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Agfa Agaf Super Silette Automatic User manual
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I €otch for Comero Bo:k ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS
2 Synchro Flosh Contoct
3 Flosh ond Deloyed Action Poge poge
Selection Lever Accessori es 30-3r Flosh synchronizotion l3-15
4 Shutter Releose Deloyed oction releose 22 Holding the comero 18-19
5 Coble Releose Connection Depth of field 20 Looding the comero 24-25
5 Exposure Meter lndicotor Depth-of-field toble 32-33 Porol lox 17
Window. Double exposure Photogrophic hints 28
7 Accessory Shoe prevention 25 Rongefinder 16-17
8 Viewfinder Eyepiece Exposure l8-19 Rewinding the film 26
9 Locking Button for '10 Exposure meter reoding 7-13 Shutter speeds ond
operfures 8-10l0 Rewinding Button Film counter 4
Short guide 27ll Aperlure Setting Ring Film speed 3
Snopshot setting 21
12 Pressure Key for setting the Fila tips 22-23 Toble of comporotive
film speed Film tronsport ( film speeds 7
l3 Depth-of-Field Scole Film fype indicotor disk 2 Time exposures 13-14
l4 Focusing Ring Filters 29 Unlooding the comero 26
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www.butkus.us A VERY OLD WISH OF YOURS hos ol lost come true. You ore the owner of o new comero, fhe technicolly perfect Agfo Super Silette Automotic. You ore to be congrotuloted on your choice ond we wish you mony hoppy hours of reloxotion with your comero, for this is whot it wos mqde for. Your Agfo Super Silette Automotic ofiers you the following speciol odvontoges: A coupled rongefinder, bright-line viewfinder, built-in exposure meter free from scoles-coupled wiih shutter speeds ond diophrogm, ond o high-speed colour- corrected onostigmotic lens of moximum definition. We know thot you ore eoger to leorn more qbout this fine comero, ond so we t! J suggest ihot you reod through this litfle booklet ond fomiliorize yourself with your Super Silette Automotic. Your photogrophic deoler moy hove helped you to "lood" the first film in the comero. Films for 35 mm. minioture comeros ore wound on o spool enclosed in o light-tight cossette qnd contoin either % or 20 exposures, the octuol size of the picture being 24x% mm. There is o wide selection of different types of films ovoiloble, ond further detoils of these ore given on poges 22/23.lf you hove not been shown how to lood the comero, instructions ore contoined on poges 24/25.View original page 5
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FILM TYPE INDICATOR DISK The Super Silette Automotic is provided with o film type indicoior disk so thoi you olwoys know whot film is in ihe comero. lt should be set when inseriing the film. To do this, push ihe smoll button in the direction of the orrow (see illustrotion) ond the rewinding knob will outomoticolly spring upwords. Now pull out ihis knob os for os it will go ond grosp ihe disk between thumb ond forefinger (see illustrotion). The disk con then be set with the forefinger by its milled edge protruding ot the bottom until the desired symbol oppeors in the window. The disk is rototoble in both directions. lf, for exomple, you ore looding o black ond white film, the block ond white morkings should be set in the indicotor window (see illustrotion).View original page 7
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When using o negolive colour film, set the
following lettering:
CN : negqtive colour film for doylighi ond
ortificiol light (e. g. Agfocolor CN lZ or CN 14)
For colour reyersql film (from which colour
tronsporencies ore obtoined) two settings oreprovided:
CT : colour reversol film for doylight
CK : colour reversql film for ortificiol light
FILM SPEED SCALE
To ensure thot the built-in exposure meter is
odiusted to the speed of the film in the
comero it is necessory to sel the oppropriote
figure on the shutti-'r before moking the
exposure.
