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Bell & Howell Stereo Colorist II User manual
User manual for Bell & Howell Stereo Colorist II. 17 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Bell & Howell
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- Bell & Howell Stereo Colorist II
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- English
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- 17
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How to use
your
STEREO
GOLORIST If
CAMERA
Bell a Hovrrell
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l. If you plan on taking outdoor photos, with 3. To avoid blur due to camera movement, raise
only an oicasional flash shot, load your camera your camera to eye level and brace your elbows
witL Daylight type film. Then you can use blue usui.rst your body. This is the steadiest and
bulbs when you need flash. If you plan on tak- ,r,ora .orrrfortable way to hold your tamera.
f,iliT,ff iJ'illA:::,".-"1:i,:ri^':i:::r:Tl,"fexposure settings longer than | /25 of,In"i"""*a second'To take daylight"lTi,lK'i:i::i*"":;;?Tffpicftrres while ,h" ;;;;;1
loaded with Type F film, place a pair of Type F 7-o. ty' your camera level for every shot,filters (No. 8lC) over thi camera lenses.
:.^.1t*ays.,keeppaying particular attention to vertical lines such
2. Your Colorist cametaaccepts standard 35mm'f as trunks of trees or sides of Yourfilm magazines in 20 and 36 e*poii;';ii;. , -buildings'
You'll get 16 pairs of pictures o., a ZO e*poror" "L'' camera c n be pointed up of down' but do not
rotl and 29 piirs on a 36 exposure roll. {-/t:} tilt it' t 1-*
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4. With the comero door open, Trip Shutter ond odvonce film bY turning Winding Knob in direction of orrow on top of Knob. Moke sure film is plgps,LlyLtlgoged on gpool o-n!-sprockets. Then close comero door.View original page 8
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Use this Guide for scenes whichore predominotely light or dork. +
LIGHT SUBJECTS(fhe beoch, snow or
woter scenes) require less exposure.,-
For less exPosure, use the next high- A convenient feature on your Colorist II
est fl number for shutter sPeed You Camera is the lens-coupled rangefinder-
choose in exposure guide on Poge 8. when the rangefinder is in focus the lens
Exomplez 1 150 & +18 insteod of t /50 is automaticafly in focus. For convenience
& t|6.3. the rangefinder and viewfinder ate co(n'
bined in the same eyepiece.
AVERAGE SUBJECTScontoin things of Looking through the viewfinder eyepiece
medium brightness, or opproximotely you wih see a pink circle in the center.
equol ports of extremelY light ond \U7hen your subject is not in focuq yoY will
dork coiors. The bosic exPosure guide see two images in the pink circle. Focus
is for moteriol of this tYPe. Use it camera using small knob on left lens ring
whenever you ore in doubt obout until two images of subiect merge or super-
how o scene should be clossed. impose-now when the two i*qg.t-appea-r
bo" the camera is automatically focused. DARK SUBJECTS including peoPle in "r\Zhen focusing, make sure yogr fingers do dork clothing, dork folioge, onimols, not cover the viewfinder windows. ond buildings require more exPosure
(smoller f number) thon overoge sub- For the near & Iar limits of sharP focus t o e of pictures refer types certain for scene colls for lf overoge I /50 iects. e ' on t h depth-of-sharpness planation of I light will in some dork scene or t/6.3
require | / 50 ot t/ 1.5. lowing pages. rgView original page 12Page 13 · Read text
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\U7hen-you f-ocus your camera lenses for objects
a! a gilen distance they'll come out brilliantly Tot example, the illustration on this page shows the lens set at f /8 and focused at Z4]eet. cleat. Things much nearer the camera and fa*
ther away will appeat sharp, too. you can get To find the neaf; limit of sharp focus, find on
great depth of focus whenever you desire. the left ( viewing the camera from above ) the 8 on the depth of sharpness scale. Follow it to
Viewing the cameta from above, the center the focusing scale. The 8 you'll see touches
dial on the left hand lens is equipped with a the scale at about 10 feet. Follow the same
depth of sharpness (depth of focuJ) scale, that proc_edure to find the far limit, on the right-
shows at a glance what will be sharp in your hand side of the scale. Here you'll see it touches picture. the focusing scale at infiniry. Everything in
To use the scale: The scale is marked off, to the your picture will be in focus from 10 feet to
Ieft and right of the center index mark. \Zith
the lens ser and focused, find the lens setting
you're using on the sharpness scale as indicated
to the left and right of the index mark. The
Iens setting you're using will be opposite the
focusing scale number indicating the near and
far limits of focus for that particular lens
I settiqg.
