user manual century precision optics digital video matte box

User manualCentury Precision Optics

Digital Video Matte BoxV 1.0.8, 7-3-02, Bas Ladru.

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Index:Index: .............................................................................................................. 2Box contents DV mattebox #DS-MB44-00:....................................................... 3Box contents DV mattebox 15mm. #DS-MB44-00-15: ...................................... 3Guide to components, DV mattebox DS-MB44-00:........................................... 4Guide to components, DV mattebox 15mm. DS-MB44-00-15: .......................... 5Available accessories: ..................................................................................... 8Mounting on individual cameras: .................................................................... 10Fit chart: ........................................................................................................ 11Rubber donut ring selector:............................................................................ 12


Box contents DV mattebox #DS-MB44-00:• 1 mattebox.• 1 Universal 12mm. support.• 1 Rubber donut ring kit (6 pc.).• 1 2,5mm. hexagonal key.• This manual.• 1 Alignment card (a tool to align the 12mm. bars properly).• 2 pc. 4x4” filter frame.

Box contents DV mattebox 15mm. #DS-MB44-00-15:• 1 mattebox, with std. Lightweight 15mm. Attachment.• 1 Rubber donut ring kit (6 pc.).• This manual.• 2 pc. 4x4” filter frame.


Guide to components, DV mattebox DS-MB44-00:

Rear view

Front view

Filterframes

Camera screw

Camera pin

Camera baseplate

Bridge plate

Horizontal alignmentadjustment screws

Rubber donut ring

Donut ring holder

12mm. Bars

Accessory shoe

Eyebrowadjustmentknobs

Vertical alignmentadjustment screws

Filter lock screws

Eyebrows

Length adjustment knob


Guide to components, DV mattebox 15mm. DS-MB44-00-15:

Front view

:

std. Lightweight15mm. Attachment.


Common directions for using these matteboxes:

• To protect the fragile front of most prosumer cameras, this mattebox is notattached to the front of the camera. Therefore the mattebox is attached to thebase of the camera. Since all cameras are different, the mattebox support canbe adjusted in both the vertical and horizontal axis. Use the supplied “alignmentcard” as a tool to align the mattebox properly. A hexagonal key is also supplied.

• For extra reduction of flare, the patented Eyebrows are added. These internalFrench flags can be adjusted to the zoom position of the used lens by rotatingthe “eyebrow adjustment knobs”.

• To prevent light from entering from the rear side of the mattebox (and reflectingvia the filter in the lens), the hole in the rubber donut ring must match the frontdiameter of used the lens. Therefore the rubber donut rings are supplied invarious diameters. This ring can be exchanged by unscrewing(counterclockwise) the donut ring holder.

• The accessory shoe can be used to attach a camera light or a microphoneholder.

• For using a polariser or star filters the filter frames can be rotated.

• This mattebox also works in combination with Century Precision wide-angleadapters. In most cases a 3x3” filter will not be big enough, in this case a 4x4”filter is required.

• Some cameras have fixed microphones that are longer than the front of the lens(such as the Sony VX-1000/2000 or the Canon GL-1/XM-1 for example). Inthese cases using the original rubber sunshade will extend the lens far enough.Slide the mattebox backwards over the bars against the original sunshade, anduse a proper rubber donut ring. (see fit chart for VX-1000/2000 or Canon GL-1/XM-1).

• This mattebox is tested and approved on the following camera’s:-Sony: VX-1000, VX-2000, PD100, DCR-900TRV, PD-150, DSR-250, DSR-300en DSR-500-JVC: GY DV500, GY DV500E, GY DV550E and GY DV700E.-Canon: XL-1 (with 16X lens, 3X lens and the full manual 14X lens), GL-1/XM-1.

• Underneath the Camera base plate are ¼ “ threaded holes available forattaching tripod plates. (DS-MB44-00 only)


• The DV mattebox 15mm. #DS-MB44-00-15 is to be used directly on camera’sequipped with a standard 15mm. Lightweight support such as the MBS-100.

