BOLEX H8 Instructions For Use Manual page 22

(for Trifocal Viewfinder, see page 24)
The new Paillard-Bolex OCTAMETER Viewfinder is so con-
structed that its field of view can be continuously varied to
correspond with the field obtained with lenses of 8 different
focal lengths. It is available in two models :
VICON for H 16 camera, focal lengths 16-25-35-50-
The length of 63 mm. is not engraved on the disc.
position is marked by a click-stop between the focal lengths
of 50-75 mm.
VIHUI for H 8 camera, focal lengths 6,5-9-12,5-25-36-50-
The lengths of 9 and 63 mm. are not engraved on the disc.
These positions are marked by click-stops placed between
the lengths 6,5-12,5 and 50-75 respectively.
The viewfinder can only be used on the lid of the camera,
as in this position, vertical parallax error is entirely eliminated.
Guide marks on the sighting aperture make vertical and
horizontal centering of the subject an easy matter.
viewfinder is individually adjusted and tested to suit the parti-
cular camera for which it is intended, and the camera's serial
number is also engraved on the viewfinder, infront of the
mount.
Moviemakers with defective eyesight who experience difficulty in using the
viewfinder owing to poor accommodation can remedy this by having a correct-
ive lens of the appropriate power fitted into the viewfinder eyepiece.
case it will be advisable to get in touch with the general Bolex agent in your
territory through your nearest Bolex distributor, stating the lens power required.
Instructions for use :
To fit the new Octameter Viewfinder
on the camera lid, first insert the pivot
bar 5 well home in clamp 6 on the
camera lid (Fig. 9). For this operation,
the catch 7 should be in the position
shown in fig. 12.
viewfinder down onto the lid until
the pin 8 has fully penetrated hole 9
in bracket 10.
Octameter Viewfinder
Now swing the
63-75-100-150 mm.
63-75 mm.
Fig. 12
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