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Summary of Contents for Autopak-8 D Series

Page 1: ...The Minolta Autopak 8 D Series Movie Cameras ...

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Page 3: ...Lens 15 The 010 Zoom Lens 16 The 06 04 Zoom Lens 17 The TTA Exposure System 18 Total Information Viewfinder 19 The 010 Viewfinder 20 The 06 04 Viewfinder 21 Other Autopak B D Features 22 The 010 Features Functions 24 Filming Speeds 24 Variable Shutter Opening System 25 Ultra High Speed Filming 25 Automatic Manual Fading 26 Exposure Adjustment 27 Other Autop ak B D System Accessories 28 ...

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Page 5: ...re available in a price range that is appealing to all kinds of cinematographers The Autopak 8 D10 is an incredibly versatile camera with more features and special ac cessories than any other 8mm camera and it is priced accordingly The Autopak B D6 more compact but with much of the D1O s versatility is medium priced And the Auto pak 8 D4 is budget priced even though it uses the same system of Mino...

Page 6: ... 7mm to 70mm Zoom Rokkor Lens and a variable five stage speed power zoom con trol Its consistently accurate exposure measuring system is Minolta s exclusive through the aperture electric eye With the D10 s variable shutter sector unit you will be able to make fully automatic or manual fade ins or fade outs at shutter speeds of your choosing And you will have a choice of seven different and precise...

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Page 9: ... expand the creative potential of the film maker and permit him a variety of sophis ticated ways to solve cinematographic challenges all within a reasonable budget Both cameras are easy to handle easy to operate requiring no special experience in the techniques of moviemaking Both are immensely versatile and packed with new developments in photoelectronics miniatur ization and photographic optics ...

Page 10: ... off switch ing cable release hand operated from dis tances up to 50 feet 15 meters from the camera Connected to a special Minolta lntervalo meter two are available the switch permits automatic time lapse photography for a variety of industrial scientific or basic photographic uses Coupled with most cassette tape recorders now on the market the switch allows the photographer to add sound to his fi...

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Page 13: ...house plants and garden flowers Intervalometer S Even more versatile than the Intervalometer P is this high quality professional accessory capable of actuating exposure at intervals from 0 2 seconds to 10 minutes This unit may be used for sampling a series of continuous run sequences filmed for a certain duration 5 10 20 seconds at re gular intervals 15 seconds to 10 minutes and indent sampling a ...

Page 14: ...s The remote control cord may also be used to operate more than one camera at a time or to allow the photogra pher to get in his own picture Tape Recorder Control Cord The electromagnetic shutter release permits synchronized sound recording when any of the cameras and most popular cassette tape recorders are connected The tape recorder control actuates both the camera shutter and the recorder Wire...

Page 15: ... Remote Control Cord Tape Recorder Control Cord Wireless Control Unit ...

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Page 17: ...to excellence from ease of handling to perfectly matched optics and mechanics Their inherent versatility gives you a unique ability for achieving high ly dramatic and imaginative filming at all times Each Zoom Rokkor Lens is a product of more than 40 years of Minolta research and devel opment in photographic optics The per formance of each is guaranteed Rokkor Lenses of all kinds have been prized ...

Page 18: ...camera which allows easy power operation of the zoom You can operate this control with a simple gentle touch of your finger The lens may also be zoomed by manual operation or set at any single specific focal length by maneuvering a telescoping handle that conveniently attaches to either side of the zoom ring Use of the world s first elec tronic governor motor for the zoom speed control means you l...

Page 19: ...n this smaller Zoom Rokkor yet it sacrifices nothing to quality of design and manufacture A two way rocker control is positioned near the top of the 04 for finger tip control while you zoom from wide angle to telephoto With the camera filming at the normal 18 frames per second you ll be able to zoom from wide angle to telephoto in approximately 5 seconds The lens may also be zoomed by manual opera...

