Elmo Zoom C-300 - Single-8 Film Usage and Counter; Confirming Film Type and Drive; Film Counter Operation; Film Processing and Projector Requirements

"S i 11 g il" 8" wh ich il , norked 0 11 the both.>H' uf Iil s Sil1glt,.8 rIIo go.:.iI1" will u~pso, in the
ca me ro film wind ow wh,n the ma ga z ine has been i nser t ed in t he c amer o. In o rder to del er mine
wh at t ype o f filnl is in t he camero , check tl16 window lo cated a t t ile cen ter of tile left si de.
T he window con be used to confirm tha t the film is being driven . as the shaft is vi si bl e. A ft er
fi l ming. 'he moto r w il l co ntinu e to run but t he Him will ~ iO p . The I-',i ndo w m ay 015 0 be us ed to
confir m tho r the fi lm hos stopp ed .
T
he film counter is loc a t ed on t he r ight side of this ma gazi ne. Pr ogression is " 5" to ' .0' .
10 " 50·· to " F ·· a nd the d io l o dv ances to the right . W he n app roaching t he " F· · pos ition, t he
motor sou nd will chonge. indica t ing the filming is compl eted. If Ihe s hutt er bu tt o n is no t rele a sed
at this time, the In o t or wi ll co n tinue to run , but t he film w il l aut o ma t ica ll y stop at t he "F"
posit io n. Remove the 5ln g le -8 maga z ine f rom the camero and ope n it s cove r.
Remove the
Sing l
e-B car trid ge . The po , tion of f ilm w hic h can
bo
seen at th o fr o nt ha s po rt of th e p er/oratio r ,s
c ut aw ay. This c ut away causes the f ilm to st op
even th ough the mot or co ntinues to run. Al s o, the
fact that t his portion i ~ ·Ji si ';:; le ind i ca les that the
fi lm hos been e xp ose d. Forw ard the cartridge to
the
proceSSillg laboratory a cco rd ing to the instruc -
tions wh ich come with th err film . Develop ed fi lm ,S
re turn ed on a p rojec t or ree l, and c an be p roj ected
w thou t furt he r pr oc eSSi ng .
Howeve r. the EL M O
F
F·A Pro j ecto r o r a simil ar proj ect or must be used.
If t he $lngle-8 magazine is removed from t he camera before the e ntir e l ength of film
hos been exposed, the portion of fil m rema i ni ng o ut si de the mago z ine wi ll be wasted. If t he
Single -B cor tr i dge is re m ove d f rom the ma gaz in e . the film counter wi ll re t urn to t he
o ri g in a l pos iti o n.
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