Adams model 351 and 352 User manual

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HOW TO USE YOUR ADAMS 35 mfu. CAMERA
   You hove purchosed o precision instrument, mode to give you
    yeors of foithful service. lt is simple to operote, ond will produce
    top quolity pictures if you toke o few minutes tofomiliorizeyovr-
     self with it. We suggest thot you toke time to reod the following
     instructions, operoting the comero os you reod. The short time
    spent will repoy you with good pictures right  f rom the stort. lt is on
    excellent ideo to shoot o roll of proctice film to ocquoint your-
     self with your comero, before you photogroph on importont event.

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ADAMS CAMERA PARTS  FRONT VlEw +
     1. Ropid Winder               8. Rewind Knob                15. Self Timer
    2. RongefinderWindow          9. Speed Setting Ring          16. Focusing Ring
    3. Film Counter Button         10. Shutter Speeds              17. Lens Opening Scole
    4. Film Counter Diol                ll.  Lens Attoching Ring          18. Outer Lens Ring
    5. Accessory Clip               12. Depth-of-field Scole          I9. Adopter Ring Threod
    6. Viewfinder Window         13. Footoge Scole               20. Shutter Releose
    7. Film Speed Reminder        14. Flosh Synchroni-                 Button
                                          zotion                        21. Coble Releose Sockel

     ADAMS CAMERA PARTS BAC K VI E W                                       v     l. Ropid Winder                              22. Covpled Rongefinder-Viewfinder
    3. Film Counter Button                          23. Sprockets on Feeder Spool
    4. Film Counter Diol                            24. Toke-vp Spool
                                                                                    :              25. Film Slor    5. Accessory Clip                             : .    7. Film Speed Reminder. .'                    25. Tripod Socket
2  8. Rewind Knob                               27. Cortridge Well

www.butkus.usTO REMOVE BACK
       FOR TOADING

Pull bottom of comero gently,

1o right, os shown in picture.

Entire bock of comero slides off,

for eosy looding.


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HOW TO tOAD YOURwww.butkus.usADAMS CAMERA
Your Adoms Comero uses stondord 20 or 36-exposure, 35 mm. film.
Never lood or unlood film in direcf'sunlight. Stond in shode, or turn
your bock to source of light, ond shode comero with body.
Refer to pictures on Poges 2 ond 3 of this booklet, os you proceed.
Insert film in cortridge well (27). Turn rewind knob (8) until film spool
is engoged. Drow film ocross bock of comero. Be sure holes in film
qre engoged in sprockets (23) on feeder spool. Slip free end of film
through slot in toke-up spool (24) until Yz-in.extends on other side of
spool. With your left thumb holding new roll of film securely in position,
use right thumb to roll edge of toke-up spool (24) toword you, slowly,
until film is wound qt leost once oround the toke-up spool, firmly
ottoched to it, ond lies flot ocross bock of comero. Now check ogoin,
to be sure film is still engoged in sprockets (23). See picture crt left.                                              7

www.butkus.usTO RE PIAC E BAC K OF ADAMS CAM E RA,
                           AFTE R TOADI NG


Do nol slide bock of cqmerq ocross enlire width of cqmerq    pressure                                                          -

plote moy cotch on film. Insteod, bring bock down, directly over film,

os shown in picture ot  left. Slide edge of bock under rim of comero,

orrd locl< in position by turning locking device .lo.k*ir" until block dot
               .    .;                                    9is in direct line with'C (Closed). See picture ot Ieft.

www.butkus.usABOUT TH E RAPI D Wl N DE R (l)
The Adoms ropid winder is the rotchet type, which is cocked by winding
the knob in the direction of the block orrow. See picture ot left. Turn
it os for os it will go, by either using two long strokes, or severol short
strokes (like winding o wotch). You con'f turn it too for  . . . when neces-
sory winding is completed, winder locks into position. This movement
odvonces film one frome, cocks shutter, ond engoges double-exposure
prevention. Now, press shutter releose button (20). Repeqt this operd-
tion ogoin. You hove now by-possed exposed portion of film which
extended from light-tight film cortridge, ond ore reody to toke your
first picture. Your shutter being in o cocked position, turn film counter
button (3) either right or left, until counter is set of zero. From now
on, eoch picture you toke will move the counter outomoticolly, ond
you will olwoys know how mony pictures you hove token. Alwoys
                                                                                                                         isturn ropid winder (1)until  it locks, ofter eoch shot, so your comero
reody for the next picture.                                                 lt

