been

expos

ed,

rever

se

the

film .

( 1) Run

the

film unti l the

le tte r " F" is

shown

in

FO O T

AGE·COU

NTER

W

INDOW.

(2) O

pen

the si

de

co

ver

and r

emo

ve

bo

th s

pool

s.

Turn then u

psi

de do

wn

and

ex change th

eir

po sit

ions

. The spool

whi

ch

wa

s

at

the

bottom

wi

ll now be at the

top

show ing

four

notch

es,

w hile the

spool

wh ich

was

at

the

top

will

now

be

at

the

bottom

show ing

three

notches

.

TAKING OUT

THE

FILM

Wh

en

both

s

tri

ps

of

the film ha ve been

exp

osed,

run

the moto r unt il the

FOOT

AGE

COU

NTER

INDICA

TOR sh

ows

" F " . The film can

now

be

r em

ov

ed.

10

11

EXPOSURE

EXPOSURE LEVER,

CONTINUOUS

RUNNING

and

SINGLE FRAME EXPOSURE.

For continuous r

unning

, set th e EXPOSURE LEVER

CONTROL

to " R" . W

it

h the

cont

ro

l

poin

ted

at

" R" and

the

EXPOSU RE LEVER

pres

sed

do-

wn ,

conti

n

uous

running

shot

s

can be ta ken. W hen the

cont

ro

l

is p

lac

ed

at

" 1

",

single

fram

e

p

ictu

re can be

taken

by push-

ing up the EXPOSURE LEVER.

In

both

case, shu

tt

er

can

not

be

opera

ted

if

the

EXPOSURE

LEVER SAFETY

LOC

K is

locked

.

FILMING

DIAL

The SPEED

DAIL

indicates

the

number

of

frames

e

xposed

p

er

second. By

rotating

this

dial

the

sp

eed

can

be

adjusted

to

B, 12, 16 ,

24

,

32

4B, or 64

frame

s per

second

.

Corre

ct speeds

are

not

alway

s

proport

ionally

obtained

at

any

in-be

twee

n speeds sett ings,

p

re

cau

t

ionary

recommend

ed .

FILMING

SPEED

16

frames

per

second is

the

speed u

sually

used

for

norma

l

purposes

. The speed is incr eased w hen

tak

ing

p

ictur

es

of

movin

g

tra

ins

and

ve

hicles

or

other

high

speed

or

fas

t ac

tion

subjects. A h

ighe

r speed

would

be used,

for

in

stan

ce, to

take

shots

of

birds

in fl

ight

or

to

produce

slow-motion

effects

of

sports

action

.

Speed

s slow er than 16 f

ra

mes

per

second ca n

eff e

cti

vely

be

used if

you

w ish to film clo ud or w

eat

her

cond

it

ion

chang

es

or

to spe ed up the

act

ion

of

slo w

mov

ing

ob

ject

s

for

wh

ich

the

usual

16-f

ram

e-

speed

would

app

ea

rs

too

slo w or mon

ot

onous on

the

screen.

The sing le

fra

me ex posu res be used in r

ecord

ing the

life

of

g

ro

w ing p lo nt .

It

can

al so

be

used in

CHANGES

IN SPEED

tr ick

photo

grap

hy or

ha

ve

the

following

eff ect

to giv e co mic

effe

cts

to

on the expos

ure

time.

you

r mot

ion

pic

tur

es.

Film

Spee

d

Expos ure

8 frames

per

se c.

1/ 18 se c.

12 fram es

pe r sec .

1/ 26 se c.

When

taking

single

fra

-

me e

xpo

sure

the 16

16 frames

pe r

sec

.

1/35 sec .

speed s

hould

be used .

24 fromes

pe r sec.

1/ 50 sec.

32 fro mes

pe r

sec

.

1/ 70 sec.

48 fro mes

per

sec

.

1/1 00 sec.

64 frames

pe

t Sec.

1/ 140 sec.

EXPOSURE LEVER SAFETY

LOCK

Wh

en

the

comera

is

not

in use ,

rotate

the

LOCKING

RING

clock

-

w ise

until

a

red

mark

appears

.

