Canon Reflex Zoom 8 2 Owners Guide
Reflex Zoom 8-2 - Owner's Guide Reflex_Zoom_8-2 Free User Guide for Canon Camcorder, Manual - page3
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yo
u f
or
buying the Can on Refl ex
Zo
om 8 .
The new Can on Reflex
Zo
om 8 is ano ther Ca no n's
fir
st!
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speed
Fl.4
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to com bine the high est
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wi th Pr
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essional lev el body mechanism. The
first 8 mm cine camero wi th on amazing 10 mm-
40 mm
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omi ng rang e . . .
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ot
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ntin uo usly !
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oll
ow ing pa g es
car
efully to
ge t utmos t e
njoy
ment in tak ing 8 mm
motion
pictures
with
the
new
Can
on Reflex Z
oom
8.
Thank
yo
u.
Sincere ly yours
7
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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
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LOADING
THE FILM
( 1) To
win
d th e spr ing
mecha
·
nism,
life
the
ratchet
winding
key
and
wind
the
motor
with
a
back
an d
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
ll y be
opened
.
and
the
FOOT
AGE
COUNTER
returns
to
starting
posit
io
n " S
".
(6)
Hold
ing the TA KE-UP SPOOL in the lef t
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
ho le
fac
ing up .
Take
care
t
hat
the
( 5 ) W
ith
the dull emul-
spoo
ls a nd 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 d iffi cult to
place
both
spools on
end
of
the film into the th eir
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
th e fi lm is lo
ade
d cor
rectl
y , pr e ss
th e
pres
sur e Pad a
gain
st the Fil m
Gat
e
an?
re
le ase
shu
tte
r . (See
the
illus
tr a tion. ) If the fi lm I S l
oad
ed
prope
rl y , i t w
ill
b e
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
LEV ER to th e ri ght to
lock
.
The FILM
GATE
is
now
auto-
maticall
y in
po
sition
for
th e fi lm
to pa ss
throu
gh .
\ 9 ) Pr ess th e EXPOSURE LEVER
until
th e " S" on th e
FOOTAGE
COUNTER indi ca tes " 0 " . The
came r a is n
ow
r
ead
y for
taking
pi
ctur
es.
( 10 W ind th e
spring
moto
r
agai
n un
til
the spr ing is t a
ut.
CHANGING
THE
FILM
W hen the
first
7 -1 / 2 me t
ers
(2
Sft
)
of
fil m ha ve b een
expos
ed ,
rever
se
the
film .
( 1) Run
the
film un ti 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 th en u
psi
de do
wn
and
ex change th
eir
po sit
ions
. The spo ol
whi
ch
wa
s
at
the
bottom
wi
ll no w b e a t th e
top
show ing
four
notch
es,
w hile the
spool
wh ich
was
at
the
top
will
now
be
at
the
bottom
sho w ing
three
notches
.
TAKING OUT
THE
FILM
Wh
en
both
s
tri
ps
of
the fi lm ha ve been
exp
osed ,
run
the mo to r unt il th e
FOOT
AGE
COU
NTER
INDICA
TOR sh
ows
" F " . The film can
now
be
r em
ov
ed .
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10 11
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE LEVER,
CONTINUOUS
RUNNING
and
SINGLE FRAME EXPOSURE.
For co nt inuous r
unning
, set th e EXPOSURE LEVER
CONTROL
to " R" . W
it
h t he
co nt
ro
l
poin
ted
at
" R" an d
the
EXPOSU RE LEVER
pres
sed
do-
wn ,
conti
n
uous
running
shot
s
ca n be ta ken . W hen the
cont
ro
l
is p
lac
ed
at
" 1
",
singl e
fram
e
p
ictu
r e ca n be
taken
by pu sh-
ing up th e 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 spe e ds
are
not
alway
s
proport
ionally
obtained
at
any
in-be
twee
n speed s se tt ings,
p
re
cau
t
ionary
recommend
ed .
