Zooming - Elmo Zoom C-300 Manual

ZOOMING
The C-300 ha s lever-type but lorls d es igrJo ted os T and W. Whu"
filming. the camera is braced with tha righl hand, o nd the Indn
finger is used 10 operate the
soulier
button. The left
hone
is passed
through the loo ther str ap. th. index fingor is pOSitioned over "T",
end th e midd le tln ge r is over "W"
If "T" is opera t ed, tho Foc al dis t ance shift s from 9mm toward
36mm, causing Ihe width of field 10 became norrower. This providos
Ihe des irable tolophoto effecL On the other hend , operation of "W"
reverses the obovlI, (01.15;n9 Ihe flold wi d th to increose.
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The above procedure is k. nown as outol ooming. Howave r
manual zooming at olher speeds is possible by turn ing the zooming
diol with the fingsfs of the I.ft hand.
Mor~s wh
ich correspond
to focal di stan cos appear a n th e zoo ming dia l.
For
ei ther auto ·
matic or manuol pOS it ions, zoomlr'lg c an be ac co mplished, not only
to tne elelreme 'in
its of
9mm and 36mm, bur slopped or started
f rom any !llIermed!ore pos ition.
Vlewlr.g enloymenr Is greaTly
enh ariCed by th e corre ct amalJnt of zoem ing . Scenes can be
made mo re f or ce ful with zoom ing , but ran dom zoo ming cau ses
viewing difficu lty.
Aulozaaming dr i ve po .... ·er , described earlier , uses the fil ll'
transport b a tteril!H .