W hen this is

done

, the EXPO-

SURE LEVER is loc ke d to

p

re

v

ent

accidental

tripp

ing

. To

unlo

ck ,

rotate

the

LOCKING

R

ING

back

until

the

re

d

mark

is

concea

l

ed.

W it h the EXPOSURE LEVER

pr

es-

sed

dow

n the LO CKIN G RI

NG

can be

rotated

fur ther in the

s

ame

dir

ect

ion

(still co

nceol

ing

the

red

mar

k.

This w ill l

ock

the l

ever

in

posi

tio n to e

nabl

e

speed cont inuous ta k

ing

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13

3. Then,

view

th

rough

the

v

iewfinder.

You

wi

ll see a

needl e in

ver

tical

positio n and an

ind

ex mark

ab

ove

the v

iewi

ng frame. The needl e runs a

cro

ss

hori-

Now

tho

t

you

set

the fi

lming

spee

d,

your

next step

is to adjust

the

a

pert

ure

read ing

fo

r p

rop

er

expo s

ure

.

zon

ta

ll y

to

the

rig

ht and l

eft

as

you

ro

ta

te the

a

per

t

ure

scale

ring.

Cor

r

ect

e

xposure

can

be

This ca n be

don

e in

the

fo

llow ing m

anne

rs :

obtained

automa

tically

by

rot

ati

ng and adjust

ing

the

ape r

ture

sc

ale

r

ing

unti l the

nee

dle s

een

in

the

v

iewfin

der

aligns w ith the in

dex

m

ark

. (The ne

edl

e

represents th e p

re

-set

f1Im and filming

spee

ds.)

I . Fi

rst

,

rota

te

the

Expo -

It is imp

ort

an t to

matc

h

the

m ex act

ly

when

shoot

ing

sure M eter

Ad

justment

in col or ;

howe

ve r, w

hen

using blac k-

and-w

hite film

Dia l on

the

to p

of

less accur ate ex posu re ca n be allow ed . In this case,

came

ra

to m

atc

h

the

the ad

equ

ate

exp

osure

is ob tai ned unless the

need

le

ASA

or DIN readi ngs

swin

gs out

of

the deeper p

art

(on

eith

er end) of

wit

h the filming s

pee

d

the w

ind

ow

in

which

the

needle

runs

.

as sh

ow

n in th e i

llustra-

The di a

phr

agm o

pens

up w

hen

the

nee

dle

is

swun

g

tio n on the righ t. The

to

the lef t

and

clo

ses d

ow

n w hen

sw

ung

to

the

rig

ht.

illustr ation s

hows

film-

ing speed

of

16 Fps

using

A SA 40 (DIN 17)

film.

Bl ack & Wh

ite

Any

mercu

ry

ba

tt

e

ry

ha s l

ife

o f

2 . Turn th e CdS

ba

tte

ry

sw

itch-k

nob

of

ex po -

sure meter on

the

le

ft

to th e

viewfin

der,

and

a

lig

n the w

hite

do

t

ma

rk

s. Be s

ure

to

r

eturn

thi s

off

-po

s

it

io n

\

to

half-

w a y ci

rcle

)

abo

ut

one

year und er

norm

al

u

sage.

To

replac

e,

unlid

the

batter

y

case

abo

ve the

view

-

finder b y

turning

it

cou

nte

r-cloc

k-

w ise.

Take

out

the

old

batte

ry

an d

drop

in a

fre

sh

one

. Be

s

ur

e to ha ve

the

flat

part

of

the

batte

r y

fac

ing

out.

w hen no t in use

to

s

av

e

CdS

was

te

.

Batt

e

ry

f

ro

m

When

replacing

the

batte

ry ,

the

follo

wing

mercury

batte

rie

s are

a

vailable

on

the

market

:

RM-I

by

Mallory

(U.S.A .)

M-P

by

National

(Japan)

E-I

by

Eve rea

dy

(U.S.A .)

RG-I

by

Gen

era l (U.S.A .)

14

VIEWING,

ZOOMING,

AND

FOCUSING

~"-;;;7--'--

-,

1. VIEW

ING

. . .

View is

seen

thro

ugh the vi

ew-

find

er eyepi ece. As the vi

ewing

is

do

ne th

rough

the

lens,

you

ar e

absolu

tely

fr

ee f

ro

m

para

lla x

e

rr

or .