FILMING
SPEED
16
frames
per
seco nd is
the
spe ed u
sually
used
for
norma
l
purposes
. The spe ed is incr ea sed w hen
tak
ing
p
ictur
es
of
movin
g
tra
ins
and
ve
hic les
or
other
high
spe ed
or
fas
t ac
tion
sub je cts . 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 slo w er than 16 f
ra
mes
per
secon d ca n
eff e
cti
vely
be
used if
you
w ish to film clo ud or w
eat
he r
cond
it
ion
chang
es
or
to spe ed up the
act
ion
of
slo w
mov
in g
ob
ject
s
for
wh
ich
the
usual
16-f
ram
e-
speed
would
app
ea
r s
too
slo w o r mo n
ot
onous on
the
scr een.
The sing le
fra
me ex posu r es b e 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 expo s
ure
time .
you
r mo t
ion
pic
tur
es. Film
Spee
d Expos ur e
8 fra mes
per
se c. 1/ 18 se c.
12 fram es pe r sec . 1/ 26 sec.
When
taking
single
fra
-
me e
xpo
sure
the 16 16 frames pe r
sec
. 1/ 35 sec .
speed s
hould
be used . 24 fro mes pe r se c. 1/ 50 sec.
32 f r o mes pe r
sec
. 1/ 70 sec.
48 fro mes per
sec
. 1/1 00 sec.
64 frame s
pe
t Se c . 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
, t he EXPO -
SURE LEVER is loc ke d to
p
re
v
ent
accidental
tripp
ing
. To
unlo
ck ,
rotate
th e
LOCKING
R
ING
back
until
th e
re
d
mark
is
concea
l
ed.
W it h th e EXPOSURE LEVER
pr
es-
sed
dow
n the LO CKIN G RI
NG
can be
rotated
fur th er in th e
s
ame
dir
ect
ion
(st ill co
nceol
ing
th e
red
mar
k.
This w ill l
ock
the l
ever
in
posi
tio n to e
nabl
e
spe ed co nt inuous ta k
ing
.
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12 13
3 . Then,
view
th
rough
the
v
iewfinder.
You
wi
ll see a
nee dl e in
ver
tical
po sitio n and an
ind
ex ma r k
ab
ove
t he v
iewi
ng fr a me . The ne edl e r uns a
cro
ss
hori-
Now
tho
t
you
set
the fi
lming
spee
d,
your
ne x t st ep
is to a d jus t
the
a
pert
ure
r ead ing
fo
r p
rop
er
expo s
ure
.
zon
ta
ll y
to
th e
rig
ht a nd l
eft
as
you
ro
ta
te the
a
per
t
ure
scale
ring .
Cor
r
ect
e
xposure
can
be
Thi s ca n b e
don
e in
the
fo
ll o w ing m
anne
rs :
obtained
automa
tically
by
r o t
ati
ng an d ad ju st
ing
the
a pe r
ture
sc
ale
r
ing
unti l t he
nee
d le s
een
in
the
v
iewfin
der
a li gns w ith t he in
dex
m
ark
. (The ne
edl
e
r epr esent s th e p
re
-set
f1Im a nd filming
spee
ds .)
I . Fi
rst
,
rota
te
the
Expo - It is imp
ort
an t to
matc
h
the
m ex a ct
ly
when
shoo t
ing
sure M et er
Ad
just ment in col or ;
howe
ve r, w
hen
usin g b lac k-
and-w
hite film
Dia l on
the
to p
of
less accur a te ex posu re ca n be a ll o w ed . In this ca se,
ca me
ra
to m
atc
h
the
the a d
equ
ate
exp
osure
is ob tai ned unle ss the
need
le
ASA
o r DIN r eadi ngs
swin
gs out
of
th e d eeper p
art
(on
eith
er en d ) o f
wit
h th e fi lmin g s
pee
d th e 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
th e
nee
dle
is
swun
g
tio n on th e r igh t. The
to
th e le f t
and
clo
se s d
ow
n w hen
sw
ung
to
the
rig
ht.
ill ustr a tio n s
hows
film-
ing spee d
of
16 Fps
using
A SA 4 0 (DIN 17 )
film.
