User's Guide
AatonCode
9.5 Turning the Lightmeter Off
If the lightmeler
is
nOI
being used, il may he tumed off. TIle
onloff loggle switch is localed on the operators s
id
e 10 the left of
the motor. Kcep
in
mind, the
red
diode indicator and end-of-film
wamings will funclĂon whether the display is on or off.
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AS a S13ndard fcature. the XTRplus is equipped with the capabili-
Iy
of
recording AalOnCode in-cwnera lime. Timecode infonna-
t"ion
is
exposed onto the film
by
mcans
of
seven micro-diodes,
which are relayed.
by
means
of
fiher opties, into Ihe gale above
the claw
to
the righl
of
the aperture open
in
g.
Thcsc micro-diodes
flash rapidly to fonn the code as the film
rol1
s through the gate
between exposures.
Becau
se
the Aaton l
im
ecode system
is
completely sclf-contained
in the camera body, any XTR-compa
li
ble magazine (DX style)
can be used on cameras recording AatonCode.
llMI
Cam",,,, Body
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