What

you

see

through

the

ey

e

piece

is

wh

at you w ill

get

on th e film . Yo u ca n vi ew

.~

the scene

at

f

ull

brig

ht ness

at

I all times. The

fiel

d-o

f-view

chan

ges

as you

turn

the

zoom

-

ing r

ing

.

At

the ma x

imum

magni-

fic

ati

on, th e focal

len

gth of the

lens

is

40

rnrn ,

at

the minimum

10 mm.

You

can

co

mpo

se

your

picture

any

wa

y you

like

in the

zooming

range

bet

w een 10 mm

and

40

mm

from

the

same

position

. The

fo

cus

will

not

deviate

.

Table

below

is

for

re fe rence to

the

magn

ification

changes.

The

Canon

Zoom

lens

is so des

igned

that

20mm

at

it is 1 : 1

actual

life

size

.

Fo

cal

L

ength

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io n 10.

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0.

81

111.311.

5\

1.

81

2

2. Z

OOMING

...

W

ith

your l

ef

t ha nd fin

gers

on

the

knurl ed zooming ring, ro-

tat

e

fr

om on e ext reme

to

ano

-

ther

fo

r zoomi ng.

Dev

iat

ion

-

f

ree

Ca non

zoom

lens

w ill

assur e

you

of

cons

ta

nt f

ocus

th

rougho

ut the enti re

zoom

ing

ope ration .

A lt

houg

h the zooming g

iv

es

your p

ict

ur e

pow

e

rf

ul

effe

ct,

do

not

use it

often

.

Too

man

y

zoamings w ill

spoil

your

pic

tur

e

and

mak

e it

extremely

annoy

-

ing

to

watch

.

15

ZOOMING

EFFECT

OF

CANON

REFLEX

ZOOM

8

J

1

J

16

17

CORRECTED

VISION

3.

FOCUSING

. . .

W

hen

you vi

ew

through

the

eye

piece,

you

w ill see a

thin

l

ine

running a

cro

ss

the

cen-

te

r

of

vie

wfinder

...

the

image

is sp

lit

in

halves

w hen

out

of

focus.

This is

call

ed

the

Split-Image

Range-Vi

ewfind

er . Focus

ing

ca n be

do

ne as you r

ot

ate

the

knurl

ed

focu

sing ring on

the

lens

barrel.

Focus in the

follow

ing

m

anne

r:

1.

Rotat

e the

zoom

ing

ring

and bri ng it

to

the

max

imum

foc

al le ng th of

40 mm (extreme

clos

e-

up).

2. Focus th e s

ub

ject

by

ro

-

ta ti ng the

focusing

ri ng.

3.

When

the spl it -

image

on

the

ran

ge

-v

iew finder appe

ars

in

perfe

ct oliq.

une

nt

the lens is crit

ica

lly

foc

used. O nce the subject

is

foc

us

ed,

it w ill be maint

ai

ned th

roug

hou

t

the

entire zooming

ope

ration

or

at

an y de

sired

po

int y ou cho

ose

f

or

com po sitio n

between

10 mm

an d

40 mm. If you know

the

ex

ac

t

dist

ance

to

the

subject,

fo

cu

sing

ca n al so be

don

e

by

si

lt

ing

the resp

ecti

ve di

stanc

e scale

to

the

ind

ex

mark

The

vie

wfi

nde

r is adju

sta

bl e

w ith an

eyep

iece

lens f

or

av

er -

ag

e e

ye

-sight a s

we

ll as

for

those w it h

par

ticu

lar

vis ion.

As

you

rotat

e

the

hood

on the

eye

p

iece,

it is

adju

sted

fo

r

your

own

vi sion.

19

18

HOLDING

THE CAMERA

The

Canon

Reflex

Zoom

8 hos

been

designed primari ly

for t

ak

ing pi

cture

wh

ile ho

lding

in

rig

ht

hand

w

ith

a

gr

ip ; ho w ev er, ca

re

should be

taken

to hold the

ca

mera

as firm ly as possib le

and

avoid

shak ing w

hile

sho

oting

.