Bl ack & Wh
ite
Any
me r cu
ry
ba
tt
e
ry
ha s l
ife
o f
2 . Turn th e CdS
ba
tte
ry
sw
itc h-k
nob
of
ex po -
sure me ter on
the
le
ft
to th e
viewfin
der,
and
a
lig
n th e 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
y ear und er
norm
al
u
sage.
To
replac
e,
unlid
the
batter
y
case
abo
ve the
view
-
find er b y
turning
it
cou
nte
r-cloc
k-
w ise .
Take
out
the
old
batte
r y
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 he n no t in use
to
s
av
e
CdS
was
te
.
Batt
e
ry
f
ro
m
When
replacing
the
batte
r y ,
the
follo
wing
mercury
batte
rie
s are
a
vailable
on
the
market
:
RM-I
by
Mallory
(U. S.A .)
M-P
by
National
(Ja pa n)
E-I
by
Eve r ea
dy
(U.S.A .)
RG-I
by
Gen
er a l (U.S.A .)
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VIEWING,
ZOOMING,
AND
FOCUSING
~"-;;;7--'--
-,
1. VIEW
ING
. . .
V ie w is
seen
thro
ug h the v i
ew-
find
er ey epi ec e . As th e vi
ewing
is
do
ne th
rough
t he
lens,
you
ar e
ab solu
tely
fr
ee f
ro
m
para
lla x
e
rr
or .
What
you
see
thr ou gh
the
ey
e
piece
is
wh
a t y ou w ill
get
on th e film . Yo u ca n vi ew
.~
the sc ene
at
f
ull
brig
ht ness
at
I a ll ti mes. The
fiel
d-o
f-view
cha n
ges
a s y ou
turn
the
zoom
-
in g r
ing
.
At
th e ma x
imum
magni-
fic
ati
o n, th e f o cal
len
gth o f the
lens
is
40
rnrn ,
at
the min imum
10 mm.
You
can
co
mpo
se
your
picture
any
wa
y y ou
like
in th e
zooming
range
bet
w een 10 mm
and
40
mm
from
th e
same
position
. The
fo
cus
will
not
deviate
.
Table
below
is
for
re fe r ence to
the
magn
ification
changes.
The
Canon
Zoo m
lens
is so des
igned
that
20mm
at
it is 1 : 1
actual
life
size
.
Fo
cal
L
ength
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2
2. Z
OOMING
...
W
ith
y our l
ef
t ha nd fin
gers
on
the
k nurl ed zoo min g r ing, r o-
tat
e
fr
om on e e xt r eme
to
ano
-
ther
fo
r zo omi ng .
Dev
iat
ion
-
f
ree
Ca non
zoom
lens
w ill
assur e
you
o f
cons
ta
nt f
ocus
th
rougho
ut the enti re
zoom
ing
ope ra tion .
A lt
houg
h the zo om in g g
iv
es
y our p
ict
ur e
pow
e
rf
ul
effe
c t,
do
not
use it
often
.
Too
man
y
zoa mings w ill
spoil
y our
pic
tur
e
and
mak
e it
extremely
annoy
-
ing
to
watch
.
15
ZOOMING
EFFECT
OF
CANON
REFLEX
ZOOM
8
J
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16 17
CORRECTED
VISION
3.
FOCUSING
. . .
W
hen
y ou vi
ew
through
the
eye
pi ece,
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 he n
out
of
focus.
This is
call
ed
the
Split-Image
Range-Vi
ewfind
er . Focus
ing
ca n b e
do
ne as y ou r
ot
a te
the
knurl
ed
focu
sing r in g on
the
lens
barrel.
Focus in the
follow
ing
m
anne
r:
1.
Rotat
e th e
zoom
ing
ring
a nd b ri ng it
to
th e
max
imum
foc
al le ng th o f
40 mm (e xtr e me
clos
e-
up ) .
2 . Focus th e s
ub
je ct
by
ro
-
ta ti ng th e
focusing
ri ng.
3 .
