AAton Penelope User manual

penelope
by Aaton
User’s guide v1.33 (rev.1)
Aug. 19 2010
Aaton 35mm 2-Perf & 3-Perf motion picture camera
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General overview 7
Front view 8
Rear view 9
Assistant’s side 10
Assistant’s controls 11
Assistant’s controls - detailed view 12
Operator’s side 13
Top view 15
Getting started 16
Power up the camera electronics 17
Power up the VHR video-assist 17
Power down the camera electronics and video-assist 17
The «set» key 17
TEST mode 18
Adjusting the Aatonite (glow) 18
Film camera status 19
Warning messages 20
Magazine footage adjustment 21
Foot or meter setting 21
Footage counting 21
Manual footage counter 22
Video-assist direct access 22

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Camera body 23
2.1 Lenses 24
The PL lens port 24
The PV lens port 24
i/lenses compatibility 24
2.2 Viewing System 25
Eyepiece 25
Attaching the finder extension 25
Viewfinder tension adjustment 26
Adjusting the viewing horizon 26
Adjusting the diopter 27
The eyepiece shutter 27
Viewing screen 27
Changing the viewing screen 28
Adjusting the viewing screen 28
2.3 The variable shutter 29
Concept 29
Adjusting the shutter 29
2.4 Film gate and pulldown claw 30
Adjusting the pitch 30
The side pressure bar 30
The film gate 30

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2.5 Camera power 31
Installing batteries 31
Charging the batteries 32
Other power sources 32
2.6 Motors 33
Film frame-rate 33
Using external speed control 34
2.7 Assistant’s side LCD control panel and jog 34
The jog 34
Basics: «sync», «var», «iso», «mag» 35
AatonCode initialization 35
Timecode generator 36
ISO setting 37
SYNC speed 37
VAR speed 37
EXT speed 38
EXT SYNC speed 38
Low battery alert 39
Technical menu 39
LEMO start mode 40
Video Out menu 40
System Time 41
Adjusting the low-battery alert level 41
Display contrast adjustment 42
External Sync 42
Footage Mode 42

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Software Version 43
Lens Data 43
Video-assist proxies 43
Firmware Install 44
Slow Start 45
No Film Mode 45
2.8 Operator’s side settings 46
2.9 Cold weather tips 47
Magazine 48
3.1 Concept 49
3.2 Pressure plate system 49
Claw rear pressure plate 49
Picture rear pressure plate 49
3.3 Loading the film (in 17 steps) 50
In the light 50
In the dark 51
Still in the dark 52
Still in the dark 53
In the light again 54
Installing the magazine 55
Removing the magazine 55