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OPERATING MANUAL
for
ARRIFLEX® 16S
(STANDARD)
The following diagram pages
may be kept folded out for your
convenience in identifying ope-
rating parts white reading the
instructions.

R IF LE X 16 S (Standard)
controls and features
1)
Lock screw for matte box
boom
2) Lock screws for adjusting
front and rear matte box
standards
3)
Follow focus wings on each
lens
4)
Slide-in shoe for matte box
5)
Eyelet for attaching shoul-
der strap
6)
Interchangeable magazine
200 or 400 ft.
7)
Finder eyepiece with rubber
eyecup
8)
Diopter adjustment ring
9)
Knurled ring for removing
eyepiece
10)
Battery cable lock
11) External buckle switch
override
12)
Locking start/stop switch
13)
Lock re lease for switch
14)
Cover lock
15)
Lens socket lock levers
( 1
of 6 )
16) Turret grip ( 1 of 3 )
17) Interchangeable torque mo-
tor (only one needed for ca-
mera)
18) Feed- and take-up spindles
19) Contour grip with thumb
rest
20) Tachometer
21)
Footage counter setting disk
22) Frame counter setting disk
23) Motor lock
24) Interchangeable motor
25) Knob for manually turning
motor
26) Forward and reverse switch
for variable speed motor
27) Battery cable socket
28) Light cover in finder eye-
piece in closed position
29) Magazine cavity cover

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6 )
7 )
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9 )
10 )
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CONGRATULATIONS
You now own an ARRIFLEX, one of the finest, most versatile motion
picture cameras ever made.
Soon this new ARRIFLEX will be at work for you. We know it will per-
form to your entire satisfaction.
As a member of the ARRIFLEX family, you are cordially invited to call
on us at any time for advice or assistance. If you use the ARRIFLEX in
a partic ularly interesting, complicated, diffic ult or unus ual application,
won't you please write to us about it? We will be glad to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
Please be sure to fill out and mail the guarantee card which accompanies
your camera. This not only makes the guarantee valid, but it also permits
us to serve you better should you have any technical or service problems
in the future.
As we keep a permanent record of all registration cards, we can also help
you better in case of theft.
Each ARRIFLEX 16 S is SUPPLIED WITH
1 )
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3 )
4 )
Test Film taken with camera
Battery cable with attached ground connector cable for torque motor
Sturdy leather shoulder strap
Fountain-pen type brush for cleaning optical surfaces (when cap is put
on rear of brush holder, brush is pushed out)
Plastic skewer for cleaning emulsion from film gate
Bottle with special ca rne r a oil
Tube of special grease for lens cavities of camera and lens mounts
Pressure oiler
Guarantee Card
Instruction Manual
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ARRIFLEX 16 S
(Standard)
HOLDING CA MERA
Place thumb of right hand between contour grip and side of camera, while
the other fingers reach forward around the "bulge" where they are free to
actuate the follow-focus grips and diaphragm ring of the lens in taking po-
sition.
Place palm of left hand around finder housing on left side of camera,
gers over ON-OFF switch. Thus camera can be held steady easily
comfortably.
fin-
and
When switch is pressed down, it remains locked In down-position until its
release lever is pushed in.
An accessory PISTOL GRIP with or without shoulder brace is also avail-
able. It is attached to the tripod socket and has its own release trigger
which connects through switch behind tripod socket. (See separate instruc-
tions for Pistol Grip).
SIGHTING
Place right eye against finder eyecup. An eyeglass wearer should raise his
glasses to his forehead and sight without them. For left eye viewing, the
eyec up may be turned around. (C lick- stops ~)
If shutter is closed, turn transport knob in center of motor to open it.
First focus eye to ground glass by turning the knurled adjustment ring at
the eyepiece until grain structure of ground glass appears sharp. You may
want to do this without lens in socket. The adjustment ring should then be
locked in place by either of the lock levers.
Then focus on subject by a ct uating focusing mount of lens. For critical
sharpness, always focus lens with diaphragm wide open. This is important
to remember as the optical system of the Arriflex finder is so bright that
a brilliant image can be seen even when lens is stopped down.
Most Arriflex lenses have clicking diaphragm stops so that the lens can be
stopped down without removing camera from eye.
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While the optical system of the finder is constructed so that it prevents
light from entering and fogging film, the eyepiece must be shielded from
direct (horizontal) sunlight or powerful spotlight if eye is removed. For
this purpose a light cover is provided inside the rubber eyecup. During
filming always press eye firmly against eyecup or close the cover door
on the eyepiece.
FINDER WITH DETACHABLE
EYEPIECE AND
INTERCHANGEABLE GROUND
GLASS
The detachable eyepiece permits using the camera in the Arriflex 16
BLIMP without the eyepiece while attaching the eyepiece on the outside
of the BLIMP.
It also permits attaching the PERISC OPIC ACCESSOR Y FINDER, which
facilitates viewing from the side or the top (for instance if camera is on
a microscope or copy stand), or viewing with the left eye when a 400
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MAGA ZINE is attached to camera (See illustration in Arriflex folder).
The eyepiece can be removed by turning the knurled chrome-plated col-
lar clockwis e (camera in shooting position). To replace it, engage key-
ed flange properly and turn collar counter-clockwise.
The rubber eyecup can be turned freely on its click-stop bearing for
right or left eye viewing.
The eyepiece cover door also turns freely and should always be set to
open along long end of rubber cup.
The standard ground glass, supplied with the camera, can be interchanged
with SPECIAL GROUND GLASSES with cross hair reticle, or TV field, or
clear glass with reference reticle for cinemicroscopy (See price list for
details). (Such installations are a service department job and must be
done only by skilled, experienced technicians with special tools).
The Arriflex eyepiece has a high accommodation diopter adjustment-col-
lar with lock lever. For people, whose eyesight requires further correc-
tion, it is possible to fit PRESCRIPTION LENSES into the eyepiece.
(Write for further information).
Another worthwhile accessory is the FOAM RUBBER EYE CUSHION
which fits over the rubber eyecup. It is particularly convenient in per-
spiring hot weather and it is also desirable when different cameramen
use the same camera. Each cameraman can have his own eye cushion.
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