When
th e spl it -
image
on
th e
ran
ge
-v
ie w find e r ap pe
ars
in
perfe
ct o li q.
une
nt
the lens is cr it
ica
ll y
foc
used . O nce the sub ject
is
foc
us
ed,
it w ill be maint
ai
ne d th
roug
hou
t
the
entire zooming
ope
ration
or
at
an y d e
sired
po
int y ou cho
ose
f
or
com po sitio n
between
10 mm
an d 40 mm. If y ou k no w
the
ex
ac
t
dist
ance
to
the
sub je ct,
fo
cu
sing
ca n al so b e
don
e
by
si
lt
ing
th e r e sp
ecti
ve di
stanc
e sca le
to
th e
ind
ex
mark
The
vie
wfi
nde
r is a dju
sta
bl e
w ith an
eyep
iece
lens f
or
av
er -
ag
e e
ye
-sight a s
we
ll as
for
t ho se w it h
par
tic u
lar
vis ion.
As
y ou
rotat
e
the
hood
on th e
eye
p
iece,
it is
adju
st ed
fo
r
y our
own
vi sion.
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19
18
HOLDING
THE CAMERA
The
Canon
Reflex
Zoom
8 hos
been
d esigned pr imari ly
f or 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 ho ld the
ca
mera
a s firm ly as poss ib le
and
avoid
shak ing w
hile
sho
oting
.
If
the ca me
ra
is
not
st
eady
w he n
ta
k in g y our sho ts,
th e
resu
l
ting
pic
tur
es w ill be
shaky
and
d
iffi
cult
to
see . S
pecia
l ca re should be tak e n
when
z
oo
mi ng
or
tak ing a t the m
axi
mum
foca
l le ng th. For t he
best
s
tab
il
ity
whe
n t ak 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
th e ca
mera.
( 1) W
it
h th e
left
hand o v er the t
ap
of
the
cam er a and
the
r
igh
t
hand
hold ing the t
rigg
er
gr
ip , k ee p
the
ca me ra pr e ssed
firmly
aga
inst
the
f
orehe
ad . The
f o
refinge
r
of
th e rig ht
hand
man
ip
ula
te the ex p
osure
le v er. The
right
elb o w is pul
led
in
aga
in st
the
bod
y .
( 2)
Hold
in g the
camer
a in b
oth
ha nd s,
the
ca me r a is
supp
or
te
d b y t he
right
hand w hic h is on th e hand
gri
p . The
left
h
and
is u
nde
r th e lens ba rr el
to
op
er
at
e
zoo
ming
r i
ng,
an d t he f
orefi
nge
r
of
th e ri
ght
h
and
manipul
at
es th e ex p osu
re
le ver.
TAKING
PICTURES
( 1) Ta k e o ff the lens c
ap
.
( 2 ) W ind the
spr
ing
moto
r fu
lly
.
Do t hi s
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 d ow 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 ) Se t th e film s
peed
(A SA or DIN )
to
the shu
tter
s
pee
d an t he E
xpo
sur e M et er A d ju stment Di
al.
( 5) Face the ca mer a
to
w
ard
the
su
bje
ct. Tur n the
ape
rt
ure
ri ng a nd
match
th e me te r ne
edl
e to
the
ind e x ma
rk
in th e
viewfin
de r .
( 6) Facus a nd h
ave
th e sp li
t-im
a ge in p
erf
ect
ali
gn -
ment at the ma ximum
fo
cal len
gth
(4 0 mm) .
(
7)
Co mpose yo ur p ictu re
by
rota
tin g th e
zoom
ing
ring
.
(
8)
Ho ldin g th e camer a co rr ectly w h
ile
lo
ok
ing
thr
oug
h
the
eye
pi e ce,
pr
ess t he
exp
osure
lev er .
( 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 .
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20 21
PHOTOGRAPH
ING
THE PICTURE TITLE
The
para
llax
-
free,
s
ingle-
lens r efl ex sys tem
of
the
C
anon
Refl ex
Zoo
m 8 makes it ex
treme
ly
simple
to
phot
ogr aph the tit le
of
your pi ct ur e. The ve rsatile
Canon
Zoom Lens w ill se
rve
th e
purpo
se
wi
thout any
a
ll
achme nt ; h
ow
e
ver,
the Ca non
48
mm Close-up
Lens
450
ca n
suitable
for
it.