Belween lhe shutter speed scole ond the
operture ring you will see o smoll key-shown in ihe illustrotion underneoth the
photogropher's thumb (with orrow). This key
is depressed ond the other hond used to
turn lhe shufter speed setting ring unlil the
red dol mork is in line with the oppropriote
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FILM COUNTER After looding lhe comero, lhe film counter underneoth the comero should be set to the storting position. To do this, turn lhe milled ring in thedirection of the orrow (see illustrotion) vm so thot the fixed mork is opposite the green triongle. When using o cossette with 36 exposures this is done by set- ting the scole to the green lriongle between 36 ond l, for films with 20 exposures the green triongle belween 25 ond 20. The comero is reody for the first exposure ofter tronsporting the film to bring this number (i. e. 36 or 20) opposite the fixed setting mork (see illustrotion). The film counter indicotes lhe number of exposures you still hove left on lhe film. Three operofions ore therefore necessory when looding your comero before toking the first photogroph: Set the film type indicator, DIN I ASA number and film counter at once, before you forget!View original page 9
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www.butkus.us FILM TRANSPORT When looding the comero the stort of the film is wosled by exposure to lioht ond so you must firit m'oke two bldnk exposures. The ropid tronsport lever moves the film on one frome eoch lime it is op- eroted. Ploce your thumb behind this lever ond swivel it round os for ospossible. lf the lever is blocked vou will hove io press lhe shutter rele'ose first. You should repeot this ooerotion of film ironsport ond shutter'releose twice ot ihe stori of every new film before the comero is reody for use. lf you inodvertently releose the ropid tronsport lever only holf woy round you. must toke hold of it ogoin ondpush it right round. Coulion! The rewinding knob iurns os the film rs. tronsported ond should therefore not benrndered In ony wqy.View original page 10
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Focusing rirrg @ Shutter speed setting ringo
Depth-of-field scole Filrn speed scole irr ASA coupled to pressure@ o r"v Focusirrg nrot'k (set to l0 f t. irr tlre illustrotiort) @o
Filrn speed pressure key @ Aperture scole
Shutter slreed sccle Floslr ond Deloyed Actiorr Selectiorr Lever@o o Aperture settirrg ring coupled to exposure Setting rnork for slrutter speed ortd dio-@ @ n,.eter poirtter phrogm. Shutter speeds slrould engoge itr
Focusing scole their click stops directly opposite the triorrgle.@
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Comporotive Film Speeds
Lighting conditions ore subiect to con- DIN Scheiner Weston G.E.sideroble voriotions, which is why your
comero is fitted with different shutter 100 I 200 6 l0
speeds ond operlures of vorying size. llo l0 210 I 12
With both these meons you con odiust 'f 20 12 220 l0 16the comero to suit the porticulor light 130 16 230 12n
ond subject. Only o limited omount of 14 20 24 16 25light should be ollowed io reoch ihe 150 25 2520nfilm-occording to its speed-ond so 160 32 260 25 nit is up to you to see thoi the right 17" 40 27" 32 50omount is obtoined for eoch photo- '180 50 28" 10 U
groph. 190 61 no 50 80
This is where the built-in exposure 20a 80 300 u lm
meler comes to your ossistonce; it is 2lo t00 3lo 80 125
independently coupled to both, the 220 125 320 100 160
operture setting ring ond to the shutter 23" 160 330 125 m
speed setting ring. 240 2ffi 3,lo 160 2fi
250 2n 350 2@ n0First moke sure thot you hove set the 26 3n 36,0 250 mspeed the film on the scole, os de- of zlo 400 370 3n 500 3. pogescribed on 280 5m 380 4m 64
790 610 390 500 800
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HOW TO DO IT
l. Shutler speed
First set o shutter speed suited to
the porticulor subieci. For moving
obiecls it is best to use o fost shut-
ter speed (see illustrotion, for in-
stonce 1/125 sec.). For photogrophs
without o tripod only speeds be-
tween 1/3g ond t/ss6 second ore
suited.
2. tight reoding
Point the comero ot the subiect so
ltrr@ tholthe photoelectricreflected lightcellfromthroughit reochesthe ta) exposure meter window.
Coulion! Do not cover the window
First set n suitable shuttt'r speed opposite tlta of ihe photoelectric cell with your
mnrk by ttu'ning thc front milled rittg. finger when meosuring the light.
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Now odiusl lhe exposure meter
pointer in its window (top of the
comero) to the centre of the set-
ting mork by turning the operture
setting ring (see illustroiion).
This is then the correct exposure
reoding ond gives lhe proper
operture for the shutter speed
originolly selected.
