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Looding with film
Press togelher the
a
comero. Push film rewind
(10)
knob
os for os
o
film
chomber;
a
spool unfil o
engoges
close lhe comero
o
I
cossette)
ropid
required to bring the frome counier to
counter will
exposure
piciure
will now spring up ond should
possible (Fig.
Attoch the film to
cossette over
push
the rewind knob fully
Turn the milled ring ot the bottom
Turn the milled
mork
perforotion
o tooth of
(36
exposures cossetie)
is
opposite
film winder
now
how mony fromes ore
toking.
locking
two
l).
lhe
fhe film trockond
the
bock.
butfon of frome counter
fhe red
(12)
ond releose
oulomoticolly indicole ofter
cotches ond open lhe
(9)
lever
loke-up
spool
hole on bolh
sprocket
wheel
or
dot. Alternoiely
to
insert in the cossette
bock
(8)
still ovoiloble
Unlooding lhe cqmero
Push the rewind lever
will
orrow until
of the frome
the rewind
film
Chonging
the losi
from comero.
obove. Press the releose, let
hold it down in
film wind os for os it will
shows the number
releose ond once more ocluote
resl of the film con
up. Rotofe the knob
iump
(or
|
knob to
cossetie.
portly
frome
number. Rewind
to
is once more visible
O)
counter.
Open
its
exposed
insert
Now
position.
this
you
hove
now be exposed
the left ond
in the direction
the
comero bock,
full
extent, ond remove the
film:
moke
film completely
the other film
go
ond
Then octuofe the
go,
until the frome counter
noted
before. Let
the ropid
in
the left; rewind
pulled
be
('19)
drow lhe
;
(Fig.
ll).
foke-up
of the
sides of the film
(Fig.
lll). Now
(17)
until the
(20
exposures
O
o mentol nole
press
operofe
os
36
the rewind knob
the
os is
ofien
(or
20).
every
of
in fhe window
pull
ond remove
os described
once morei
ropid
go
of the
film wind. The
normol woy.
out
,vlro
The
for
the
out
of
INST
USE
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The
(24x36
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Should the noture of
perfectly
Remorkobly simple ond
confident
reodino
outomotic I" is o comero
lm; hoving
mm) fi
you
give
fully
free to disengoge
pictures
to
toke
these instructions.
for minioture
moment
lhe shutter speed
hove
you
finished
require it,
you
ore
you
once chosen
outomotic lens operiure control.
your
subiect
the outomotic device.
relioble hondling will moke
the
Lens ring
I
Press-key
Flosh socket
ll
Bock
Aperlure
Shutler
6
Ropid film lever
oulomotic
you
Shutter
confinuously; never
blurred
Film type indicotor
is in the comero. Pull
with Film") ond turn the disc
film), blue
light
with focussing scole
for chonging the film speed
lock
ond depth-of-field
speed ring
-
device,
moking double exposures or sl<ipping o frome.
releqse
pictures.
colour
olwoys
coupled with
-
(doylighr
film).
should be
ierk
-
colour film)
scoles
7 Control
8 Shutler
9
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ll Accessory
12 Ropid wind lever
l3 llluminotion
l4o
14 ASA
l5
16
17
'18
turn
it
reminds
rewind knob
out
ring
monuol operture
or
releose
Film
rewind lever
Fig. I on reverse
Rewind knob
type indicotor
Fig. I
on reverse
viewfinder
Press
bulton
for setting
film
for
Socket
ond
self-iimer
DIN film
Frome
odiustment
Tripod
speed scole
counler with milled
bush
for
os
ihe
shutter
pressed
os thot
you
which kind of film
(block-ond-white
to white
yellow
or
(ASA
ond DIN)
for outomotic
control
(see
poge)
with film
shoe
(see
poge)
window for
conirols
"B"
scole
speed
cqble releose
disc
possible.
os
releose,
smoothly ond
produce
would
"Looding
(see
(ortificiol
An
stops

Toking
pictures
Hoving looded
type
indicoior
turn
@
choose
@
turn
clicks in
now
@
either
(4
scopes
ring
Toking lhe
@
(7)
ring
youl
shutter speed
opposiie
focus
with
feet), V
(35
(1)
occording to the
look through
subiect;
you
you
see o
circulor exposure
viewfinder
When
O
green
is
port
even fills
grom
impossible
light
Q
The
exposure
operture
under
ond
O
outomoticolly
with film
(very
importont!)
"AUTO"
to
shutter
ring
1/zo,
the
red
groups
for
feet)
. . . or
-
picture
the
viewfinder
press
con
green
or
indicoior
(diogroms
pleose
Bul
the
/ holf
possible.
still
is lorger
c),
conditions.
numbers
volues.
