Contents Filming with the Nizo 801,
561 and
481
Getting
to
know your Nizo camera
Focal length adjustment
13
We congratulate you on
your
choice of the
(brief instructions)
4
Description
of
Vario zoom lens 13
Nizo camera, a
product
of the
pioneer
Varying the focal length
13
German film camera company. From
now
Drive system
7
Manual focal length
control
on,
your
films
will
be taken with a Super-8
Drive batteries and battery safety box
7 (on Nizo
801) 14
camera built to the highest international
Electric master switch
7
standards.
The
Ni
zo
801,
561
and
481
Checking battery voltage
7
Running speeds (image frequency)
14
models
differ
mainly in the use of zoom
Operating the camera from
an
Slow motion (filming speed switch
1)
14
lenses of differing focal lengths. This
outside
power
source
or
from
an
Speeded-up action (filming speed
manual therefore provides the basic
oper-
storage battery using the Nizo Power Set
8
switch
2)
15
ating instructions for all three Nizo camera
Holding the camera and operating
Animation techniques 16 models.
the shutter
8
Flash
illumination
for
elapsed
Filming with a tripod, using a cable
time filrhing
16
If you fold back the
double
pages on the
release
8
left and on the right at the end of this
Electric remote
shutter
release
9
The variable shutter
17
manual, you will see the
controls
illustra-
General
description
of variable shutter 17
ted and numbered. The same
numbers
are
The film cassette
10
Fade-ins and fade-outs
17
used below to explain the various
oper-
Film types which may be used
10
Automatic
dissolves
18
ating
functions
briefly, so that you can
Inserting the cassette, checking
The Nizo automatic exposure
rapidly become familiar with
your
camera.
camera
I·oading
10
reduction system
19
We
have confined ourselves to essential
The built-in
filter
10
Extended exposure times
19
instructions
. If you initially set all
controls
Automatic
extended exposure system
20
to the red dots provided, and
do
not con-
Exposure control
11
cern yourself with animated
filming
or
Meter battery
11
Synchronized filming and sound
other
special features of
your
Nizo camera,
Checking voltage of
meter
battery
11
recording
21
you
will
be able to shoot
your
first film
Automatic exposure
control
11
without
giving too much
thought
to the
Manual operation of lens iris
12
Ultra close-up filming
22
«mechanics» of camera operation, and can
devote
your
entire attention to
composing
Range finding and focusing
12
Filters
23
the scenes of your film and
practising
ca-
Adjusting the eyepiece
(diopter
The carrying case
23
mera movements.
compensation)
12
The split-image range
finder
12
Minor defects and remedies
24
Making best use of available depth
of focus
13
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