Main features of canon scoopic 16 1 – Canon SCOOPIC 16 User Manual

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Main Features of Canon Scoopic 16

First 16mm Movie Camera to Incorporate

Zoom Lens

: Canon Scoopic 16 is the world’s

first 16mm movie camera to incorporate a built-

in zoom lens. The zoom lens on this revolution

ary movie camera has a zoom ratio of 1 : 5.85,

or a focal length of 13mm wide-angle to 76mm

telephoto which covers the focal lengths used

most often. The lens speed is a pre-eminent

F 1.6.

First 16mm Movie Camera to Incorporate

Electric Eye with Manual Override

: Shoot

ing with accurate exposure is always possible

with the automatic aperture mechanism which

is coupled to the built-in CdS cell. It couples to

the entire range of this camera's f/stops and
filming speeds. Switch-over from electric eye

mechanism to manual operation is easily done by

shifting the master switch.

Bright Viewfinder with Prism Screen View

finder:

Bright, easy-to-see single-lens reflex

viewfinder eliminates parallax displacement and

the Scoopic incorporates a prism screen range