Page 20: ...light after it passes through lens aperture For corn parison the conventional TTL system rnea sures light after it has passed only through the lens Each Autopak B D camera employs both a CdS cadmlurn sulfide cell and unusual servo mechanism circuit for its through the aperture electric eye exposure measuring And since this system permits the measure ment of light after it passes through the half m...

Page 21: ...ur Super 8 film is made At all times you ll be able to frame and focus your scene exactly as it will later appear on your screen at home This single lens reflex type viewfinder is extraordinarily bright and distortion free Focusing is very easy since a rangefinder microprism spot in the viewfinder s center snaps into sharp focus with a simple rota tion of the focusing ring You ll find that this ea...

Page 22: ...transported If a malfunction occurs in the film transport this flicker will cease t and alert you to investigate the source of the trouble The shutter opening fade indicator in the upper right corner lets you view the progress of automatic or manual fades It moves downward when the variable shutter closes for fade outs And upward for fade ins When the shutter is fully open the indicator moves out ...

Page 23: ...des a special viewfinder shutter which is used to prevent light from entering through the eyepiece when the viewfinder is not used during filming such as during remote control and time lapse photography For special vision problems the D6 comes with a special built in adjustable eyepiece 1 to 4 diopter that locks into position once it is properly tailored to your eyes_ At a glance the D6 viewfinder...

Page 24: ...tography when one of the two Minolta Intervalometers is used As an example of the usefulness of this device you may make round the clock expo sures of plant life with electronic flash while paying only minimal attention to the tunc tion of the camera While your camera makes precise single frame exposures you ll be free to carryon other duties Automatic Type A Filter This is built into the cameras ...

Page 25: ...ED POWER PACK YES 32 and 50 fps NO INTERVALOMETER P YES YES INTERVALOMETER S YES YES I z RELEASE CORD YES YES UJ REMOTE CONTROL CORD YES YES TAPE RECORDER CONTROL CORD YES YES WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL UNIT YES YES LENS HOOD YES YES EYEPIECE HOOD YES YES FOREHEAD REST YES NO CLOSE UP LENS YES 43 50em YES 40 6 50 8em Daylight FILM SPEED RANGE ASA 10 400 DIN 14 27 ASA 25 160 DIN 15 23 Artifieal light ...

Page 26: ...ant use for creative filming You ll want to use the single frame speed mainly to film titles or animation And with the use of the D10 s electromagnetic reo lease cord described on page 12 you ll dis cover animation and other single frame effects are easier to make than ever before Speeds of 8 and 12 fps are recommended to emphasize or exaggerate effects of abrupt and speeded up subject movements W...

Page 27: ...hen the frame speed changes This leaves the photographer little or no creative choice With the Autopak B 010 you can change the opening of the rotary shutter from a full open 160 to a full close at O or to two stops 80 and 40 in between What this means is that changes of exposure time are possible without changing the frame speed The result of this system is a choice for you of 10 different exposu...

Page 28: ...ning This automatic system completely opens or closes the DI0 s shutter sector in about 3 seconds at 18 frames per second or in about 2 2 seconds at 24 fps With this system you can fade in a scene after normal filming resume normal filming after a fade out or make easy manual fades by controlling the shutter sector as rapidly or slowly as you desire MANUAL m ft The unparalleled advantage of this v...

Page 29: ...ont you Graduations for both under and over expo sure sides are 0 5 1 0 1 5 and 2EV The overexposure side is recommended when you re filming backlighted subjects those against a very light background or to make proper exposure compensation when the variable shutter is set at 1 2 or 1 4 open The underexposure side may be used for filming spotlighted subjects or subjects that stand bright against a ...

Page 30: ...ood Designed to prevent lens flare when filming takes place in strong direct light Also protects barrel and lens from rain or snow when filming is done in adverse weather Oversize Eyepiece Hood Used to prevent extraneous light from entering the viewfinder when filming with the naked eye Made of soft flexible rubber easily attached to the viewfinder Battery Magazine A convenient accessory for lengt...

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