Minox M4P User Manual
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You are the owner
of a LEICA
We hope that you will obtain as much
enjoyment from it as all the many LEICA
fans in every country of the globe.
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As a LEICA owner you have the benefit of
a universal photographic system, which
also covers the technical and scientific
field. In its widest sense, it includes the
well-known LEITZ enlargers and LEITZ
miniature projectors. The projected image,
huge, luminous, and realistic, reveals the
full beauty of your colour photographs,
and never fails to fascinate you and your
friends. May your LEICA be a constant
source of pleasure to you.
Yours sincerely
ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR GMBH
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Description of the LEICA M 4-2....................4
Fitting the carrying strap...............................6
How to hold the LEICA.................................6
The bright-line measuring viewfinder ...........8
The field-of-view selector ...........................10
The rangefinder..........................................12
The rapid transport lever, release
button, and shutter speed dial....................14
The depth-of-field scale..............................15
The distance scale. The aperture scale .....16
Taking out the lens. Inserting the lens........17
Flash synchronization ................................18
Flash table .................................................19
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The LEICA system
The exposure meter...................................23
The interchangeable lenses.......................24
LEICA M 4-2 winder...................................25
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VISOFLEX
. Focusing bellows ..................26
Lens hoods. Cases ....................................27
Enlargers ...................................................28
Projectors...................................................29
LEITZ Service............................................30
LEICA Fotografie Magazine.......................30
LEITZ Information Service .........................31
LEICA School ............................................31
Inserting the film.........................................20
Removing the film ......................................21
Looking after your LEICA and its
lenses.........................................................22
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1 Automatic frame counter 7 Lens bayonet lock
2 Shutter release button 8 Red locating knob for lens insertion
3 Rapid transport lever 9 Accessory shoe with flash contact
4 Film rewind release 10 Depth-of-field scale
5 Shutter speed dial 11 Distance scale
6 Rangefinder window 12 Aperture scale
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19 Baseplate lock 13 Window illuminating the bright-line
frames
20 Contact bush for flashbulbs
14 Field-of-view selector 21 Contact bush for electronic flash units
15 Viewfinder field window
16 Folding rewind crank
22 Film indicator (takes ball-pen writing)
with DIN/ASA comparison scale
17 Carrying-strap eyelets 23 Tripod thread A¼ (¼")
18 Measuring-viewfinder eyepiece
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Fitting the carrying strap
The eyelets (17) are provided for fitting the
carrying strap. Release the double d-back
length of leather from the round part of the
shackle, push off both metal parts and hook
them in the eyelets of the camera in
opposite directions.
Thread the leather holders through the slots
in the metal parts and secure them with the
round part of the shackle.
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How to hold the LEICA
For steady three-point support hold your
camera with your right hand, your index
finger resting on the release button, your
thumb on the rapid-transport lever. The left
hand either supports the lens from below,
ready for quick refocusing, or it grasps the
camera. In addition press the camera
against your forehead.
For upright views all you have to do is to
rotate the camera through 90°. The position
of your hands is the same as for horizontal
views.
You can also rotate the camera in the
opposite direction, then you must use your
thumb to release the shutter.
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The bright-line measuring viewfinder
The bright-line measuring viewfinder of the
LEICA M4-P has been designed to combine
the functions of a coupled rangefinder and
of a viewfinder of outstanding quality.
Whatever you see within the bright frame
will appear on your exposed film. The
bright-line frame is coupled with the rangefinder so that the parallax - the difference
between the lens axis and the viewfinder
axis - is automatically compensated.
The measuring field, brighter than the
surrounding field, is located in the centre of
the viewfinder field. All the lenses of
21-135mm focal length are coupled with the
rangefinder on insertion in the LEICA.
When lenses of 28 (from serial No.
2314921), 35, 50, 75, 90 and 135 mm focal
length are inserted, the appropriate brightline frames will automatically appear in the
viewfinder image in the combinations 28 +
90mm, 35 + 135mm, and 50 + 75mm.
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The field-of-view selector
The field-of-view selector (14) functions as
a universal viewfinder; it enables the LEICA
owner at any time to reflect into the
viewfinder field the frames outlining the
fields-of-view other than that of the lens that
happens to be in the camera. Lever
outward: field-of-view frames for 35 and
135mm focal lengths. Lever inward: field-ofview frame for the 28 and 90 mm focal
lengths. Lever in the middle position: fieldof-view frame for the 50 and 75 mm focal
lengths.
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