Canon SCOOPIC 16M- Manuals

Battery and Battery Charger The Scoopic 16M uses a 12 V NiCd battery for driving film and operating the electric eye circuit. The battery is shipped uncharged; therefore, charge it before use. One battery permits shooting of sixteen 100-foot rolls at 24 fps. The Canon Battery Charger S-12 can charge...

Precautions for Battery Handling 1. Charge the battery at an ambient temperature of 10°C or over; charging at 0°C or less may damage the battery. 2. Making contact between the positive and negative terminals of your Scoopic battery may cause a high speed discharge and possible damage to the battery....

Loading Battery 1. Push up the lock button of the battery chamber and pull the cover open. 2. Load the battery. Take the battery out of the camera if it is not to be used for an extended period of time.

Adjusting Finder Eyepiece 1. Be sure the finder shutter lever is in 0 position. 2. Loosen the eyepiece setscrew, direct the camera at a bright subject and look into the camera. 3. Place the EE changeover lever to MANU, turn the manual aperture ring and set the meter needle at T2.5.

Setting Film Speed The EE mechanism of the Scoopic 16M is coupled to both the filming speed (frame rate) selector and the film sfjeed (ASA) selector of the camera. The correct ASA of the film is determined by referring to the manufacturers specifications supplied with the film. (Refer to pages 33 an...

Setting Filming Speed The filming speed selector sets the number of frames to be fed per second. 24 frames is standard for 16mm movie cameras. Turn the diai and set the desired filming speed to the index. Since the film hardens at a temperature of 0°C or lower, the number of frames may be reduced at...

EE Changeover Lever Place this lever on AUTO and the EE circuit will be coupled to allow shooting with automatic aperture control. When it is turned to OFF, all circuits except for the battery checker are disconnected. Set the lever at MANU for introduction of special effects. See page 23. MANU. AUT...

Holding Camera Firmly grasp the handgrip with the right hand and depress the shutter button with the right thumb. Focusing, zooming and steadying of the camera are accomplished with the left hand. Hold the camera steady, particularly when shooting at a long focal length or zooming. The use of a trip...

Zooming Turning the zoom ring changes the magnification of an image. The need for i/iterchangeable lenses is eliminated and very effective expressions are assured. The finder of the Scoopic 16M is of the single-lens reflex type in which the field-of-view and the picture frame are identical. Therefor...

Focusing Turn the focus ring to obtain the sharpest image. The greater the focal length the more easily and accurately the aligned image can be seen. Zooming does not move the image out of focus. First focus at the maximum focal length of 75mm (3”), then return the lens to the desired magnification....

Shutter Button The needle within the left-hand red mark means under-exposure. Depress the shutter button slightly at first, depress it all the way down after determining the T/stop. • When the shutter button is pressed only slightly, the operating sound of the EE can be heard but the film will not a...

Shooting with Manual Aperture Control 1. Place the EE changeover lever to M ANU. 2. Set the manual aperture control ring to the desired T/stop or set the aperture needle within the finder to the desired T/stop. Zooming and focusing are made in the same manner as in EE shooting. Shooting with manual ...

Macro Filmmaking A macro mechanism is built into the lens of your Scoopic 16M to film subjects at closer than the normal minimum focusing distance of 1.1 meters O'TV is ''). Turn the macro ring clockwise while depressing the lock button. When the focus ring is set at the close distance and the macro...

Multi-point Focus Shooting When the focal length is varied through zooming for macro shooting, the focus point changes correspondingly. Multi-point focusing utilizes this characteristic to give a special effect in which the focus point is moved. Mount the camera on a tripod, lock the macro ring, set...

Single Frame Shooting Single frame shooting is available to shoot titles or to include such data as dates and cut numbers. The EE operation cannot be employed in this case. Place the EE changeover lever to MANU and pull the single frame shooting changeover knob. Depress the changeover knob to its or...

Loading Film Any standard 16mm, single or double perforated, 100-foot (30.5-meter) film can be used. Film can be automatically loaded. Make a habit of loading film correctly because carelessness may race or fog the film. Avoid Direct Sunlight The film is wound naked around the reel; always load the ...

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Footage Counter As shooting proceeds, the frame counter of the footage counter indicates the length of exposed film. The footage counter is marked every five feet from 0 and numbered every 20 feet. The portions between S and 0 and between 100 and F both indicate the feed of film leader. Opening the ...

Unloading Film Stop shooting when the counter reachs 100, feed the film to F and unload the takeup spool in the shade. Put the film in a container and send it to a laboratory.

Using External Battery A 12 V Canon NiCd battery is available for shooting at low temperatures. The performance of the external battery and hence stable shooting at a low temperature of 0°C or less are assured by keeping it warm by the body temperature of the user or by a pocket warmer. A power swit...

Lens Hood Use a lens hood to cut out harmful light. There are two types of hood: one for filters of the screw-in type and the other for the Series No. 9 filters. f i 1i

Accessory Shoe When lighting is needed, shooting have to be made by two persons or the camera have to be operated by one hand. The Scoopic 16M has an accessory shoe. If a lighting fixture is mounted on a stand, the photographer can double as a lighter.

Close-up Lens 2100 + 1100 Notes Distance scale m (inch) 1.1 ( y i % " ) cx> Film plane-to-subject distance m (inch) 0.60 (r 11 Vs") 0.93 (3'7") Focal length mm (inch) Picture area cm (inch) 12.5 ('/,”) 31.0x22.6 (1'V,6” x 8V8") 59.2x43.2 (1'11 V,8" x 1'5") 17.5 CV.e") ...