The cha
rt
bel
ow
w ill be hel p ful to de
termine
y
our
equi
pment.
Foca
lI Di stanc e I Di
stan
ce
from
F
ield
-
of-
Len gth Sca le Film to Sub je ct I Vi ew
10 mml
00
inflni
ty
l 5 8 cm. 2
2-7
{8 " 12 12 x
160mm
-
1.5
meters
47 .5c m. 18-1 1{6 " 1
52
x 1 14mm
4 0 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
cam er a on a stur
dy
t
ripod
or use a
Canon
Cop
y ing Stand . (see p 2 5 .)
. For
the
best r e
sult,
use ap er t
ure
sma
ller
than
F 5 .6 . If necessar y , use a p
hoto
flood
la mp.
FOO
TAGE COUNTER
W hile the film is
runni
ng ,
the
FOOT
AGE
COUNTER
INDICA
TOR sh
ows
th e
lengt h
of
film exposed .
The 7-1 {2
meter
or,
25
f t
o f film is
divide
d int o 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
on e can k eep
account
of
the len
gth
of
fil m be ing
used .
FOOTAGE
CO UNTER
CONTROL
BUTTON
Ev
er
y tim e th e
side
c
ov
er of the cam er a 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
, ho w ev
er,
the
CONTROL
BUTTON is k
ept
p
ressed
d
own
wh
en
open ing the side co ver , the
FOOTAGE
COU
NT ER
re ading r emains in the same po s
it
io n w hen the li d is
cl
osed
. This is use ful
when
for any
reas
on it b eco mes
ne
cessary
to op en the co
ver
to
adjust
the film be f
ore
the fu ll len
gt
h has b een
exp
osed
. This should b e
don
e
in a
da
rk
room
, o th
er
wi se the film w ill be sp
oile
d. For
ta k ing do
uble
ex pos
ure
shot
s (o v erlaps) thi s sys tem
can b e us
ed.
By
ba
ck
wi
n
ding
th e r eq
uire
d l
engt
h in a
dark
ro
om, t he same film co uld be
exp
osed
aga in. In
this ca se you ca n co nt inue
tak
ing shot s
even
a
fte
r
the
FOOTAGE
COU
NT ER r eg ister s 2 5,
for
the same
len
gth o f film
was
wo
und ba
ck,
at
16 F.P.S.
ABOUT
THE SPRING
MOTOR
Wi
th on e
win
ding
of
the mo t
or,
app
ro
xima t e
ly
60
0
fra
mes (2 .3 rn)
of
film can be
exp
ose d . A w ar ning
s
ignal
sounds ap
pr
oxima tely 3 seconds or
50
f ra mes
( 19 ern)
bef
ore the mot or runs do w n.
CABLE
RELEASE
ATTACHMENT HOLE
Wh
en t
aking
pict
ure,
a ca
ble
rel ea se ca n
If
is
al so
b e used v
ery
sui
ta
ble
fo r singl e
fr
om sh
ot.
a Cine Sel
f-Time
r
att
a
ched
, y ou can
be in the pi ctu re .
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22 23
po
sition
eac h
LENGTH
OF
FILM
TO BE
SHOTS
The len
gth
of th e film
to
be shot
for
th e be st result
depends
o n th e subje ct
being
ph
oto
g
ra
phed . The
re
is no fi xed
spe
ci
fied
len
g
th,
but
if
it is t
oo
sh
or
t it
wil
l
a pp e
ar
only mo me
nta
rill y o n the sc
reen
. A pp
roxi-
ma tely 9
seco
nds or
50
em (20 in che s) o f film usua ll y
m
ak
es a g
ood
sh
ot
at
16
F.P.S.
