User manual BOLEX H16

[. . . ] Press the motor into the fitting and turn it in the direction of the arrow until it locks fully home. Insert the plug on the feed cable for the MM take-up motor into the upper socket on the MST motor. To disconnect, press down the small button on the socket and pull the cable out. 6. Loading the magazine and the camera (200 ft spool) Spools of 200 ft. , even of 100 ft. providing sufficient care is taken to avoid direct sunlight when loading the film. [. . . ] When the lids of the magazine and the camera have been taken off, remove the hubs from the magazine spindles by pressing down the push-buttons a and b on the spindles. The footage-counter lever must be fitted with the guide roller with the chromium-plated flanges; raise the lever as far as it will go and it will remain locked in this position. Place the spool of unexposed film on the spindle a making sure it is pressed fully home and locked in position by the retaining device on the spindle. 2. 3. The guide roller will now press against the film (see illustration opposite). Pull 3 c, the film through into the camera and cut the end with the film cutter. 6. 7. Close the loop formers and then proceed with the automatic loading as described in the instruction manual for the camera. Allow about 2 ft of film to run through the lower sprocket. 8. Insert the end of the film into the magazine aperture and draw the film into the magazine. 9. Holding the take-up spool in the right hand, insert the end of the film into the slot in the spool core. Wind the film around the core 2 or 3 times and place the spool on the take-up spindle making sure it is pressed fully home and locked on the spindle by the retaining device. 10. To tension the film, turn the knurled knobs on the feed spindle and the MM take-up motor in the direction indicated by the arrows. 11. Replace the magazine and camera lids and lock them carefully in place. 12. Remove the cover plate from the magazine aperture and draw out a small loop of film about 1 " long. Open the sprocket guides and keep them open by pushing the slide forwards or by using the small fork fitted behind the jotter (for cameras not fitted with a slide, see page 3). 4. Draw out a loop of film about one and a half times the length of the camera. Run the film beneath the upper sprocket then through the gate and then over the lower sprocket. With the forefinger press the film against the gate at a and b and make the upper and lower loops as large as possible. Hold the film as shown in the illustration and press lightly towards the front of the camera to ensure that the loop formers are well filled. At the same time withdraw the slide or the fork which is holding open the sprocket guides. For a fraction of a second depress the front button on the MST motor: the perforations on the film will engage with the teeth of the sprockets. Open the loop formers and depress, for an instant, the front button of the MST motor to ensure that the film is being transported correctly. [. . . ] Open the loop formers and depress, for an instant, the front button of the MST motor to ensure that the film is being transported correctly. To ensure that the camera is always loaded correctly, always follow these instructions carefully. Changing a partially exposed magazine If the exposed portion of the film is to remain in the magazine: 1. Depress the front button of the MST motor for about three seconds, so that the last exposed frame is transported into the magazine and protected from the light. Open the sprocket guides and keep them openeither with the slide or the small fork 4. Open the pressure plate and remove the film from the gate, the upper sprocket and finally the lower sp rocket. [. . . ]