"PRO-600" CAMERA
The Auricon Pro-600 Camera has a capacity of 600 ft. of 16mm film on laboratory core packing. On special order, magazines which will handle both spools and laboratory core film can be obtained. Single or double perforated film can be used. The intermittent film movement used is made of hardened and precision ground steel imparting a sine wave movement for transport of film. The claw enters the film slowly, accelerates during the center of the pulldown cycle and slows down to a gentle stop at the end of the stroke, leaving the film accurately placed in the gate ready for exposure.The threading of the Pro-600 is somewhat similar to the Cine-Voice except that film is carried from and to the external magazine, rather than to daylight spools within the camera case.On the inside of the camera door a threading diagram indicates the complete film path. Care must be exercized to make certain that the film is properly engaged upon the sprocket teeth, and that the claw can enter and leave the perforations cleanly without punching the film or losing loops. Before running with power, it is advisable to turn the camera over slowly by hand with the knurled Spinner Knob on the sprocket. If action is satisfactory with manual turning, several feet of leader should be run through the camera with the motor as a further check for proper film transport movement and takeup action. When the camera is plugged into a 115V AC line, the neon pilot light indicates that current is reaching the camera. When connected in this way, the film takeup motor runs at 1/3 power providing a small steady pull on the takeup while the camera is not running, preventing the the film from unwinding loosely within the takeup chamber. When the camera motor is activated full power is applied to the takeup roll.
If for some reason, the takeup belt is left off, or if the takeup fails, the camera drive motor will be deactivated preventing the 
film from buckling.This model is supplied with either a single lens mount, or 3-lens turret. The 4" diameter turret accomodates "C" mount lens with Auricon Tele-Finder system. There is a 2-1/2" seperation between lenses permitting the use of wide angle and reletively long focal length lenses without optical interference.The precision viewfinder system gives excellent correction for parallax error, and an interchangeable door is available for use with Zoom lens and its auxiliary finder.The three-lens turret model has available a critical ground glass focusing arrangement through an eyepiece on the side of the camera body. Since the turret must be swung for focusing, a safety switch prevents accidental running of the camera until the lens turret is returned to shooting position.
Lubrication. Oil should be applied sparingly, using one drop in
eachhole for each five days of use. Singer sewing machine oil
or any fine grade of light weight machine oil may be used. All
necessary points of lubrication are plainly indicated with red
paint dots on the inside of the film chamber panel.
The Film Magazines are equipped with positive light traps
which always remain closed except when the magazine is
mounted upon the camera. Pushing the bright metal plunger
will lock trap open when magazine cover is removed to permit
threading. When the cover to the feed side of the magazine is
installed the light trap is automatically closed by the cover
depressing the red plunger. When securing the magazine covers,
place in position, rotate counter clockwise until threads "snap"
into alignment, then rotate clockwise until secure.