PANNING
(Pano
roma
pictur
e
taking)
Panning me ans
takin
g
pictu
r e f
rom
o ne
pos
ition
to
anoth
er
b y mo v ing th e
came
ra
a
round
to
mak
e
con-
tinu ous sho t o v er a
wide
ar
ea
in on e cut o f film. Ca re
must be
tak
en
not
to
mo v e the ca me
ra
too
r ap id
ly
in an y
direction
esp
ecially
v e r t ica
lly
.
When
taki
ng
panning
pictur
es,
stand
st
ead
il y w
ith
both
feet
apart
.
Do
not
mo
ve
from
th e w a ist
down
but
mo
ve
the
cam
era
by
movem
ent
of
th e upp er sect io n
of
y our
bod
y . The b es t
resul
t can b e
obtain
ed b y using a
stur d y
tr
ipo
d .
In
pann
ing
,
24
or
32
is th e
optimum
spee d .
Start
with
t he r
elat
iv ely uni
mpor
t
ant
p
ar
t
of
the pi c
ture.
Co nt inue
sho
oti
ng
wi
th t he mos t imp
or
ta nt secti o n las t. Spend-
ing a lit
tle
add
it
iona
l e
xpo
sur e time on th e las t
wil
l
gi v e you e
ffec
tiv
e r e
sult
s. W it h
mov
in g
ob
je ct s it is
im
port
a nt
to
k eep th e su
bje
ct in the
cen
ter
o f th e
vi
e
wfi
n
de
r.
A s
it
is v er y
diffic
ult
f or a
beg
inn er
to
produce
go
od
pann
ing
mov
ies
, it is re comme n
de
d to
ta k e a ser ies
of
separat
e sho ts
changing
th e
t
ime.
FOR THE
BEST
RESULTS
FROM YOUR
CANON
REFLEX
ZOOM
8
KEEP THE FINDER EYEPIECE
CLEAN
To
get
t he
bes
t resu lt fr om y our ca me r a, it i s
imp
or t
ant
to
k ee p th e LENS a nd EYEPIECE cl
ea
n. Be p
art
ic ula rl y
care
f ul
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
ca n be used
to
rem
ove
st
ubb
orn
spo ts .
KEEP THE
FILM
GATE
CLEAN
Sp
eck
s
of
fil m
and
dus t on t he fil m
gate
ca n cau se
mecha nica l d am ag e o r m
ay
even
scr a tc h the film.
From
time
to
t ime it sho
uld
be cl
ean
ed
with
a so
ft
bru
sh.
An
ythin
g sti ck ing
to
the
film
gate
w hich
cannot
be remo v e d
wi
th a bru sh
can
probabl
y b e 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 shor t
exposu
r e
the
moto
r
should
b e imm ed
iat
el y
would
up
tight
again.
This
will
avo
id th e film run ning o ut in
the
mid
dl e
of
a sho t .
Mak
e it a
habit
.
DO
NOT
LET
MOTOR
COMPLETELY
RUN
DOWN
W hen a
long
s
cene
is b eing
ta
k en , be
car
ef ul n
ot
to
le t th e mo to r
comp
le te ly r un
dow
n.
Wh
en the mo to r
is un
woun
d , it may
sto
p
lea
v ing
the
shu t
ter
o
pen
,
and
th e l
ast
o ne f
ra
me
will
be sp
oil
ed .
STORING
THE
CAMERA
Ke ep the ca m
ero
awa
y f
rom
dom
p ness, he
at,
and dust.
Tak e ca r e
not
to st
ore
wi
th
naptha
lene or ca mpho r .
It is no t ne ces
sary
to
oil a
ny
pa
rt
of
th e cam e
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.
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24
CANON
REfLEX
ZOOM
8 ACCESSORIES
Filters :
48
mm Scr e
w-In
T
yp
e w ith Pla sti c Ca se
F
or
Col
or
:
Sk y lig ht fil t
er
Color
con v
ers
ion filt er A
tungs
ten
type
film in d
irect
daylight.
Colo r Con v er sion filter B d
ayligh
t t y pe film in a
rti
flcio l light .