• The DV mattebox (DS-MB44-00 only) might not fit on some tripods. In thesecases a Tripod spacer ODS-MBTS-00 is required.


Available accessories:

• 4x4” filter frame, order#: ODS-MBFH-44.• 3x3” filter frame, order#: ODS-MBFH-33.

• MBS-100, 15mm. mattebox support. Use in combination with DV mattebox15mm. # DS-MB44-00-15.Order#: DS-SB15-SO. Required for Sony DSR-250/300/500 and JVCGYDV550/700.Order#: DS-SB15-JV. Required for JVC GYDV500.

• 12mm. to 15mm. adapter. Order#: DS-AR12-00.Required in combination with MBS-100.

12mm. to 15mm. adapter.

12mm. to 15mm. adapter.

MBS-100.


• French flag. Order#: ODS-MBFF-00.In some extreme situations this flag is necessary to prevent lens flare.This flag comes as a kit, complete with friction hinge, and is attached to themattebox on the accessory shoe.

• Tripod spacer. Order#: ODS-MBTS-00.To fit on some tripods this spacer is required.

Please check www.centuryoptics.com for the latest accessories

French fag

Tripod spacer


Mounting on individual cameras:

Please see the Fit chart on page 7 to find out which rubber donut ring, extra accessoriesand mounting holes are needed for your particular camera.

For DV Mattebox DS-MB44-00 only:

• Screw the camera pin and ¼” camera screw in the holes of the camera baseplate as shown in the fit chart.

• Mount the base plate under the camera with the ¼” camera screw.• Adjust the 12mm. bars to the proper vertical and horizontal axis. Use the

horizontal and vertical alignment adjustment screws to align the 12mm. bars.The center of the mattebox should be aligned with the center of the lens. Forchecking the proper alignment a “alignment card” is supplied. Slide the twoholes in the card over the two 12mm. bars and check by verifying if the printedcircles on the card are aligned with the lens of the camera.

• On some cameras the microphone is longer than the lens (and causes themattebox not to come close enough to the lens), in this case the original rubbersunshade should be used.

• Slide the mattebox over the 12mm. bars until the rubber donut ring can bepulled over the front of the lens. Secure with the length adjustment knob.

For DV mattebox 15mm. #DS-MB44-00-15:only:

• This mattebox fits directly on a camera equipped with a std. Lightweight 15mmmattebox support such as the MBS-100. Please make sure that the bars areproperly aligned.

Original sunshade


Camera Rubber Use holes MBS-100 12 to 15 ad.Donut ring see fig. needed needed

Order# Order#For DS-MB44-00

onlySony PD-100 / DCR900TRV 54 2Sony PD-100 & Sony adapter 75 2

Sony VX-1000 (with sony sunshade) 75 or 78 1Sony VX-1000 & CPO DS65CV-00 75 1

Sony VX-2000 (with Sony sunshade) 81 1Sony VX-2000 & CPO DS65CV-SB 75 1

Sony PD-150 65 1Sony PD-150 & CPO DS65CV-SB 75 1

Sony DSR-250 65 DS-SB15-SO DS-AR12-00Sony DSR-250 & CPO DS65CV-SB 75 DS-SB15-SO DS-AR12-00

Sony DSR-300 / 500 DS-SB15-SO DS-AR12-00

JVC- GYDV-500 DS-SB15-JV DS-AR12-00JVC- GYDV-550 / 700

Canon GL-1 / XM-1 (with Canon sunshade) 78 or 81 1Canon GL-1 / XM-1 & DS65CV-GL 75 1

Canon XL-1 / 16X, 3X and 14X lens 75 3Canon XL-1 / 16X lens & CPO VS07CV-XL No ring req. 3

Fit chart:

Please check www.centuryoptics.com for the latest fit chart

Fig. 1

Camera pin

¼” camera screw

Fig. 2

Fig. 3


Rubber donut ring selector:

Hold your rubber donut ring over the figure below to see what size the ring is.

81mm.78mm.75mm.65mm.54mm.

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