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"Aperfure
ond
odjusted ihe
-
-
speed
(6)
so thot red
lleo
lhzs
or
second;
symbols:
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o
feet)
ond O for lond-
direct
by
distonce
for
turning
in
ond frome
the releose
green
red
/
signol in
of the top
o ond b).
nole:
circulor
red,
the
outomotic
under
indicotor
ihon
entire
you
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correct
But
con
signol is
exposure
when
green,
the
field
exposure
prevoiling
the
see in
ore the lens
obout these
Aperture
ond Depth-of-field".
film
mork
portroits
lens
feet.
your
(8)
when
the
of the
holf
the red
or
(dio-
is
the
Control"
Mqnuol operlure
This is
essentiol
1/:o
s€cohd
olso someiimes
you
when
operture
Monuol
the
control is
ronge
outomotic
however the
olwoys shows in
occording
Flqsh piclures
r
(11)
shoe
set
shutter speed ring
colculote
guide
number
by
the distonce
distonce).
Time
exposures
o
speed
ring
open
while
you
must
tripod,
etc.) ond screw
Aperlure
o
reod
off the operture
molicolly reflecled
of viewfinder).
use o
smoller
o lorger
increose
or
exomple)
The
crystcl-frome
cleorly
shows
the
film - in
you
But
should
the
viewfinder imoge
neor lhe top
subiect froming
or sidewoys, occording
horizonlolly
with shutter
ond
when toking
used
might
volue os
of operture
exposure
exposure
the
to the
-
insert
ond the
lhe
.correct
of the flosh-bulb
in feet
-
Press
(6)
to
you
ore
ploce
lhe
correclion
Soy lhis number
operture, turn
operture to 4.
the
operture
to
either l'l or
exocily
noturol
remember
of lhe luminous
for o distonce
or
upnght.
conlrol
speeds longer
flosh
with colour
perhops,
need,
directed by the
obtoined
turning
by
numbers
device is
viewfinder
prevoiling
flosh
(6)
operture
"8".
pressing
comero
wifh
in
the exposure indicotor
now
meter is
still
the light
light
the floshgun
leod
in the
r/ro
to
second. You
number
electronic
or
(operture
bution
The shutter
o coble releose
number
lf it is required
2.8.
:
(l4o)
the releose
on o rigid
colour reversqt film.
which
is 5.6; if
(7)
ring
by two
volues,
viewfinder
whot will
size.
thqt ot
shifts slightly.
to whether
be
shori subiect
The two
frome
indicote the correcl
of 3 feel
you
pictures.
reversol
to
film mokers.
(2.8
thon
lt is
film
correct the
(7)
ring
to 22)i the
out of oction,
working
ond
volue,
conditions.
in the
occessory
flosh
by dividing
guide
ond turn
will now remoin
support
in
you
fo
8; in cqse of
recorded
-
hold the
(3);
socket
con now
the
flosh
unit
number
shutter
button. But
(toble,
(15).
socket
Firsf
find
outo-
(ot
top
you
hove
lo decreose
(in
set
this
on
distonces
lines
short
downwords
comero
to
.
to
.

Aperture
Depth-of-field
oreo
front of, ond behind
ronge depends
con olwoys
numbers ore visible ol
ond ll),
By
esiimole
of-field.
should
ring
operture
finder on
some operture
ond Depth-of-field
port,
is thot
is sufficiently
which
the
on
reod off in the viewfinder.
toke the
Nole:
t 2.8 or
thon when
fSorfll.
looking
iusi
if
But
refer to the focusing scole on
(l).The
number which is
overoge
using
When
f 4), the depth-of-field
using o
through
picture
your
you
if
wont
depth-of-field
the left of ihe focused
number
in
shorp on the film
focused
the
operiure setting,
the some
volue.
the lorge opertures
smoll operiure
the
will hove sufficient depth-
to
its
on
of the subiect
depth,
distonce.
which
lf two
(e.g.
time
be
will
such
viewfinder,
be very occurote,
extends from the
shown
right scole
you
ihe lens
in
the
fooioge to
(5).
view-
-
(e. g.
in
This
you
B
less
os
con
you
the
Setting
You
ASA or DlN, os morked
before
exposure depends on
You
key
finger on the rigid
correct
the
the film
should moke ii o rule to
you put
will
find
next to the
(2)
with the thumb; then
ring, ond turn
ASA
mork.
red
speed
the film in the
ihe ASA
block shuller speed
lhe film
DIN number clicks
or
it!
ond DIN scoles
grip
set the
speed
on ihe film
comero.
ring.
ploce your
on the other
speed scole so thot
corion)
Correct
(14
ond
First depress
index
of the
side
in
opposite
Fis. ll
(in
16)
the
Fis. lll