For Bla ck on d W
hit
e :
UV
Ultra
Vio l
et
01
O
ra
ng e
Y 1 L
igh
t Yell
ow
R 1 Red
Y3 Y
ell
ow
G 1 G r een
Ne ut
ral
De nsit y
filt
ers
ND4
(4 x) N D8 (8 x) ... r ed
uce
exc
es-
siv e
light
irre
spe ct ive o f film ' s co lo r sensit iv it y cha ra cter -
isti cs.
Wh
en using
ND
fil ter, a d just film spee d o r shu
tter
speed
to ge t co
rr
ec t
exp
osu r e .
ND
4 : Reduc e film s
pee
d
by
1/4 (e.g. A SA
160
to
40
),
or incr ea se shut te r s
peed
by
4 t imes (e .g . 16 f .s.
to
64
f. s.)
ND8
: So me p
roce
du r e for
ND4
,
but
use 1f8 o r 8 .
Leather
Carrying
Case
Cable
Rele
a se
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 e ll a s cl ose-up w ork s. Clo se-Up Lens
450
is
of
scr ew -in ty p e.
See
the
cha
rt
be
low
f or spe ci fica tio ns . . .
D
ista
nc e D
istan
ce fr om Film
Focal Field Vi ew
Scol e on Plane to
Subje
ct
Focusing
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r in inch
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ilimet
er
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7
This is th e
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 it h th e
hig he st d
egr
ee
of
pr
eci-
sio n t
hro
ug
hout
its
e nti r e
me
chani
sm.
It s
rang
eflnd
er
and
r
elat
ed
m
echani
sm
ar
e
mod
e
to
match
th e
functio
n
of
th e
world
fa
st ed len s
50
mm
FO
.95,
which
is 2 .2
tim
es
fost
er th a n F 1
.4
.
Canonflex
R2000
The b est in
singl
e-l ens
3 5mm r efl ex ca me r os
with
the
fa
st est shu
tle
r s
pee
d
in the
world
... 1/
2000th
second . The qu
ick
-a s-a-
wink
Sup
er
Canomatic
Sy st em
allow
s
you
to
vie
w
and
focu
s a t
full
br
i
ght-
ness
at
a ll time s.
Canonflex
RP
The RPis th e
popula
r
-pr
ic ed
singl
e-l ens 3 5 mm r efl ex
camero
of
Canon
qualit
y
and
embodi
es
all
th e
pr
e-
ci sion f
eatur
es
of
th e
R
2000
with
th ese ex ce p-
t
ion
: shut te r
of
1 to
1
/1000
s
econd
...
non
de-
tachabl
e pent
apri
sm.
Canonet
Ca non 's ne w ele ct r
ic-e
ye
3 5mm cam
ero
. Just
abo
ut
t he
onl
y th
ing
y ou ha v e to
do
is
to
fo
cu s
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
o lutio na r y el
ectric
-e y e
mechani
sm me a sur es
the
li
ght
valu
e
for
y ou...
set
s
th e exposure
automatical-
ly .
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CANON
PROJECTOR P-8
This
model
w it h a ll
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
sha r p 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 he r e th er e is a
marked
power
fluctuation
. It s g
ear
dri
v e 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 0 W
pre-focu
s
projection
lamp
and
operat
es on
100-1
l OY .
It can
al
so b e us
ed
for
ind
ivi
du a l
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 2 4 0Y is
also
av
a ila ble .
Page
(l1J
Mercur
y
Batt
er y Ca se 13
(!2)
Range-Yi
ewflnd
er E
yep
iec e .. . 13
,14
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Footage
Count
er 5,
8,9
,2
1
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Footag
e
Count
er
Con
t
rol
B
utton
5
,2
1
@ S
ide
Co v er
Op
en ing K ey 6
,8
(
j6)
Knob
for
Ap
ert
ur e Sca le Ring 12 , 13
@
Zoom
ing
Ring (M a nua l , 14
@J
Focusing
Ring 16
'Ii!!
E
xposur
e M
eter
Sw
itch
Knob
......
12, 13
@
Whit
e
Ma
rk
for
S
witch
12
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