If

the ca me

ra

is

not

st

eady

w hen

ta

king your shots,

the

resu

l

ting

pic

tur

es w ill be

shaky

and

d

iffi

cult

to

see. S

pecia

l ca re should be taken

when

z

oo

ming

or

tak ing at the m

axi

mum

foca

l length. For the

best

s

tab

il

ity

whe

n tak ing pi

ctu

res

, p

lace

the c

ame

ra

on

a

table

, or fir m su

rfac

e, or use a stu

rdy

tr

ipod

or

mon

opod.

Two

c

ommo

n

ways

to

hold

the ca

mera.

( 1) W

it

h th e

left

hand over the t

ap

of

the

cam era and

the

r

igh

t

hand

holding the t

rigg

er

gr

ip , kee p

the

camera pressed

firmly

aga

inst

the

f

orehe

ad . The

fo

refinge

r

of

the rig ht

hand

man

ip

ula

te the ex p

osure

lever. The

right

elbow is pul

led

in

aga

inst

the

bod

y .

(2)

Hold

ing the

camer

a in b

oth

hands,

the

camera is

supp

or

te

d by the

right

hand w hic h is on the hand

gri

p. The

left

h

and

is u

nde

r th e lens ba rr el

to

op

er

at

e

zoo

ming

ri

ng,

and the f

orefi

nge

r

of

the ri

ght

h

and

manipul

at

es th e exposu

re

le ver.

TAKING

PICTURES

( 1) Take off the lens c

ap

.

( 2 ) W ind the

spr

ing

moto

r fu

lly

.

Do this

af

ter e

very

ex posu

re,

no

matt

er how

shor t it is

bef

or

e th e sp

rin

g ru ns dow n.

(3)

Choo

se

the

mo st

app

ro

priat

e runn ing s

pee

d and

ad

just

the

s

pee

d dial fi

gure

ac

cor

di ngly .

(4) Set th e film s

peed

(A SA or DIN )

to

the shu

tter

s

pee

d an the E

xpo

sure Meter A djustment Di

al.

(5) Face the ca mera

to

w

ard

the

su

bje

ct. Tur n the

ape

rt

ure

ri ng and

match

th e me te r ne

edl

e to

the

ind ex ma

rk

in th e

viewfin

de r .

(6) Facus and h

ave

th e spli

t-im

age in p

erf

ect

ali

gn-

ment at the maximum

fo

cal len

gth

(4 0 mm) .

(

7)

Compose your pictu re

by

rota

tin g the

zoom

ing

ring

.

(

8)

Holding the camer a corr ectly w h

ile

lo

ok

ing

thr

oug

h

the

eye

pi e ce,

pr

ess the

exp

osure

lever.

(9) For ph

ot

ogra

phing

a

pic

ture

t

it

le, an ac cess

ory

Close-Up

lens

450

is a

va

ila ble.

20

21

PHOTOGRAPH

ING

THE PICTURE TITLE

The

para

llax

-

free,

s

ingle-

lens refl ex sys tem

of

the

C

anon

Refl ex

Zoo

m 8 makes it ex

treme

ly

simple

to

phot

ograph the tit le

of

your pict ur e. The ve rsatile

Canon

Zoom Lens w ill se

rve

the

purpo

se

wi

thout any

a

ll

achme nt ; h

ow

e

ver,

the Canon

48

mm Close-up

Lens

450

ca n

suitable

for

it.

The cha

rt

bel

ow

will be helpful to de

termine

y

our

equi

pment.

Foca

l I Distance I Di

stan

ce

from

F

ield

-

of-

Length Scale Film to Subject

I

Vi ew

10 mml

00

inflni

ty

l 58cm. 2

2-7

{8 "

12 12 x

160mm

-

1.5

meters

47 .5cm. 18-1 1{6 "

1

52

x 114mm

40 mm co

infinity

58 cm.

22-7

{8 " 53 x

40mm

I 1. 5

mete

rs

47

.5c m. 1

8-11

{16

" I

38

X2

8.5mm

No

te:

.

Wh

en

pho

t

ogr

ap hing

the

title,

steady

the

camer a on a stur

dy

t

ripod

or use a

Canon

Cop

ying Stand. (see p 25.)

