ARRI arrilux 400 lighthouse User manual

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
for the 400 ft . . magazine
of the Arriflex 35 Mod.1I A
ARNOLD & RICHTER KG • 89 TUERKENSTR. • MUNICH 13
MANUFACTURERS OF MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT
PHONE: 36761 TELEGRAMS: ARRIFILM

Druckschr. 18. 11 57 - 1 T. - Sch. Dr . Printed In
Germany

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Operating Instructions
for the 400 ft. magazine of the Arriflex 3S Mod. II A

The 400 ft magazines fQr black-and-whit e mm suppli ed her etQfQre hav e
proved tQQ small fQr the variQus CQ IQur emulsiQns wh ich ar e ' available nQwa-
days, si nce cQIQur film emulsiQn is a little thick,er. than black - and-white .
Th e new 400 ft ma<gazine fQr th e ARRIFLEX 35, de ' sign ed with this fact in
mind, has a cQrresPQndingly greater-ca p acity and accepts th e full 400 ft r, ee ls
Qf CQlour fHm Qr Qf 500 ft black-and-white film. This means a regul , ar 300 m
black-.
and-white film rQll can be half ed and IQaded intO' this magazin e,
giv ! ing 51/ 2 minut e,s Qf shQQting tim e (400 ft l oads 41 1z minutes).
Like all pr eviQus mQdels, the new ARRIFLEX 35 magazin e can be IQaded Qnly
with films wound emuls iQn side in on plastic cores with slot or lug.
Th e QperatiQns desc rib ed in the fQllQw i ng instructiQns shQuld be pracbiced
first in daylight and with blank film until yQU are perfectly familiar with
the 'whQle QperatiQn. LQading in the darkrQQm Qr the changing bag with
une xpos , ed film will then be much eas , ier an.d can be performed quickly and
without unn ec essary de l ay .
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F irst remQve th e lid Qf th e magazin e by turning the locking bar to the left
and gripping the lid Qn the small proj e ction above the bar. Then fold it
forward s and lift if frQm its guid e s. Place the magazine on a table so that
th e cogw he el ge ar PQints towards you . Place the film peel on th e left besid e
t
he magazine so that the film roHs off in a c\ockwis 'e direcHon , and the
be<ginnin<g points to th e right , tQwards th e magazine . The film should n QW be
trimm ed in th e following way: -Us·e the templ ' ate s'Upp lued with ev e ry
cameva and cut off th e perfQrations Qn bo th side ,s up to apprQximately the
20th ho le Qr ' SO' th at fir' st twO' perforatiQn ho l'es of the film are cut open,
Then the trimmed film leader is tak en insid e the op en maga2'2ine and insle rted
from insid e thrQugh th e f ee· d sprocke t until it pTotrudes outsid e through
the .left film chann e l. This thr e ading must be done ' so that the film is guid ed
cQmpl'etely straight an.d paralle l to' t he wall Qf th e magazine in Qrder to'
all Qw the peifforatiQns to' e nga 'ge th e sprocket 's,imultaneQus.ly Qn both s, id e s.
This can be fad libated by ge ntly turning th e cogwhe ·e l geaT by ' hand.
Now the te nsioning Ie ver inside th e magazin e shQuld be mov , ed towards th e
right until it snaps 'i n besi ' de the take-up CQr ,e. The film ro ll can now be
slip ped Qn the left - hand spindl e. Wh en cor es with a sl Qt ar e used, the spring
of th e spindle will snap in autQmatically after on e single turn of the roll.
If 'a CQT ,e wi th a lug is employed th e corr e ct pl acing Qf th e l ug in ~h e sIot
sh ou ld be watched ca . refully, since, in this cas 'e, the spring does not snap in .
Aft er inserting th e film roll into bhe magazine the film shou ld lie perf ,e ctly
flat ' esp eci' ally ne ar the cor e and, furthermQ're, it should be wound tightly .
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Magazine lid
5 Loop size mwrking
2 Locking clip 6
Magazine mouth
3
Unexposed film on plast 'ic core 7
Take -up cor ·e
4 T,
ens . ion i ng le .v' er 8 Loop
protector cover
Now the beginning of the film should be pulled out around the left outer
rim of the mag · azine unt ,il the first perforation holes reach the loop size
marking rib. This ens 1ur'es the correct Siiz ·e of the film loops. The portion of
t
he film with the perforations cut o ff do es not count in this measur ement!
If too much film i,s pullied from the magazine the ·excesls should be ro ll ed
back. The pi'ece of film between uhe mouth of the ma ' gazine and the ma · rking
rib should lie absolutely 'flush along the edge of the magazine.
Without alter , ing the length of this pi ' ece of film (which can be achieved by
ho l ding the cogwhee l g·ear), the beginning of the film should then be turned
towards the operator and inserted into the righthand channel of the magazine
mouth by forming ,a loop at the same time . The perforations must enga.ge
the sprocket on both , sides at the same time once again ,and the , emulsion
side should now be on the ou t sid e of the film loop.
A
short portion of the be.ginning of the film should be pulled into the
mClJgazine, whilsJt making srur,e that the size of the fiji'll loop does not chang ·e.
At the s· ame time bhe smooth turning of bhe cogwheel g· ear mu.st be watched.
The tensioning lever is then peleas,ed by depres ·sin.g it to the right and then
swung to the left until it rests agaJinst the inserted film roll.
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Attention
The scale of the footage counter on the back of the 400 it magazine, indicat-
ing the length of film remaining to be exposed applies to black-and-white
film! The approximate amount of available colour film can be determined
by deducting about 1/5 of the value indicated. Th e sca le is available in feet
or me ,t' ers and can be e xchanged, if need be, by unscrewing th e screW's and
removing the cover ov,er winding mechani lsm.
In con tra , s-t to the 200 ft and previous model 400 ft magazine, ' the new 400 ft
magazine has a collapsithle tak ,e- up cor ·e permanently attached to the winding
sp'indle. When the magazine is l oa . ded in the mann er d escri bed , above and
th e film is . ins erte d properly up to the take-up cor'e, th e trimmed piece of
film ,
shou ld be cut off at th e beginning of the perforations proper. The film
end , which is now of normal width, should be clamped into the take-up
cope by pres .s: ing to the left the clamping l ever inside the core. L ater, when
th e film is fullyexpos'ed, the clamping Joever must be pressed to th e right.
This causes the t, ake-up cor ,e to co ntract. Th e film ro ll can then be lined
out , ea sily.
A
plastic core can then b.e inserted into the r,eel. This is not always
neoessary, how ever, , since the processing pli ant will do this automatioally.
Th e new take-up core, which can not he r'e mov ed from the mag 'az'ine, has th e
following aJdvanta'g es:
• Th e beginning of th e film cannot sl:ip from the take up, which would
necessitate foe - loading and loop forming, and
• the t, ake up side will always have a ci roular shape. Any bulging,
wobbing or ", spoking" and also th e danger of jamming is prevented.
To close the magazine, the two holding clips on the Ji.d should be inserted
obliquely into the slots in the l ower edg ,e of the magazine and the lid then
folded over th e magazine slow ly and cautious ly. When fitted correc tly and
snugly, the lid will close wit hout effort. As soon as the magazin e is properly
closed, th e locking bar should he turned to the right and the magazin e
ins·erted into the camera in the usual way .
Attention
Before switching on the camera motor the two milled discs on the back of
the magazine should be tightened in the direction of the arrows engraved .
Onl y in this way can possible sagging of the film in the magazine be avoided
and uniform, jerk-free running ensured .
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Four-hole spring loaded · eyelet
Take-up -spindle disc
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Feed spindle di , sc
Threaded holes
14 = Retaining screws for footage scale
The new magazine has also a new , and improv ,ed take up mechanism, If th e
spring t' ension should reI axe afte'f some time and halS to be re-adjusVed, this
is ea ' sily done, The prot 'ecl!ing cover on the back of the magazine should be
removed by unsrewing the two screws, This must only be done while maga-
zine is empty. Then the tens · ion can be increalSed by adjusting the fom hole
eye ,l, et (10).
Film-loop protection during transport and storage
In order to avoid possible damage to the film base or the perforations when
using ARRIFLEX 35 magazines of all types, the employment of the new loop
protecting cover is recommended. This additional device consists of 5 com-
ponents:
base plat ,e
1
ret , aining piece
2 retai . ning screws
cover cap
l
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to be fixed securely
to every magazine
loose, can be slipped on

