Bauer C2 Super Operating Instructions
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1. B 3729 K 03 P 601 Printed in Germany CONTENTS Introduction ds 2 Technical data Batteries Film Running speeds Viewfinder lens light meter The shooting Refinements Adjustment for back lighted scenes Trick shots and animation Br Titles close ups An Wiping mask E 2 Maintenance Accessories Instructions in brief Dear moviemaker in buying one of the new BAUER super 8 cameras C1 or C2 you have not only made an investment in one of the most modern 8 mm movie cameras but have also become one of the first moviemakers to take part in the latest and most revolutionary develop ment in the field of 8 mm shooting The super 8 film which features an unprecedented film quality through its enlarged picture area Your first film will certainly convince you that you have chosen the finest in movie camera when buying a BAUER C1 or C 2 Although filming with the BAUER C 1 and C 2 super is surprisingly simple and easy you should read this little book very carefully The knowledge you derive from these lines will make the handling of the camera all the more easy and safe for you We have en deavored to describe everything concisely and easy to understand We wish you a lot of shooting pleasure with your new BAUER camera ROBERT BOSCH ELEKTRONIK UND PHOTOKINO GMBH BERLIN STUTTGART A subsidiary company of the Robert Bosch GmbH Technical data Common features of C 12. reads through the lens and only the light 14 that falls upon the film Measuring behind the lens means that the measuring angle is always equal to the taking angle If you shoot a wideangle scene and gradually zoom in on an interesting shadow detail the BAUER electric eye will automatically adjust the lens opening in accordance with the change in lighting conditions This means that even during panning and zoom ing the exposure will remain even and cor rect The shooting The handgrip and the head rest of the BAUER Ciand C2 ensure absolutely steady releasing of the camera see ill on page 13 Avoid abrupt motions and jerks during your filming because any such unsteadi ness would extremely disturb the showing Do your panning from a tripod or at least use 24 fps as a running speed The cable release socket for continuous run is on the left side of the camera ill 15 Within one scene please pan slowly and only in one direction A scene should normally be about 6 se conds Longer scenes are very boring and above all constitute a waste of film Your film will be more fascinating if you shoot your object from different angles You should dare making candid shots and espec ially big close ups To this end the zoom lens is a very valuable aid In a split second you may do smart framing with your zoom lever You may also go through the full range of focal lengths during one scene from wideangle to telephoto This is ca
3. and C2 Designed for super 8 film cartridges Handy release Battery powered electric drive Practical hand grip housing the batteries Three running speeds Slow motion 24 frames per second normal 18 fps and fast motion 12 fps Cable release sockets for continuous run and single frame Brilliant cross hair reflex viewfinder permitting instant critical focusing Adjustable eyepiece Battery control in viewfinder Exposure control in viewfinder Cartridge sets film speed automatically when it is dropped into the camera Automatically resetting footage counter indicating the number of feet yet to be exposed Film type indicator window to show type of film loaded Swing in conversion filter for adapting camera to daylight or artificial light Tripod thread Here are the differences between the two models C 1 The lens is an 1 1 8 9 36 mm BAUER Vario zoom focusing from 3 feet to infinity snapshot setting at 21 feet C 2 The lens is a Schneider Variogon 1 1 8 8 40 mm zoom lens focusing from 3 feet to infinity In addition this model is equipped with a wiping mask for wiping out and wiping in Design subject to alteration without notice The batteries C1 and C2 are driven by an electric motor which like the light meter is powered by four 1 5 volt penlight batteries we re commend Mallory batteries Mn 1500 These batteries are housed in the hand grip which can be opened with a coin Turn the lock cloc