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F O C U S I N G _ F o R T H Ec R , T I c
If you gse the depth of sharpness-"u"g"scare and
keep subject mutte? within t[i it i"ai-
cates you wiII^ get pictures that- uri ,"p"rftv
9harp. The stereo coloristt s.;;"o-Trinar-""rolis. -i;; give wiII you even betierrocusf1-Y so as to use only the central portiori of-
the depth of sharpness-indi."."a-"" .i" ,."t".
This procedure is desirable whenever the
exposure settings you choose provide -oi"
depth than the Jcpttl r"qoires. rf ih"
a lens opening of t/B piovides -""" ,h;6;;;"*umple,
REQUIRED
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You are free to take pictures at any time or place, day
or night, indoors or out, with a flash unit mounted on
your .camera. Ffere's all there is to it:
l. Mount the flash uhit on your camera by slipping the
shoe on its base into the flash mount. Seating the shoe
in the mount automatically makes the necessary electrical NOTE: lf q floshbulb foils to go ofr in your
connection. ( It will be necessary to plug cord of flash flqsh gun, your botteries mqy be weok. To check
unit into adapter on some models. ) Best results with the botleries when your comero is looded with
your flash will be obtained when you use a shuttei speed film,out theremoyebose shoethe floshond thefrorncenlerthe comero.post by touch-Shorf
of 1 / SO of a second. Flowever, all shutter speeds can be ing them with o hoirpin or key. lf the glow of
used with flash. the test lomp is bright, your botteries hove
2. fnsert a flashbulb, pressing it firmly into the socket. properby your strength.deoler. Otherwise hqve them checked
3. Align your subject in the camera viewfinder, moving CAUTION: Floshbulbs hove o lronsporent plos-
backward or forward to take in as much atea as you want tic cooting designed to keep them from breoking
to show in your picture. when fired. lf this coofing becomes domoged
in hondling, lhey moy shotter. For proteclion we4. Focus camera on subiect. you plostic recommend thot use on inexpensive
5. Set camera lens according to bulb manufacturer recom- flosh shield over the reflecfor. They ore qvoil-
mendations as shown on flash bulb carton. qble from your photogrophic deoler.View original page 16Page 17 · Read text
This new Bell & Howell product is guaranteed to be free from
imper{ections in both material and workmanship for one year
from date of original purchase. Should any part ol this equipment
be defective, it will be rep_laced or repaired free of charge ( except
for _transportation), provided the equipment has been operated ac-
. , , t i , ' . . , , t , cording to the instructions accompanying it.
t No liability is assumed for film which is damaged or is unsatis-
Howefl factory for any- reason and no liability is assumed for interruptions
in operation of equipment. This guarantee is void:
a) If equipment has not been registered with Bett & Howell
( please use card supplied ) ;
b) If equipment has been damaged by accident or mishandling;
c ) If equipment has been serviced by other than Belt & Howell
approved service stations; *
d ) If adaptations or accessories other than Bell & Howell have
been made or attached.
Thg foqggoigg is in lieu of all other warranties express or implied
and Bell & Howell Company neither assumes noi authorizei rtty
person to assume for it any other obligation or liabiliry in connec-
tion with this product.
*Location of nearest approued, seraice station uill be furnished,
on request.
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