Instruction manual

HOW TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CAMERA IN A HURRY

Read these instructions carefully and you will discover that the Bolex Zoom Reflex P1 is

a first-rate camera with which you can do wonders, even if you are not a professional

cameraman.

But let us imagine, just for a moment, that you have a normal color film in your pocket

and that you want to tryout your marvellous new camera:

1. First adjust the eyepiece to your vision (p. 21), and make sure that the

variable shutter lever is locked in the open position

(lever horizontal)

(p.24).

2. Load your camera, following the instructions on pp. 8-10.

3. Turn the exposure dial until 18f.p.s. (indicated by means of a wide stroke)

is opposite the figure for the exposure rating of your film (pp. 14-16).

4. Set the filming speed dial to 18

f.p.s,

(p. 12).

5. Push the release selector down to the normal running position (p.13).

To produce a lap dissolve, proceed as follows:

- End shooting by a fade-out of 2 seconds. Do not rewind

the motor.

- Disengage the motor by moving the control lever of the

variable shutter slightly to the left (position «closed »).

- Rewind 24, 32, 36 or 48 frames corresponding to a filming

speed of 12, 16, 18 or 24 f.p.s. respectively.

- Frame the second scene.

- Move the control lever of the variable shutter to «8».

- Press the release knob, and make a fade-in of the same

length as the previous fade-out".

- Continue filming.

* It will usually be sufficient to count' hundred and one, hundred and two' for each

operation.