Elmo Zoom C-300 - Lens Hood and Fader; Lens Hood Function; ELMO Fader for Fade-in;Fade-out; Overlapping Film Technique

Le ns h ead
With E lmo Feder attached
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Lenl Hoed
The 10 115 h ee d eli rninale s s id e a nd b ad l ig ht . an d [nay be ~ se d at any
timo. II i s va lua b le for ::llacking ran o om reflected li g hl an d he lps to llainlain
proper expesure.
ELMO Fad er
F ode ·o ut is Ihe gradu al d immi ng o f th e p roj ect ed im age. The op p es ite
dfect is c alled l ode -i n. By combining th e two. a cen diti on IS eb tai ned whi ch
is kno wn as overlapping . i.e .. the o ld i mage dims a ul whi le th e r,ew floots it1 .
T hi s i5 ac co mpli shed by a fade r.
The ELMO fader COI1 S: S\ S 01 tw o pol ar Oid
plate s. W hen fi tt ed in frent o f the lens, Ih is a ss e mbly gives the d esi red
l od e oul l od ,,· i n.
F or ove rla pp ing, In., l en s ca p is p la ce d in posit iorl over th e lens af ter a
fad e - ou t s hot flas bee r. c omp let ed arl o' the fode·out po rtion ef the film IS
,,,,w oun d.
T hiS some porlio n 01 th e Ii i", is run :hr ou g r. the C <:Imo ro <:Igorn
us
in g the fad e ·in p reces s. Sinc e the El MO C ·3:)O includes the rewi nd le a ture ,
ove r lapping is e asy. Vvh en Supe~ - B film is uS Bd, ca rt rid ge con s tructi o n
pr
ec l udes re wil1d i ng ana ev er l apping ;$ n ot po>sib le . For fur til er deta ils, r efe r
Ie Th e foder in str ucti on book le T.