Elmo Zoom C-300 - Double-8 Magazine Insertion and ASA Setting; Aligning Magazine and Camera Body; Magazine Shutter Safety Feature; Setting ASA Dial

It is on ly nec;ossary to ali gn the ma gazi ne a nd camera bociy,
and to push the magaz in e i n!:> pl ace w hen inserting the magazine
with film loaded into the came ' c. R efer te the ill ustrat'on.
When l oa ding t he ca mero with a Dauble·8 magazine, fir st set
the b l ock button (SH U TTER OPEN) on ma rk ..i by push i ng upward
unti l il slops . If tha button is re l eased at this time, it wi ll r et ur n to
its o r i g in al position . If t his step is neglected, t he ma,~m : ine shutter
w ill no' open when the camero sh utt er b utt on is dep r essed, and at
t he same time the dri ve m oto r w ill not operate. In addi tion, tha
rTlogazine sh ut to r w i ll nol ope n if the bl u ck bu rtor is moved before
placing tha magaz i ne in the camora. These features e l imina te the
possible b l unde r.
Turn the ASA dial, a bove the ASA w in dow ir t he cent er of the
magaz ine, a nd set tha va lue appe ar in g in Ihe w ill dow to rhe ASA
number (sens iti vity) of th e l oaded fi l m. The fi lm ASA numb er may le
determi ned by che ding the f ilm container or instructions. The ASA
nurnber for blad and w hit e (monochro m e) f il m llade in Japan is
40. nnr1 Ihnt of ("nlm film i ~ 2.'i. If this settins i5 neglected , action
of the "TT L" dev i ce wi ll not be prope r, r·esu lting in e xpos ure errOr$,
Be surc to set thc ASA nlmber correct ly. The re i s a small orange
dot on th0 ASA dial betwecn 25 and 40. When Kodachrome 11
Type A (n ig httime , t ungsten, ASA 40) is used outdoors in natur al
sunligh t. po sitio n the F85 !i l ter in front of the lens. The ASA 40
sensit i vity is decreased by amber filte r use . Before shooting , mo ve
th" AS/'.. dial Irom 40 10 the sma ll orange dot .
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