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Thank

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!

The fir st 8 mm cine camero w ith the fastest

speed

Fl.4

ZOom lens. The fir st 8mm cine cornero

to com bine the high est

qual

ity optica l system

wi th Pr

of

essional lev el body mechanism. The

first 8 mm cine camero wi th on amazing 10 mm-

40 mm

zo

omi ng rang e . . .

yo

u can zo om fro m

w ide -ang le to teleph

ot

o

co

ntin uo usly !

Plea se read the f

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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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 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 .

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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the

v

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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 .)

14

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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if

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io n 10.

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0.

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111.311.

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1.

81

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

1

J

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.

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 .

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 .

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.

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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l e ng th

in in c h in mil

imete

r in inch

m

ilimet

er

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world

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br

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at

a ll time s.

Canonflex

RP

The RPis th e

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singl

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camero

of

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qualit

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embodi

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all

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set

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automatical-

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PROJECTOR P-8

This

model

w it h a ll

the

up-to-dot

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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

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image

on

the

scr een. The film

gat

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sign

ed

to

remain

at

low

temperatur

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pr

ev

ent

ing the film

from

dama

ge.

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io n

mode

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ill

g

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lif

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-lon

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roubl

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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

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dri

v e is p

erf

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y

balanced

and

run

s sil

ent

ly

and

smoo th

ly

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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

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Lamp

-Bell

&

How

ell mount,

100-11

OY,

500W

;

400

fl.

re el w

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ca se;

Proj

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Cord

; P·8

projector

for

12 5, 2 2

0,

or 2 4 0Y is

also

av

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