B@
Tttrrr tltt, tlptrture settirrg rittg to carrtrt' tht,
ytointer ort tht, settitre mlrkView original page 14Page 15 · Read text
In our illustrotion on poge 9 on oper- RED WARNING MARK ture of f.4 wos found to be correct for Occosionolly the light intensity of thethe originolly selected shutter speed of subiect is less ihon the meosuring r7'11,i S€c. by centring the pointer on ronge of the exposure meter will in-the setting mork. dicote. Just press down the shutter releose os In borderline coses of this kind o reddescribed on poges l8 ond 19, ond you worning mork oppeors over the pointerhove token your firsi photo. ofter centring with the operture setting lf you ore unoble to centre the pointer ring. on the mork-becouse the milled ring You will olso notice it in the view-hos reoched the left or right stop-this finder. This is o sure sign thot no reod-meons you hove set o shutter speed ing is possibie ond so prevents incor-which is either too fost or too slow rectly exposed film.for the lighting conditions. In such coses select onother shutter speed ond re- peot the procedure.View original page 15
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www.butkus.us The chief ollroclion of your comero is the exposure vqlue indicoiion reflected in the viewfinder which con be controlled ot ony time when viewing your subiect. When copiuring o series of subjects (such os scenes of sport, ploy ond children etc.) this feoture proves to be espe- ciolly useful becouse smoll exposure flucluotions con eosily be compensoted. Besides, the red worning mork becomes visible in the viewfinder os soon os the lighting conditions do not permit io ioke o picture (see illusiro- tion below). The principle of the exposure meosuremenr in the viewfinder is similor to the indicotion visible in the window. Above the reflected luminous frome o fixed block mork ond o pointer which con be moved by turning the stop ring ore visible in o luminous window. As soon os ihis poinier is exoctly centrol with the index morks the correct exposure volue is set. An exocl meosuring result con only be qchieved when holding lhe comero in horizonlot position even if o verlicol piclure is lo be foken.View original page 16
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decide which ports must be rendered
obsolutely correct, o foct of greot im-
portonce with colour film. Close-up
reodings should then be token of these
more imporlonf ports of the subiect by
opprooching it (wotching the exposure
' :i,'J$:?,::T:,1fi,i:Ti[ll'ff:lsoMEHrN meter) until the effect of brighter sur- nON EXPOSURE READINGS exposure meter pointer no longer
chonges its position oppreciobly on
further opprooch to the subiect. The
reoding thus obtoined is then used for
|nlondscopephotogrophythesky:',i[.J:n'"onfromyouroriginol
usuolly occupies o lorge port of ihe
picture ond is normolly lighfer thon
the remqinder of the subiect, ond so
you should point the comerq of the
dorker ports. lf rhe brightness of the
subiect vories considerqbly you must
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With colour reyersql films (e.g. Agfo- FOR VERY POOR LIGHTING
color Reversol Film CT 18) it is odvis- Sometimes there is not enough tight to oble to toke o reoding on the mqin give on exposure meter reoding on
brighter ports of the subiect. Subiects qny of the instontoneous shutter locking in controst (token in fog, dull speeds. Then you use the "B" shutter weother or shode) require longer ex- sefting for time exposures. posures ond it is best to use the next
lorgest operture or o correspondingly In such coses ploce the comero on o
longer shutter speed. This only opplies firm support, preferobly on o fripod,
lo colour reversql films ond only to the ottoch o cqble releose (if possible
coses mentioned. with time lock) to the connection pro-
vided (see moin illustrotion, @) ond With negotive colour films you should moke the exposure. The shutter stoys olwoys point the exposure meter ot open os long os pressure is exerted on the moin dqrker ports of the subject. the coble releose button.