. For

the

best re

sult,

use aper t

ure

sma

ller

than

F 5.6 . If necessar y, use a p

hoto

flood

lamp.

FOO

TAGE COUNTER

W hile the film is

runni

ng,

the

FOOT

AGE

COUNTER

INDICA

TOR sh

ows

the

lengt h

of

film exposed.

The 7-1 {2

meter

or,

25

f t

of film is

divide

d into five

sections on the indi cat or

sc

ale

. W hile

tak

ing sh

ots

a click is hear d

every

50

fram

es ( 19 cm) so

that

one can keep

account

of

the len

gth

of

fil m be ing

used .

FOOTAGE

CO UNTER

CONTROL

BUTTON

Ev

er

y tim e the

side

c

ov

er of the camera is

op

ened,

the

FOOTA

GE COUNTER

INDICA

TOR au

tomati

c

all

y

r

eturn

s to st

ar

ting po

sition

" S '',

If

, how ev

er,

the

CONTROL

BUTTON is k

ept

p

ressed

d

own

wh

en

opening the side co ver, the

FOOTAGE

COU

NTER

re ading remains in the same po s

it

ion w hen the lid is

cl

osed

. This is use ful

when

for any

reas

on it becomes

ne

cessary

to op en the co

ver

to

adjust

the film be f

ore

the full len

gt

h has been

exp

osed

. This should be

don

e

in a

da

rk

room

, oth

er

wi se the film w ill be sp

oile

d. For

ta king do

uble

expos

ure

shot

s (overlaps) thi s system

can be us

ed.

By

ba

ck

wi

n

ding

the req

uire

d l

engt

h in a

dark

ro

om, the same film could be

exp

osed

again. In

this ca se you can continue

tak

ing shots

even

a

fte

r

the

FOOTAGE

COU

NTER registers 25,

for

the same

len

gth o f film

was

wo

und ba

ck,

at

16 F.P.S.

ABOUT

THE SPRING

MOTOR

Wi

th one

win

ding

of

the mot

or,

app

ro

ximate

ly

60

0

fra

mes (2.3 rn)

of

film can be

exp

ose d. A warning

s

ignal

sounds ap

pr

oximately 3 seconds or

50

frames

( 19

ern)

bef

ore the mot or runs do wn.

CABLE

RELEASE

ATTACHMENT HOLE

Wh

en t

aking

pict

ure,

a ca

ble

relea se can

If

is

also

be used v

ery

sui

ta

ble

fo r single

fr

om sh

ot.

a Cine Sel

f-Time

r

att

a

ched

, you can

be in the pi ctu re .

22

23

po

sition

eac h

LENGTH

OF

FILM

TO BE

SHOTS

The len

gth

of the film

to

be shot

for

th e be st result

depends

on th e subject

being

ph

oto

g

ra

phed. The

re

is no fixed

spe

ci

fied

len

g

th,

but

if

it is t

oo

sh

or

t it

wil

l

appe

ar

only mome

nta

rill y on the sc

reen

. A pp

roxi-

ma tely 9

seco

nds or

50

em (20 inche s) of film usuall y

m

ak

es a g

ood

sh

ot

at

16

F.P.S.

PANNING

(Pano

roma

pictur

e

taking)

Panning means

takin

g

pictu

re f

rom

one

pos

ition

to

anoth

er

by mov ing th e

came

ra

a

round

to

mak

e

con-

tinu ous shot o ver a

wide

ar

ea

in on e cut of film. Ca re

must be

tak

en

not

to

mov e the ca me

ra

too

rap id

ly

in any

direction

esp

ecially

vertica

lly

.

When

taki

ng

panning

pictur

es,

stand

st

ead

ily w

ith

both

feet

apart

.

Do

not

mo

ve

from

the waist

down

but

mo

ve

the

cam

era

by

movem

ent

of

the upper section

of

your

bod

y. The best

resul

t can b e

obtain

ed b y using a

stur dy

tr

ipo

d .

In

pann

ing

,

24

or

32

is the

optimum

spee d.

Start

with

the r

elat

ively uni

mpor

t

ant

p

ar

t

of

the pi c

ture.

