User's Guide

Aaton Camera body
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Basics: «sync», «var», «iso», «mag»
The «set» key lets you enter the basic film camera settings, they are modified
by either toggling the «up», «down», «left» or «right» key, or by rotating the jog.
Press «set» to accept your choice, press «exit» to leave things unmodified.
AatonCode initialization
As a standard feature, Penelope is equipped with the AatonCode in-camera
timecode recording. Timecode is exposed onto the film by optical projection
of seven micro-diodes located in the gate.
These micro-diodes flash rapidly to form the code as the film rolls through
the gate between exposures.
To enter the AatonCode Menu, press the «set» key, then «tc». Choose the
way you want to initialize the TC using the «up», «down», «left» or «right» key.
If AatonCode has been initialized in the camera, you can see it in the left bot-
tom corner of the LCD display in the format: hours : minutes : seconds.
• The «e» flag indicates that the timecode has been jammed from an external
TC signal, LTC through the LEMO-5 connector.
If no signal is present, the message Jam Failed No LTC is displayed.
If a signal is present, the TC is displayed.
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