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Getting to know your Nizo camera
1. Cassette compartment
A flap secured by a catch will be found on
the rear end of the camera. Press the catch
down
,
open the flap
and
slide the cassette
into the
compartment.
The first time
:
do not use force if the flap
will not shut. Remove the cassette and turn
it round. The
maker's
label should be
visible through the inspection
window.
2.
Inspection window
This
enables
you to
check
at any time if
your
camera
is loaded
and
if so, with what
type of film.
3. Film counter
The counter returns automatically to 0
when you op en the
cassette
compartment
flap.
4.
Filter
switch
Super-8 film
stock is
designed
to
match the
co
lor
temperature
of
artificial
light. Your
camera
has
a
built-in filter to
adapt
it for
daylight filming
.
When filming in
daylight,
turn the filter
selector
to th
e
sun symbol,
even if using
black and white film. If you
are
filming in
artificial light, turn the red
triangle
on the
switch to face the lamp
symbol.
Warning
:
when th
e
artificial
light filter is
out
of
action,
a sec
ond
signal
will
apear
next
to th
e
film
feed
scale
above
th
e
vi
ew-
find
er
im
age.
The center of the filter switch contains a
spring,loaded button marked
«+
1
».
If you
keep this button pressed
in,
the
automatic
exposure
control will open up the aperture
by one
additional
stop number.
5. Lens iris control
Exposure
control is
achieved
by varying the
iris
aperture, either
automatically or by
hand (the iris setting is shown on a scale
under the imag
e
in the viewfinder)
.
In the
center:
the meter battery voltage testing
button
(2
x
1.35
volt cells in the camera
base)
.
Set the master electric switch
7
to
the red dot. Press the test button. The
aperture
indicator needle should move
across
to the figure 8 on the aperture scale
under the
viewfinder.
The 8 is colored red
for
easy
identification.
The first time: leave the
aperture
control
set
to the red dot (
=
automatic
exposure
control).
6. Hand grip lock
The hand grip
can
be swung
back
out of
the way. The grip
contains a safety
box for
th
e
6
x
1.5
volt AA penlight cells which
drive.
th
e
camera
motor.
The first time: If the
camera
does not
start,
th
e
batteries may have been inserted
wrongly into the box. Please insert the
batteries
as shown
by the
symbols on
the
box.
7. Electric master switch
0
=
all power
circuits switched
off. This
setting
preserves the batteries. Red dot
=
all
power circuits
switched
on
.
Black dot
=
setting for checking voltage of drive
batter-
ies.
The switch is spring loaded in this
position
.
When press eo in firmly, the
aper-
ture indicator
ne
~
dl
e
on the scale under
the
viewfinder
should
move as far as possi-
ble to the
left
of the test mark 8. If the poin-
ter remains to the right of the
8,
new bat-
teries
are
required
.
The first time
:
If the camera does not start,
make
sure
that the master switch is
set
to
the red dot
position.
8. Outside power
source
connection
An
storage
battery is available
as an
acces-
sory
(in the Nizo Power Set), and
enables
the camera to be driven with a greater re-
serve
of
energy
or
alternatively
direct from
the mains power
supply.
9. Shutter release
Can be
comfortably
operated with the in-
dex finger of th
e
left
or
right hand
.
The
drive mechanism is started
electromagneti-
cally.
Th
e
first time
:
Do not jerk the
shutter
re-
lease when operating. Do not film in
short
bursts (a
good
rule of thumb is to allow
each shot to run for
5-6
seconds).
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