Instructions for Use
of PAILLARD-BOLEX Model H Cameras
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Chapter I : Loading the camera 3
Previous to loading — Film check in H 8
cameras — Automatic loading.
Chapter II : Film Transport 6
Footage counter— Frame counter— Speeds
— Starting the mechanism — Single expo-
sure device — Handcranking.
Unloading the camera 10
At the end of a film — Before the complete
reel has passed through.
Chapter III : Lenses 11
Interchangeability — Lens turret with filter
slot for gelatine filters — Octameter View-
finder— Using the viewfinder with lenses of
various focal lengths — Parallax correction.
Chapter IV : How to film . . 14
General rules — Critical visual focusser —
Adjustment of diaphragm.
Chapter V : How to film — Various possibilities ... 18
Color films — Indoor subjects with or without
artificial lighting — Titling — Illusion of
movement — Portrait attachments, color
filters, vignettes — Ordinary fades, super-
impositions, lap dissolves — Other tricks —
Camera identification number.
Chapter VI : Upkeep 21
Oiling.
Eye-Level Focus 22
Trifocal Viewfinder 24
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