Double imoge os it oppeors  in       Crisp, cleor, single imoge os it
   coupled rongef inder  - viewf inder     oppeors in window (22), qfler
l2 window (22), before focusing.        focusi ng.

www.butkus.usFOCUSING ADAMS MODEL                      352 CAMERA
The Adoms rongefinder-viewfinder  is the super-imposed or double-
imoge type, combining both rongefinder ond viewfinder in o single
window (22) for greoter convenience. When rongefinder is in focus,
fens is outomoticolly in focus. As you look through the viewfindertyou
see o bright yellow rectongle in the center, reflecting o double imoge.
(See pictures ot left). lf possible, focus on o verticol obiect. Turn your
lens by pressing focusing ring (16) with your left fingers. Focus lens
until double imoges ore superimposed, ond become o single imoge, os
illustroted in pictures ot left. Your lens is then in focus. Rongefinder
focusing is olso used when you chonge to occessory (wide ongle or
telephoto) lenses.                                         13

HOTD CAME RA PROPERTY WHITE FOCUSING
    Do not block your vision by holding right-hond fingers in front of
     rongefinder window (2), while focusing. Nofe  To fomiliorize yourself                                                                                       '    with  rongef inder
               f ocusing, it is helpf ul
      to coverond uncover
     window(2)with right
     index  f inger severol
     times while looking
     through window(22);
      fhis procfice session
     will help you reco-
    gnize the rectong-
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E RAFOC U 5IN G ADAMS MO                              www.butkus.usDE L 35I CAM

Adoms Model 35.| does not hove o built-in rongefinder. In ploce of the
rongefinder window (2), you will find o nome plote. A clip-on rong"e-
finder moy be odded of ony time ond is very successful becouse of
the comero's greot depth-of-field. Clip-on rongefinders do not couple

to viewfinder.
Focusing of the Adoms 351 is done by eiithei meosuring or estimoting
distonce in feet from lens to subiect, then setting footoge scole (13)
to coincide with lens-to-subiect distonce.                      15

ZONE FOCUSING... DEPTH-OF-FIEtD SCALE
   Used extensively by press photogrophers ond sports reporters. Lets
    you toke quick-oction shots without stopping to focus eoch shot. This is
    done by pre-setting your footoge scole (.l3). When shooting neorby sub-
      iects, set scole ot l0 ft., ond lens ot f/]6. This will give you shorp pic-
     tures from 6 to 26 ft. When shooting distont subiects, set scole ot l5 ft.
    ond lens ot f/16. You will get shorp pictures from B ft. to infinity. Your
    length of exposure will be determined by the light reoding on your
    exposure nreter. Form the hobit of using your depth-of-field scole (,l2).
      It tells you exoctly how much of your picture will be in focus, of ony
    given distonce ond f/stop. The left-hond number indicotes the neorest
   shorp point; the right-hond number the forthest shorp point. For
    exomple: if your lens is set ot f/5.6 ond subiect is l0 ft. from lens, the
     depth-of-field scole shows thot everything in your picture will be in
l6  shorp focus from B to l2 ft.

FItM SPEED REMIND ERwww.butkus.us
This film speed reminder (7) con be rototed by holding outer rim of
rewind knob (8) with left fingers, ond exerting fingernoil pressure
                                      ogoinst two smoll metol
                                             proiections, with right fin-
                                          ger. Set speed of film you
                                        ore using ogoinst block dot.
                                 The "lN" setting is for in-
                               door (Type F)  f ilm; the
                               "OUT" setting for outdoor
                                             (Doylight) film. The outside
                               row of numbers ore ASA
                                      (Americon Stondord Asso-
                                             ciotion) rotings; the inside
row ore DIN (Germon) rotings. See picture ot left.                 t7

www.butkus.us    REWINDING FItM AFTER tAST EXPOSURE
      When you hove exposed your 20 or 36 exposure film, you must rewind

        film bock into light-tight film cortridge before opening your comero.

