The BOLEX H 16 Reflex-5 is basically a standard H 16 Reflex camera, but modified to accept a 400 ft interchangeable magazine; in this way the film capacity is increased fourfold, and the camera s potential is now extended further into the professional field.
Contents 2 Description of the H 16 Reflex-5 camera 4 Description of the 400 ft magazine 6 Method of fixing the magazine onto the camera 7 Loading the magazine and the camera 7 with 200 ft spools 9 with 400 ft film on cores 11 Loading the magazine independently 11 Feeding the film into the camera by hand 13 Changing a partially exposed magazine 13 if the exposed portion of the film is to remain in the magazine 14 if the exposed portion of the film is to be removed from the magazine 14
Description of the H16 Reflex - 5 camera
1 Carrying handle 2 Light-tight cover plate (picture above) 3 Retaining clamp for the magazine or cover plate 2 4 Fork for opening the sprocket guides for cameras not fitted with the slide 9 (drawing above) 5 Jotter 6 Adapter bracket for the Bolex exposure meter 7 Film path when using the 400 ft magazine 8 Film rollers 9 Slide for opening the sprocket guides Some cameras are fitted with the slide 9 which is used to keep the sprocket guides open—if the film is to be loaded or unloaded by ha
Description of the 400 ft magazine 10 Bayonet fitting for the MM take-up motor 11 Dual-scale film footage counter indicating the length of unexposed film remaining — in black: for 400 ft of film on cores — in red: for 200 ft spools 12 Light-trap 13 Knurled knob for tensioning the film on the feed spindle. The arrows indicate the direction in which the knob must be turned to tension the film 14 Jotter 15 Magazine cover catch 16 Magazine sequence number.
17 Interchangeable guide roller with wide flanges for the 400 ft cores 18 Feed spindle.
Method of fixing the magazine onto the camera 1. Lift the clamp and remove the light-tight cover plate from the camera. 2. Remove the cover plate from the magazine film entry aperture and then position this aperture over the camera as shown in the illustration opposite. 3. Slip the front lug of the magazine under the front retaining bar of the support. The magazine will then clip into place in the housing on the camera. 4. Lower the clamp. N. B.
Loading the magazine and the camera (200 ft spool) Spools of 200 ft., even of 100 ft. if the camera is used without a magazine, can be loaded in daylight. providing sufficient care is taken to avoid direct sunlight when loading the film. 1. 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. 2.
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.
400 ft film on cores The operations that have to be carried out in a dark room are printed on a brown ground. 1. Before starting, ensure that: — the 2 hubs of the magazine are in place on their spindles — the footage counter lever is fitted with the large-flanged guide roller — the two film rollers are in place on the camera spool spindles 2. Pull back the footage counter lever as far as it will go in the direction of the arrow; it will remain locked in this position (see picture opposite). 3.
7. Close the loop formers and then proceed with the automatic loading as described in the instruction manual for the camera. 8. Then insert the end of the film into the magazine aperture. 9. Place a standard 2 “ core on the take-up spindle as shown in the illustrations opposite. 10. Fold the film back about 1/4 from the end end insert it into the slot in the core. Turn the core by hand (in the direction of the arrows) until the film is tensioned.
Loading the magazine independently If you have a number of magazines, they can all be prepared ready for use by loading them in a darkroom. The method of loading is basically the same, but the loop of film coming out of the magazine aperture should be taken in again; to do this, turn the knurled tensioning knob on the feed spindle in the direction of the arrow. Once the magazine has been loaded, do not forget to replace the cover plate over the film entry aperture.
4. Open the pressure plate of the gate. 5. Draw out a loop of film about one and a half times the length of the camera. 6. Run the film beneath the upper sprocket then through the gate and then over the lower sprocket. 7. With the forefinger press the film against the gate at a and b and make the upper and lower loops as large as possible. 8. Close the pressure plate. 9. Close the loop formers with the aid of the lever c. 10.
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. 2. Remove the camera lid. 3. Open the sprocket guides and keep them openeither with the slide or the small fork 4. 4. Open the pressure plate and remove the film from the gate, the upper sprocket and finally the lower sp rocket. 5.
If the exposed portion of the film is to be removed from the magazine: 1. Proceed in the same manner as described above and. with the film cutter, cut the film in the middle of the loop situated outside the magazine. 2. Depress the front button of the MST motor until the end of the film has been wound onto the take-up core. 3. Disengage the MM take-up motor from the magazine. 4. Remove the magazine from the camera. In a dark room, take out the exposed film and reload the magazine.
Accessories for your equipment Metal carrying cases Different metal carrying cases are available, amongst them we would like to point out the two following models: 1. This carrying case will hold the camera ready for use, i. e. fitted with the MST motor, the 400 ft magazine and the MM take-up motor, a zoom lens and the << Electric H ,, grip: in addition the case will hold various small accessories and three coremounted reels of film in their packaging.
Film running times at 24 f.p.s. 120m (~ 400 ft) 10 min 56 sec. 110m (~ 360 ft) 10 min. 1 sec. 100m (~ 330 ft) 9 min. 7 sec. 90m (~ 300 ft) 8 min. 12 sec. 80m (~ 260 ft) 7 min. 17 sec. 70 m (~ 230 ft) 6 min. 23 sec. 60 m (~ 200 ft) 5 min. 28 sec. 50 m (~ 160 ft) 4 min. 33 sec. 40 m (~ 130 ft) 3 min. 39 sec. 30 m (~ 100 ft) 2 min. 44 sec. 20 m (~ 60 ft) 1 min. 49 sec. 10 m (~ 30 ft) 55 sec.