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Summary of Contents for AAton A-Minima
- Page 1 u s e r ’ s g u i d e Basic Instructions...
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Page 2: Technical Specifications
- Incident lightmeter -dome- showing T-stop and diff. T-stop, HMI frequency and monitor scan rates on the camera LCD display. - DistantEye viewfinder “Aaton patent”; the only reflex camera which doesn't fog the film if the eye is not held against the eyecup. - Page 3 A-Minima - Loading Guide Magazine lock-knob Control panel on / off switch Lemo 5 & 6 connectors Magazine release lever Battery holder...
- Page 4 A-Minima - Loading Guide l o a d i n g...
- Page 5 A-Minima - Loading Guide The A-Minima spools are supplied by Kodak only : as of July 2000, four emulsions (S16, one side perf), in A-Minima loads, are available : 7245 (50D), 7246 (Vision 250D), 7274 (Vision 200T) and 7279 (Vision 500T). More codes will be available later.
- Page 6 A-Minima - Loading Guide General presentation of the magazine...
- Page 7 A-Minima - Loading Guide Empty spool made of two flexible flanges and one core Loaded spool delivered by Kodak...
- Page 8 A-Minima - Loading Guide 1 - Open the core lock lever 2 - Insert the spool into the magazine feed side 3 - Push the spool inside 4 - Press the spool on each side of lock lever as showed on the picture.
- Page 9 A-Minima - Loading Guide Attach the film to the core by using the Kodak sticker which maintains the film into the spool. (On spools previous version, the core was equipped with a slot. This slot has been removed from the new batch of core by...
- Page 10 A-Minima - Loading Guide Put the upper spool back in place Turn the upper spool to to lock it inside the core...
- Page 11 A-Minima - Loading Guide Install the empty spool in fornt of the take up side of the magazine Put it on the top of the take up spool...
- Page 12 A-Minima - Loading Guide Pick up the empty spool in your hand and make it turn from 180° as showed on pictures...
- Page 13 A-Minima - Loading Guide Install the empty spool in the take up side of the magazine. Push the spool inside. Press the spool on each side of lock lever as showed on page 6. Lock the core lock lever Close the magazine...
- Page 14 A-Minima - Loading Guide Close the magazine lock lever Close the magazine shutter by pushing the upper pin...
- Page 15 A-Minima - Loading Guide Check the loop size. When you pull the loop at the rear of the mag, it must go to the rear of the first fixed hinge. Place the magazine on the camera with locators in place. Do not engage it.
- Page 16 A-Minima - Loading Guide Install the film on both sprockets. Close both sprocket-lock rollers.
- Page 17 A-Minima - Loading Guide Place the loop on the gate. Be sure that the film is well-maintained under the circular pressure plate / guide barson either side of the film channel. Close the pressure plate after positioning the loop over the top and bottom white...
- Page 18 The spools are made to be used 3 or 4 times as take up spool. If you roll up yourself, you do it under your own responsability. Do not forget to notify your processing lab that the A-Minima is running emulsion-out rolls.
- Page 19 A-Minima - Loading Guide c o n t r o l p a n e l...
- Page 20 A-Minima - Control Panel The A-Minima control panel contains six operator buttons: up & down arrows, yes, no, menu and lightmeter keys. - Press menu (the blue button) to access to the camera main menu - Press Yes to enter or to valid...
- Page 21 A-Minima - Control Panel Camera Sync Speed set-up Choose" Speed" function in the camera main menu Press Yes button The display shows "Modify or Remove" Access to Modify or Remove by pushing the Up or Down arrows Choose Modify (note that the selected parameter is blinking) Press Yes button The display shows "...
- Page 22 A-Minima - Control Panel The hundredth of frame is underlined - Use arrows to adjust Press Yes to valid The thousandth of frame is underlined - Use arrows to adjust Press Yes to valid The display shows " Set @ .."...
- Page 23 A-Minima - Control Panel 2 - Adjust mag footage Choose"Mag" function in the camera main menu Press Yes button The display shows "Adjust or New Mag?" Access to Adjust or New mag by pushing the Up or Down arrows Choose Adjust (note that the selected parameter is blinking) The display shows "Adjust:"...
- Page 24 A-Minima - Control Panel Choose "ASA" function in the camera main menu Press Yes button The display shows "Modify ASA ?" Press Yes button Adjust the requested sensibility by pressing Up or Down arrows (from 25 to 1000 ASA) Press Yes to valid The display shows "Set ASA @ ...
- Page 25 A-Minima - Control Panel Adjust this parameter by pressing Up or Down arrows Press Yes to valid The display shows "Minute" Adjust this parameter by pressing Up or Down arrows Press Yes to valid The display shows "Second" Adjust this parameter by pressing Up or Down arrows Press Yes to valid The display shows "Validate Time ?"...
- Page 26 A-Minima - Control Panel Lens port The A-Minima camera can fits Arri PL and Nikon mounts. As the A- Minima is a Super 16 camera only, it is very easy to install and remove lens port (no optical axis adjustment).
- Page 27 A-Minima - Control Panel Power The current consumption of the A-Minima with 12 volts power supply ( 4 x 3 Volts batteries) is from 0,45 to 0,7 Amps (at + 20°C and - 10°C respectively). The voltage tolerance is from 10 to 14 V.