      To do this, pull out rewind knob (8) with right fingers. Press on film

       counter button (3) with left thumb. Keep button depressed while you




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i       trrn ,"*ind knob (B) to right until tension    releosed. See picture ot

           left. You hove now rewound entire film bock into originol film cortridge

      ond con open bock of comero to remove film for processing.                                                            t9

CHANGING TENSES    www.butkus.us

To remove lens, grosp lens ottoching ring (11) firmly, ond turn counter-

clockwise. Avoid domoge to pin ot center top of lens mount  . . .  it


operotes the coupled rongefinder. When inserting lens, be sure screw

(o) on lens mount, is ploced in opening (b) before you stort to tighten

threods. See picture ot left.                                                               2l

tENS OPENINGS
     Lens openings (17) from f12.8 to fl22 oppeqr right next to ouier lens ring. F/2.8 is the
      lorgest lens opening, ond odmits the greotest omourrt of light; fl72 is the smollest lens
     opening, ond qdmits the leost qmount of light. Outer lens ring hos two red dots,
     which moy be rotqted bock ond forth with "click" stops, so you con reqd lens setting
     frbm top of comero. Set either red dot on outer lens ring (18) to f/stop desired.

   5 H U TT E R S P E E D S
      Tire Pronto shutter hos four speeds t 1125, l/50, lil 00, qnd l/200, plus "B". "8" or Bulb
         setti ng is used for exposures which require more thon l/25-second. The shutter will
     remoin open os long os the shutter releose button (20) is depressed. We recommend
      thot you use o tripod when moking Bulb shots. To set shutter speeds (10), simply turn
22  ring (9) until red mqrk on ring is in direct line with block mork on numerol.

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SHOOTI NG FTASH PICTU RES WITH
              YOUR ADAMS CAMERA
Use ony Flosh Gun with Europeon (PC) fitting. The Adoms Pronto shutter
is occurotely synchronized ot (X) zero deloy. Tokes excellent flosh
pictures ot l/25-second with Closs M lomps: No. 5,25 or M-2. Moy be
used ot oll speeds with electronic flosh.
Attoch Flosh Gun Cord with Europeon (PC) fitting to plug ('14). Flosh
Guns with occessory clip moy be ottoched to top of comero; those with
tripod fitting moy be ottoched to tripod socket (26) on bottom of
comero.                                                  23

SEtF TIMER ON ADAMS CAMERA
     Your Adoms Comero is equipped with o Self Timer (15). This timer deloys shutler oction
      frorn I to l0 seconds, omple time for self-portroits or for ioining in o group shot. We
     recommend thot you mount your cqmerq on o tripod when using this feoture. .
    To use the Self Timer, set shutter ot ony speed except Bulb, cock self-ti mer lever (15), ond
       trip shutier releose button (20), then pose for the picture. You wi ll heor ihe shutter os it
      outomoticolly tokes the picture. Flosh shots foo, con be token with the self timer.

  CABLE RELEASE SOCKET
    Mony photogrophers prefer to use q coble releose    lhere is less chonce for qccidentol                                                                   -
 '    comerq movement, ond more opportunity for instontqneous shots when toking pictures
     of birds, bobies, or other unpredictoble sublecis. Insert coble releose in socket (21).24

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WORD TO THE WISE
Never force ony port of your Adoms Comero. Never oil      port of your comero.
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Never rub lens, to cleon it...   wipe gently with lens tissue or o soff, lintless cloth.

Prolect your comero from wind, roin, snow ond sond.

Every Adoms Comero hos o Seriol Number locoted on top neor the occessory  cl ip.

Also the Lordonor f12.8 50 mm lens of the ADAMS 352 hos o seriol number. Moke o

record of these numbers so you con prove ownership, in cose of loss. Mony owners

write their nome ond oddress on o piece of odhesive tope, ond ottoch it inside the

bock, or some other inconspicuous port of the comero.                   25

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        Your comero invesiment is protected by Words fomous policy "Sotisfoction Guoronteed,
\ ,       or your money bock".I
        Your Adoms Comero is guoronteed ogoinst defects in moteriqls ond workmonship.
               lf, for ony reoson, your comero requires ottention, send it to your neorest Word Retoil
       t         Sior" or Moil Order House, oddressed to the qitention of the Repoir Service

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