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7
Tens , ioning l ever
Take -up core
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Loope protector cover
Reta , ining piece for 8
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new type of loop pr ot ec tion for th e ARRIFLEX 35 magazin e
If the loop protecting device has not been supplied with the magazine it
should be mounted accord ing to the following instructions:
Place the empty ARRIFLEX 35 magazine upside down on a tabl e and unscrew
the two counter-sunk , scr ' ews on the camera side of the magazine mouth with
a screw dri , ver. Filrs,t the base plate and th en th e re t aining pi ece of the loop
protector (with the oblique bor , ings on top) should be placed on the threa , ded
hol 'es in the ma'gazine mouth, and than the 's, lightly long , er retaining screws
suppHoed with the prot ' ector should be slipped into the holes of the two com -
ponents and then tightened on the ma.gazine mouth.
After inserting th e film into the magazine th e film loop should be pressed
loosely against th e mouth of the magazine and the cover cap slipped over
the film into th e retaining piece. When this is done the film loop is comp l etly
covered and protected from kinks and damage. Th e cover cap is designed
symmetrically and either ed ge can therefore be inserted into the retaining
pi 'ece, where it will snap in correctly.
The magazine cases need not be altered to accomodate the new magazine
and th e same applies to the retaining piece with the base plate, whi.ch are
permanently fixed to the magazine and do not impair the attachment of th e
magazine on the camera.
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