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TWO PAGES PER TIME THE RicohFlex Dia L User manual
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DIA RIKEN
OPTICAT
INDUSTRIES.
LTD.
REFER,ENCE
ftIANUAI
Tr,kyo Office ' No. l, 3-chome Ginzo, Chuo-ku Tokyo
New York Office , 521 Fifth Ave., New York 17, New York
,t C/57-3M @ Koyosh"t Printed in JoponView original page 2Page 6 · Read text
CAUTION
When winding the film never turn fhe film winding knob
while CONITNUOUST Y pressing fhe film odvonce button
becouse fhis will domoge fhe geors inside ond resuh in o
breokdown. After pressing it once releose it, lhen lurn
the film odvonce knob fo wind fhe film.
FILTI EXPOSURE INDEX Regord less of how good o comero you hoye, through
coreless exposure o much onticipoted subiect will furn out
Note : When you purchose film, whether it is o disoppointing white or block. In photogrophy there is
block ond white or color f ilm, the f ilm nothing more importont thon proper exposure. Up till now,
exposure index of the film is olwoys cleorly mony people hove been toking photogrophs with only o
specif ied on the box or in the enclosed rough guess of the exposure bosed on their senses or
instructions. For exomple, for the cornmonly exposure tobles. Only through proper exposure con you
colled X film the exposure index is 50, for XX truly oppreciote the result of o good photogroph. To fulfil
this requirement it is best to use on exposure meter which l0O ond 2OOfor XXX. As the film exposure index
determines the exposure scientificolly.
becomes foster you must use o correspond ing The DIA L hos o built-in direct-reoding type exposure
lower exposure (Shutter ond f stop). Therefore, meter of the lotest type. Therefore, eyen o novice con
to moke proper exposures it is importont thot become proficient in photogrophy mony times foster ihon
you olvroys keep in mind the type of film you with comeros which do not hove o built-in exposure meter.
hove in your comero (The exposure index). Especiolly in color photogrophy, it shows off its greotest
versotility.
PRINCIPTESOF THE EXPOSUREIIETER Unlooding is done, under subd ued light, in
The light window behind the nome plote is o selenium pholocell. reverse order of looding film. After the roll
When light strikes this light window on electric current is generoted
hos been token out the roll is seoled tightly occording to the strength of the light. (ln other words, the selenium
with tope. As done when looding film, fold photocell octs os o converter ond converts light into electric current).
the tip of the poper strip inword ond tope When this electric current is tronsmitted to the g o lvonometer, the
the seol over it. This will moke the film more needle inside the exposure meter, of the side of the comero, moyes
convenient to hondle in the dorkroom. And, ond indicotes the brightness of the subiect on its light scole. This is
it is olso sofer to olwoys wrop the exposed how on exposure meter meosures the proper setting. Furthur, the
film with light-proof poper such os tin foil. numbers which oppeor on the DIA L light scole indicote light yolues.
Slight d ifferences in respective methods or meons moy exisl but the
principle of o light meler is os exploined o bove.
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GUTDEFOR BECOM'NG A GOOD
PHOTOGR.APHER
As long os you remember o few simple rules,
eyen o novice con become o good photogropher.
lf you follow the rules given below, we ore
confident you will quickly show remorko ble
improvment.
I ) Hove you eyer ho d double exposures ?
To prevent double exposures, ocquire the
4l when you wont both foreground ond bockground in hobit of olwoys winding the film immediotely
shorp focus such os group photogro phs move thelshutter ofter releosing the shutter.
speed selector lever upword. When you wont iust the 2l Hove you eyer hod the four corners of your
foreground in shorp focus, such os o portroit, move the photogro ph turn block ?
shutter speed selector lever downword to dim the Lotely, it hos become common proctice to use
bockground. At this point, to determine the limits in o hood under overq ge conditions. But, there
which the subiect is in shorp forcus see the depth-of- moy be some of you who hove hod the four
f ield scole on your knob. lf you wish to photogro ph corners of your mosterpiece turn block becouse
sport events or scenery from the window of o lroin you used o hood of different moke. lf is best
requiring fost shutter speeds, moye the shutter speed to use on occessory which hos been especiolly
selector lever downword ond motch up the red line mode. And ogoin, if you ottoch the hood
with the proper shutter speed. lf you whont to show incorrectly it might couse you iust os much
the feeling of motion of moving obiects, move the shutter trouble. On the DIA L ottoch the hood so thot
speed selector lever upword. Moke sure you occurotely the words RICOHFLEX DIA comes out on top.
o lign the shutter speed scole. Settings between the 3) Are you sure the ro pid -shooting co se is not
numbers on the shutter speed scole will NOT give you covering the toking lens ?
on intermediote shutter speed. In the twin lens ref lex, the finder lens is in o
different position so eyen if you con see the
5) In the o bove co ses, o s long o s there is no cho nge in whole subiect through the finder lens, octuo lly
lig ht vo lue the exposure remo ins the so me. Therefore, the cover moy be covering the toking lens.
os long os you once motch up the light volue, the depth- When ro pid-shooting, it is best to be on the
of-field ond shutter speed con be chonged, within limits sofe side ond remoye the front coyer whenever
requiring no cho nge in the light vo lue, o nd still mo into in possible.
the some exposure. h
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B, t-l / 50 B, t-t /1oo Unsuitoble
Cordless flosh contoct
B, l-t /25 B, t-1/25
EXPOSURE IN FTASI{ PHOTOGRAPHY
Will not synchr. Will not synchr.
In octuol use, you connot get good results by merely
motching up the floshbulb ond synchro mechonism
There ore mony types of floshguns, but olone becouse it will -either turn out underexposed
the DIA L is provided with o CORDLESS or overexposed. Here ogoin the vitol question is
FTASH CONTACI on the occessory shoe the exposure. The exposure is determined by theso if you use o RICOH FTASHGUN NO
CORD WILL BE NECESSARY. You con brightness of the floshbulb ond the distonce between
obtoin moximum effect by using on ex- the floshbulb ond the subiect. This relotion is simply
clusive floshgun. This RICOH FTASHGUN represented by o guide number. When you purchose
hos o built-in contoct point so thot mere BC-605 floshbulbs, thejguide number is olwoys cleorly given.
engogement in the occessory clip is oll lf you divide the guide number by the distonce
thot is necessory. NO DANGLING CORD, from the subiect, you will know the proPer f stop.
NO BULB FAILURES DUE TO FAULTY Inversely, if you divide the guide number by the f
CONNECTIONS. Of course, oll common
stop, you will obtoin the distonce.types of floshguns WITH CORDS con
olso be used.
According to its use, there ore mony types
of floshbulbs, usuolly the bulb gloss is
cooted with vinyl or nylon to prevent
explosions or shoffering gloss. - 2 8 -
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