Co ntinue

sho

oti

ng

wi

th the most imp

or

tant secti on las t. Spend-

ing a lit

tle

add

it

iona

l e

xpo

sure time on th e last

wil

l

give you e

ffec

tiv

e re

sult

s. W it h

mov

ing

ob

ject s it is

im

port

ant

to

keep th e su

bje

ct in the

cen

ter

o f the

vi

e

wfi

n

de

r.

A s

it

is very

diffic

ult

for a

beg

inner

to

produce

go

od

pann

ing

mov

ies

, it is re comme n

de

d to

take a ser ies

of

separat

e shots

changing

the

t

ime.

FOR THE

BEST

RESULTS

FROM YOUR

CANON

REFLEX

ZOOM

8

KEEP THE FINDER EYEPIECE

CLEAN

To

get

the

bes

t result fr om your ca mera, it is

imp

or t

ant

to

kee p th e LENS and EYEPIECE cl

ea

n. Be p

art

icularl y

care

ful

to

use a

clea

n

collo

n

cloth

to

rub l

ightl

y w

ith

a sp

ectac

le

lens

clea

ner . A

lilli

e a

lcoho

l or ei ther

can be used

to

rem

ove

st

ubb

orn

spots.

KEEP THE

FILM

GATE

CLEAN

Sp

eck

s

of

film

and

dust on the fil m

gate

ca n cau se

mechanical dam age or m

ay

even

scratch the film.

From

time

to

time it sho

uld

be cl

ean

ed

with

a so

ft

bru

sh.

An

ythin

g sti cking

to

the

film

gate

w hich

cannot

be removed

wi

th a bru sh

can

probabl

y be re

mov

ed

with

a

toothp

ick

. Do

not

use a

metal

or

hard

ins

tr

umen

t.

WHEN

TAKING

PICTURES,

WIND

THE

SPRING

MOTOR

FULLY

When

taking

picture

s,

ev

en

after

a short

exposu

re

the

moto

r

should

be imm ed

iat

el y

would

up

tight

again.

This

will

avo

id the film run ning out in

the

mid

dl e

of

a shot.

Mak

e it a

habit

.

DO

NOT

LET

MOTOR

COMPLETELY

RUN

DOWN

W hen a

long

s

cene

is being

ta

ken, be

car

eful n

ot

to

let th e motor

comp

lete ly run

dow

n.

Wh

en the mo tor

is un

woun

d, it may

sto

p

lea

v ing

the

shut

ter

o

pen

,

and

th e l

ast

one f

ra

me

will

be sp

oil

ed .

STORING

THE

CAMERA

Ke ep the ca m

ero

awa

y f

rom

dom

pness, he

at,

and dust.

Tak e ca re

not

to st

ore

wi

th

naptha

lene or ca mphor .

It is no t ne ces

sary

to

oil a

ny

pa

rt

of

the came

ra

.

When

sto

ring,

the

s

pri

ng

motor

should

be un

wound

completely

. A

period

ical

cl

ean

ing

and

ov

e

rhaul

ing

the

cam

era

will

le

ngth

en it s l

if

e.

24

CANON

REfLEX

ZOOM

8 ACCESSORIES

Filters :

48

mm Scr e

w-In

T

yp

e with Pla stic Ca se

F

or

Col

or

:

Skylight filt

er

Color

con v

ers

ion filt er A

tungs

ten

type

film in d

irect

daylight.

Color Con ver sion filter B d

ayligh

t type film in a

rti

flciol light.

For Black ond W

hit

e :

UV

Ultra

Vio l

et

01

O

ra

nge

Y 1 L

igh

t Yell

ow

R 1 Red

Y3 Y

ell

ow

G 1 Gr een

Neut

ral

Densit y

filt

ers

ND4

(4x) ND8 (8x)...red

uce

exc

es-

siv e

light

irre

spe ct ive of film 's color sensit ivit y character-

isti cs.

Wh

en using

ND

fil ter, adjust film spee d or shu

tter

speed

to ge t co

rr

ec t

exp

osu re.

ND

4: Reduce film s

pee

d

by

1/4 (e.g. A SA

160

to

40

),

or increase shutte r s

peed

by

4 times (e.g. 16 f.s.

to

64

f. s.)

