Facts About The 8Mm Motion Picture Film; Facts About Electric Eye And Electric Eye Photography - Canon Motor Zoom 8 EEE Instruction Manual

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FACTS ABOUT THE 8MM MOTION PICTURE FILM
• A roll of 8mm motion picture camera film is actuall y sold in rolls 16
mm wide by 7 .5 meters (25 feet) long, with extra lengths for leader .
• On the first 7.5 -meter run onl y half the width of the film is expose d
and the other on the second or return run.
• When the ro ll is sent for processing the film
IS
split into two 8mm
strips and spliced into a single 15-meter (50 feet) Smm ro ll befo re
being returned to the customer.
• A reversal development converts the Smm roll into a pos itive picture
film .
• The running time of an Smm film 15 meters long
IS
ap proxim a tel y 4
minutes.
FACTS ABOUT ELECTRIC EYE AND ELECTRIC EYE
PHOTOGRAPHY
• The Canon Motor Zoom S EEE assures you correc t exposur e un der
varying light conditions through the operation of the au o ma ic di-
aphragm coupled to a Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) exposure me er.
• Perfect exposure is obtained by simpl y pressing th e sh ut er release
button and focusing through the refle x viewfinder .
• This freedom permits the photographer to add spec ia l eff ect s such as
fade-in , fade-out and lap dissol ve.