Kodak Ektasound 130 - Holding the Camera; Viewfinder Focus; Nearness to Subject; Trigger

holding the camera
Place either hand on the HAND GRIP so
that your thumb falls on the TRIGGER.
Cup your other hand over the top of the
camera, being careful not to cover th e
le
ns or the electric eye. Bring the cam-
era up to your eye and hold the camera
in a comfortable position wher e you can
see throu gh the viewfinder clearly. Th e
scene you see in the finder is about the
same as that which will be projected on
the screen after the film is proc esse d.
At close distances, the viewfinder and
taking lenses don't "see" quite the same
view b eca use they are separated . This
effect, called "parallax," is es pecially
noticeable in close-ups. To correct this
when you are making movies 8 feet or
closer, position your subject slightly
below and to the right of ce nter in the
finder to avoid cutting off part of your
subject in the film.
viewfinder focus
By rotating the viewfinder focus eye-
piece, you can focus the finder for your
individual eye characteristics. Look
through the viewfillder and rotate the
eyepiece until the image is sharp. (This
will focus only the viewfinder image .)
nearness to subject
The 9mm, f/ 1.2 KODAK EKTAR Lens in
your camera is factory-set for sharp
movies at normal distances. However,
the subject must be no closer to the
camera than the recommended distance.
In bright sunlight, move in as close to
your subject as 3% feet when using film
with a daylight speed of ASA 25, such
as KODACHROME II Movie Film (Type A);
and as close as 2 feet when using film
with a daylight speed of ASA 100, such
as KODAK EKTACHROME 160 Movie Film
(Type A) . When the sun isn't shining
b7-ightly, 01" indo01"S with existing light,
stay about 8 feet from yOU1" subject.
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trigger
Th e trigger is lo cated at th e r ea r of th e
hand grip. Holding the camera as de-
scribed earlier, your thumb will fall na-
turally on th e trigger. While making
movies, be s ur e to push th e trigger in
complet e ly . You can lock the trigger to
avoid accidental running of the camera,
wasting film and ba tt ery power. Push
the RUN-LOCK BUTTON to LOCK.
To run the camera continuously, press
the trigger in as far as possible; then
s lide the run-lock button to "lock." To
stop th e camera, slide the button to the
"run" position. If you want to be in the
movie, plac e th e camera on a tripod and
set the camera to run continuously.
automatic exposure control
To help you get well-exposed movies,
the lens opening is automatically con-
trolled by the amount of light reflected
by the scene to the ELECTRIC EYE. There-
fore, don't obstruct the electric eye dur-
ing movie-making by covering it with
your fingers or any oth er object, and
don't point the camera directly toward
the sun or oth er bright light source.
As you look through the viewfinder,
you will see a small round spot located
below the viewfinder rectangle; this is
the low-light signal. When you start to
make movies, partially depress the trig-
ger, pausing for a moment to allow the
automatic exposure control to adjust
for the lighting conditions . (The first
movement of th e trigger energizes the
exposure control, and further depres-
sion starts the camera motor.) If there
is a low-light condition, the spot will
turn blue . (It may also flicker red-see
"sound indicator," page 10.)
NOTE: The blue light may come on mo-
mentarily as the exposure control ad -
justs for the lighting conditions. The
light will also come on when the motor-
battery check button is pres sed and the
AA-size batt e rie s are good.
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