ND8

: Some p

roce

dure for

ND4

,

but

use 1f8 or 8.

Leather

Carrying

Case

Cable

Rele

ase

25

Canon

48m

m Close-Up Lens

450:

Design

ed

for

use

wi

th Zoom 8. It is us

ed

film t

it

ling

as w ell as close-up w ork s. Close-Up Lens

450

is

of

screw -in type.

See

the

cha

rt

be

low

for spe cifications . . .

D

ista

nc e

D

istan

ce fr om Film

Focal

Field View

Scol e on

Plane

to

Subje

ct

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TITLING

Filming a tit le

will

be very

simple

and

c

onven

ient if

Stand is used w ith Ca non

Zoom

8. The

stand

hol ds a cam er a

firm

ly

.

<>

(

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ying

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Canon

7

This is the

lat

est

model

in the

rang

e

vi

ewflnd

er

:

t

ype

cam

er

o

group

of

Ca

non

preci

sio n

famil

y.

Mod

el 7 is mo

de

w ith th e

hig he st d

egr

ee

of

pr

eci-

sion t

hro

ug

hout

its

enti re

me

chani

sm.

It s

rang

eflnd

er

and

r

elat

ed

m

echani

sm

ar

e

mod

e

to

match

the

functio

n

of

the

world

fa

sted len s

50

mm

FO

.95,

which

is 2 .2

tim

es

fost

er th an F 1

.4

.

Canonflex

R2000

The best in

singl

e-l ens

35mm refl ex cameros

with

the

fa

stest shu

tle

r s

pee

d

in the

world

... 1/

2000th

second. The qu

ick

-a s-a-

wink

Sup

er

Canomatic

System

allow

s

you

to

vie

w

and

focu

s at

full

br

i

ght-

ness

at

all times.

Canonflex

RP

The RPis th e

popula

r

-pr

iced

singl

e-l ens 35 mm r efl ex

camero

of

Canon

qualit

y

and

embodi

es

all

th e

pr

e-

ci sion f

eatur

es

of

the

R

2000

with

th ese ex ce p-

t

ion

: shutte r

of

1 to

1

/1000

s

econd

...

non

de-

tachabl

e pent

apri

sm.

Canonet

Ca non's ne w ele ctr

ic-e

ye

3 5mm cam

ero

. Just

abo

ut

the

onl

y th

ing

you hav e to

do

is

to

fo

cus

and

pr

ess

the

button

for

p

erf

ect pic-

tur

es

eve

ry

tim e... an y time

an y pl ac e. The

Canon

et's

r

ev

olutiona ry el

ectric

-eye

mechani

sm measur es

the

li

ght

valu

e

for

you...

set

s

the exposure

automatical-

ly.

27

CANON

PROJECTOR P-8

This

model

w ith all

the

up-to-dot

e f

eat

ur es is ex

ceed-

ingly

co

mpact

in d

esign

.

Built

to

gi

ve

on ex ce

lle

nt

performance

by

reproducing

sharp fl

ick

er

-fr

ee

image

on

the

scr een. The film

gat

e is de

sign

ed

to

remain

at

low

temperatur

es

pr

ev

ent

ing the film

from

dama

ge.

Precis

io n

mode

, it w

ill

g

ive

lif

e

-lon

g, t

roubl

e

·fr

ee p

er-

forma

nce . The

motor

is

sturd

y an d

will

function

efficientl

y

ev

en in

tho

se

ar

ea s w here th er e is a

marked

power

fluctuation

. It s g

ear

dri

ve is p

erf

ectl

y

balanced

and

run

s sil

ent

ly

and

smoo th

ly

. The

Canon

P-8 ha s a 19 mm F

1.4

proj

e

ction

len s

and

a 50 0W

pre-focu

s

projection

lamp

and

operat

es on

100-1

l OY .

It can

al

so be us

ed

for

ind

ivi

dual

fram

e

show

ing .

Projectio

n

Lamp

-Bell

&

How

ell mount,

100-11

OY,

500W

;

400

fl.

re el w

ith

ca se;

Proj

ection

Cord

; P·8

projector

for

12 5, 2 2

0,

or 240Y is

also

av

aila ble .

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(l1J

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