4. automatic ally sets the light meter for the proper film speed A special film type indicator window shows with what type of film the camera is loaded ill 6 Important note After dropping the cartridge into the C 1 or C2 it is important to position the filter in accordance with the type of light available For daylight push the slide downward ill 7 push it upward for artificial light ill 8 This manual filter control has a distinct advantage You may shoot with daylight or artificial light on the same type of film For black and white film the slide remains in its upper position The footage counter ill 9 of the C1 and C2 indicates the number of feet yet to be exposed The camera motor stops auto matically when the entire film has run through counter on 0 Upon removal of the cartridge the counter resets itself au tomatically to 50 feet as it does when a partially exposed film is taken out Make sure to take a note of the number of feet already exposed whenever you change the type of film midway If the dial of the foot age counter should not move during your shooting there is trouble in the cartridge In this case remove the cartridge and push the film ahead by an inch or so with your finger Then drop the cartridge into the ca mera and the film will run on smoothly In 9 cidentally it is very easy to ascertain whe ther a cartridge has been exposed or not The end of the film is clearly mar
5. open to you the fascinating field of 16 trick shots and animation For such scenes put the camera on a tripod and screw your cable release into the single frame socket on the right side of the camera ill 17 Whenever you press the cable re lease the film is advanced by a single frame As you already know 18 fps is the normal speed This means that if you take a pencil 18 times for instance as a single frame shot and move the pencil between the individual shots just a little bit you will lend life to this object The animation ef fect you achieve depends on how many single shots you take With this refinement it is possible to vent ure a step into the land of Walt Disney Technically it is important to know that the film speed must be set on 18 fps for single frame exposures ill 10 Of course the BAUER electric eye will also ensure per fect exposure for single frame shots Titling and close ups The brilliant through the lens reflex view finder of the BAUER C1 and C2 highly facilitates titling You do not need special titling devices All you may additionally want to have is a close up lens Titling however requires the use of a tripod With this equipment you may safely shoot your own titles from travel leaflets postcards or from your own drawings Close ups add impact to your films With the C1 and the C2 you may shoot at di stances down to three feet even without a close up lens In combination wi
6. ked ex posed Running speeds Most films are taken at 18 frames per se cond ill 10 BAUER projectors run at the same speed This means that at this speed motions will appear very natural For this reason this frame speed is called the nor mal running speed For special effects you may choose one of the other running speeds 24 fps or 12 fps Some sports events for instance will be taken best at 24 frames per second This speed produces a slight slow motion ef 10 fect For this purpose set the running speed setting knob on 24 ill 11 The use of this running speed is also the best safe guard against blur and jerk during panning or when shooting from a car However this speed should be applied only for such shots in which a slight slow motion effect does not disturb later in the projected scene A running speed of 12 frames per second produces a fast motion effect ill 12 It is used to pretend a much higher cruising speed of a boat or a car for instance The odd way in which motions are recorded at this speed make such scenes most humo rous and exhilarating in projection You do not have to worry about any light meter correction when you change the shooting speed The BAUER C1 and C2 adapt their light meter systems automatic ally to such changes 11 Viewfinder lens and light meter The two models are equipped with a through the lens reflex viewfinder which permits very critical f
7. kwise and open the cover ill 1 The batteries must be inserted according to the polarity chart at the bottom of the grip ill 2 At a normal temperature a set of batteries will run thro gh about 15 films A green signal ill 3 in the viewfinder indicates the state of the batteries Once this signal does not light up any more at a speed of 18 frames per second the bat teries should be replaced It is recomend able to remove the batteries if the camera is not used for some time 6 The film When you buy films make sure to ask for super 8 cartridges These are available in the length of 50 feet in color and black and white One cartridge contains enough film for a screen time of three and a half minu tes This length of film may be run through the camera without interruption because the C1 and C2 super are equipped with a battery powered drive With the super 8 cartridge loading is sur prisingly simple and easy First open the cover ill 4 by pushing the lock upward Just take the cartridge into your left hand visible length of film pointing to the lower right and drop it right side first into the cartridge housing so that the pin in the camera slides in the guiding groove of the cartridge ill 5 Press the cartridge into the cartridge hous ing also on the left side Then the two hold ing springs will keep the film in the proper Position Close the cover and lock it In loading the camera the cartridge