In mony coses, porticulorly wiih indoor
photogrophy, o floshgun will be need-
ed to supplement the ovoiloble light
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motic is provided with o flosh contoct. You merely slide the floshgun (such os the Agfo KM or Agfolux floshgun) on to the occessory shoe of the comero ond ottoch the flosh leod to the contoct isee illustrotion). When looking onto your Super Silette Auto- motic from obove you will see o smoll lever on the right which occording to ihe flosh method used should be set to X or M. Note therefore With the X-synchronisolion--position' of lever to X (or with deloyed oction to V) speeds no foster thon t,"ro must be used. The opertures to be used ore given on ihe toble on poge '15. With the synchronizing lever sel to M foster shutter speeds con be used. The opertures required ore given in instructions ottoched to eoch flosh bulb co rto n. When using on eleclronic floshgun the lever must olwoys be set io X. Controry to floshbulSs ony shutter speed'con be used, olthough fhe opertures should not be token from the opposite toble. These ore colculoted from the guide numbers for the floshgun concerned, e.g.guide number 96 divided by o distonqe of l2 feet: operture f,,8. The electronic-floshgun con be used for block ond white or doy' light colour films. 14View original page 19
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THE RANGEFINDER Focusing is very simple with the oid of the built-in coupled rongefinder. Through the viewfinder eyepiece ot the bock of ihe com- ero you will see thot the entire field of view is coloured slightly ond hos o diomond- shoped portion in fhe centre. ,l At first lhis cenlre imoge will be seporoted into lwo horizoniolly disploced outlines (see illustrotion, top right). lf you now move the focusing ring with the index or middle finger of your left hond you will find thot lhe out- lines of lhe double centre imoge coincide (lower illustrotion). When this point is reoch- ed, the obiect is outomolicolly in focus. You con rely implicitly on the occurocy of the rongefinder which tokes the guess work out of focusing.View original page 21
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Wrth the comero held horizontolly the H ilEr imoge outlines move sidewoys, when
held upright they move verticolly.
A useful tip 4 t,"
'
Ploce your finger over the righl view-
finder window ot the front of the com-
ero. You will find thot the viewfinder
imcrge is no longer coloured ond rs
mor-e suitoble for lining up your sub-
1ect. When you wont to focus the com- .lryta: Hero with the rongefinder you con re-
move your finger; by this method the
double outlines ore more cleorly visible.
Viewfinder porollox rs something of ,{
which you do not hcrve to be ofroid of
with your Super Silette Automotic be-
couse the luminous frome reflected into
the viewfinder wrll outomoticcrlly move
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HOLDING THE CAMERA - SHUTTER RELEASE Hold the comero steody to obtoin shorp results. We odvise you to toke your Super Silette Automotic in both honds ond form on ongle with your orms ogoinst your body. Your thumbs should lie olong the bock of the com- ero with the forefinger of your right hond on the shutter releose. Line up your subiect in the viewfinder. Everything within the luminous frome oreo will oppeor on the picture. lf you con see only port of the frome, this indicoies thot you ore tilting the comero or not look- ing through the centre of the viewfinder. As soon os you ore sotisfied with whot you see, press the shutter releose; this is done by slowly pressing down the releose lever os for os possible with your finger tip. l8View original page 23
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Give it o triol with your very first photo-
groph: Don't forget to hold the comero level
ond os close lo your eye os possible. lt does
not motter which eye you use for viewing the
subiect, the moin ihing is to close your other
eye. Then toke o deep breoth, hold ii, ond
press the shutter releose.)eI
-) When holding lhe comero upright turn it to the right or left os desired ond operote the
shutter releose either with your middle fin-
ger or thumb, depending on the comero's
position.
Photogrophs without o tripod should only be
l131y1y s€c., token with shutter speeds of lt,i6 to
possibly r.';11y sec. too. lf you hove o steody
hond you moy be oble to ovoici comero
shoke ot r,r.; sec. by supporting your elbows
somehow, but you must try thot out for
yourself.
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DEPTH OF FIELD
We olreody meniioned lorge ond smoll lens opertures (on poge 7) in the choice
of suitoble shutter speed ond operture combinotions.
smot LOroe I operrure OOerlure Dro, : oDenrno " lltJ"":J"i"'"n oursmotl g' e' g' e I' tz = depi'h of field. r'; ^r'o^ = deoth of field
As you will see from this exomple, depth of field is vorioble; it increoses os the
operture becomes smoller ond the distonce becomes greoier. To help you in
finding out how for this zone of shorp focusing extends, your Super Silette Auto-
motic hos whot is known os o depth-of-field scole (@, illustrotion poge 6). From it
you con find the opproximote depth of field for ony given lens operture.
lf, for exomple, you focus the comero to o distonce of l5 feet with on operture
of f.8, you look for the two numbers morked 8 on the depth-of-field scole ond
reod off the ronge in feet between these two points on ihe odiocent focusing
ring; in this cose it will be obout l0 to 30ft.View original page 25From the M. Butkus Camera Manual Library. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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