8. lled the zooming effect in which the object seems to move up to you although you do not change your standpoint For telephoto shots the camera must be held very steadily Such scenes should be taken from a tripod Make sure that the distance is set correctly for telephoto shots because the depth of field is very small Avery interesting field of the battery power ed camera is the non stop recording of sports events During a soccer game a bicycle race or an ice skating champion ship you may record the highlights up to a length of three and a half minutes without interruption Moreover the super 8 cart ridge can be exchanged within a split se cond so that very important scenes will certainly not be missed Refinements As mentioned above the behind the lens electric eye controls the exposure automatic ally However there are cases in which the prevailing exceptional lighting conditions require individual adjustment For this pur pose the C1 and C2 are equipped with a diaphragm locking device When you shoot from out of a tunnel for instance you have to proceed as follows Lock the diaphragm before you enter the tunnel ill 16 Keep pressing the lens stop locking knob until you come out of the tunnel If you do so the sunlit landscape outside the tunnel will be properly exposed But keep pressing the knob until the scene has come to its very end Trick shots and animation Single frame exposures on the C1 and C2 cameras
9. ocusing Before using the rangefinder you must adjust the eye piece to your eye For this purpose set the lens to infinity ill 13 and to its longest focal length extreme telephoto setting as in ill 14 Then view an object which is at least 160 feet away and adjust the eyepiece until the cross hair and the object are in perfect focus After this adjustment has been made you may determine through focusing the exact distance of any further scene or object Focusing however must always be done with the lens set to the extreme telephoto length Always focus until both object and cross hair appear sharp When you have finished focusing you may choose any focal length and do your framing as you like The object will remain in focus The C1 camera has also a so called snap shot setting the red line at 21 feet In good lighting conditions and at short or medium focal lengths as well as within the range of 12 feet and infinity everything will be rendered sharp with this setting This can be used for convenience or whenever there is no time for focusing The fully automatic behind the lens light meters of the C1 and the C2 guarantee perfectly even exposure for every scene This means you may devote your full attent jon to your shooting All you have to watch is the lens stop indicator at the bottom of the viewfinder When it turns red there is not enough or too much light for shooting The fully automatic BAUER light regulator
10. rest BAUER service department Accessories Case for BAUER C 1 C 2 Super This elegant black leather case protects your camera When you put the C1 C2 into this case fold the rubber sunshade back and set the distance to infinity 19 Close up lenses For shooting close ups with the BAUER C1 C2 use conventional screw in close up lenses screw in diameter 49 mm Filters The C1 C2 use conventional size G filters Such a filter is put into the sunshade It is not necessary to adjust the light meter according to the filter factors The BAUER electric eye does that automatically Exclusive USA Importer ALLIED IMPEX CORPORATION New York Chicago Dallas Los Angeles 20
11. th the long focal length even very small objects can be taken as big close ups With the aid of a close up lens however you may focus as close as one foot and a half The wiping mask exclusive feature of the C 2 super This wiping mask of the C2 camera per mits the gradual wiping out or wiping in of a view at the beginning and at the end of a scene For this purpose insert a cable re lease into the socket ill 18 Pressure on the cable release will now make the mask travel diagonally across the frame and ob scure the picture When the cable is re leased the mask will gradually reveal a new scene In projection the mask seems to wipe out the scene diagonally from the bottom right to top left Upon release of the plunger on the cable release the scene will open from the top left to the bottom right If smartly used this refinement will make for very effective changes in your films 18 je Maintenance Your BAUER C1 or C2 will be a faithful companion if you protect it from sand wa ter extreme heat and severe shocks Just keep clean all the mechanical and the opti cal constructional elements to which you have free access Use a very soft brush or special lens tissue paper for cleaning the lens Avoid fingerprints on the lens You aO have easy access to the film gate Just clean it with a brush If you should ever have reason to be in doubt about the funct ioning of your camera see your dealer or your nea
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