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Agfa AGFAMATIC II User manual
User manual for Agfa AGFAMATIC II. 21 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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EXPLANATIONS C O N T E N T S
OF ADJACENT PAGE
ILLUSTRATION
Ropid tronsport lever 2
Operotion, page: 2-6 Focusingsymbols 3
@ Ropid tronsport lever Holding the comero,viewfinder 4
@ Mogic releose button
@ Setting mork Toking the first pressureond releosirrg 5
for outomotic mechonism Three points for good photos 6
@ Setting mork
for focusing symbols
@ Focusingring
@ Setting mork (nof visible Film types 7
in t he illus i r o t i o n ) Looding the comero 819 (1 m. : 3Y4 (t.l for close-ups
Film counter l0
Technicol seclionT poges 7-16 Settingthe film speed ll
@ Cotch for comero bock Without the outomotic mechonism 12
@ DIN/ASA scole Floshtechnique 13 for setting the film speed
@ Socketfor coble releose Agoinstthe light ond close-upexposurereodings l4
@ Accessory shoe Filters ond occessories 15
@ Rewind knob
@ Flosh contocl Rewindingthe film 16
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G []ARA]VTEE
The lens fitted to your camera is a prod.uct of the Agfa Camera Werk
and has been computed and manufactured in conformity with the mosi
up-to-date scientific metho ds.
This lens reaches a standard of performance neuer preaiously attained in
Ienses of equal speed hauing the same nu.mber of elements. Its chief aA-
arntagcs lie in its great depth of field, extremely high resolt;ing pozoer,
excellent definition and outstanding reproduction of detail.
The total of these characteristics makes this the ideal lens for miniature
photography with colour or black and Tohite film.
In addition, et:ery lens is thoroughly tested before leauing our factory by
the ntost up-to-date metkods and is guaranteed by us for its quality and
ner{orntanre'
AGFA AKTTENGESELLSCHAFT
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How fqr qwqy is your subiect?
There qre only three focus settings on the With your Agfomotic you con photo-
comerq. According to the distqnce from the groph ot oll distoncesbetween gy4ft.
subiect you merely set one of the three sym_ (l m.) ond infinity.
bols on the lens mount ogoinst the white mork:
Subiect distonce
Close-ups 5 fr. ro 7 ft. 5 in.AQ
Groups 7ft.5 in. to l5ft. fxr
Distont views l5 ft. to infinity
(londscope)"ft$(Infermediotesettings ore olso possible, if re_
quired. lf you wish to focus the comerct on
obiects only 3t/oft. owoy, turn the lens mount
unfil the 31/4ft.(1 m.) setting is in line with the
white mork sbove lhe word ,,pronlormofor,,.
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When photogrophing it is importont to hold the comero
steody. You should therefore toke your comero in both
hqnds ond broce your orms ogoinst your body. Ploce the
index finger of your right hond gently on the mogic releose
button. When you look through the viewfinder you will
see o luminous frome which surrounds the subiect ond
shows you the exoct Picture oreo.
For close-ups(3t/+ft. setting),the two lines below the top
morgin of this frome indicote the upper edge of the pic-
ture oreo.
To toke upright photos, oPer-
ote the releose button with
your thumb or index finger,
os illustroted.
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which you con quickly moster sufficeto obtoin
perfect pictures:
Set the focusing symbol.
Line up your subiect ond toke the first
pressure.
3. Green signol in viewfinder: Press releose
buiton right down.
Afterwords prepore the comero for the next photogroph
by operoting the ropid tronsport lever, so os not to miss
on ociion shot.
Thot's iust how eosy photogrophy is with the Agfomotic ll.
But you will probobly wont to know more . . . so ioke the
comero in your hqnds
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Photogrophyis more fun
when you hove mosteredthe three points mentionedondTECHNI{AL qre thoroughly fomiliqr with your comero too.
Firstof olf, somethingobout films ond how to choosetherTr: SrtTr0N
First use Agfo lsopon F, 17o DIN (40ASA). lt is o fine-grqin
blqck qnd white film of good contour shcrrpnessqnd con-
sistentquqlity.
For sport photogrophy the ropid Agfo lsopon ISS film,
2lo DIN (.l00ASA), is iusr risht.
with Agfocolor films you con explore the world of col-
our. These films hove been firm fqvouritesfor more lhon
twenty yeors, becouse of their noturql reproduction of
both postel ond brilliqnt colours. In oddition, their high
speed hos mqde the living snopshotin colour o procticol
reo lity.
For shorp,brilliontcolour tronspcrrencies:
.|8. Agfocolor ReversolFilm CT
For wonderful ofbum colour prints:
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The film con be looded in doy- drow out rewind knob firmly Block ond white checks
light, but olwoys in the shode with right hond os for os pos- : Block ond white film
-moking useof body shodow. sible. CN : Colour negotive film CT : Colour reversol film t
Firstopen the comero bock by DAY doylight type Now set the film type indicotorsliding cotch in direction of by turningthe millededge pro- CK : Colour reversol film, ortificiolorrow. A light type (incondescent I truding ot the bottom of ihe lomps of 34000Kelvin)
Push locking button of rewind rewind knob until the desired CF : Colour reversol film, ortificiol
knob in directionof orrow ond settingoppeorsin the window: F floshlight type (38000Kelvin)
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lnsert new film cossette with Turn toke-up spool by its milled firmly, so thot the lug engoges
hole towords rewind knob. disk until the brood slit ond film in the second film perforotion.
perforotion lug ore uppermost.Push bock rewind knob, if nec- Now turn the ioke-up spool on
essory turning slightly bock_ Drow out the film from the cos- slightly in the direction of thewords ond forwords. sette towords the loke-up spool. orrow (see fi9. F), until iust
under holf on inch of the full
lnserl the end of ihe film in the film width proiects from the
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for the first exposure After looding the film, the film counter qt the lower edge of the comerq bock must be set.
Turn the disl<of the film counter until the tip
of the green triongle iust before the number 36
or 20 (depending on the length of the film) is
in line with the fixed mork. Then operote the
ropid tronsport lever os for os it will go ond
press the mogic releose button down to the
stop. Repeot this process until the mork
is in line with the number 36 (or 20).Your com-
ero is then reqdy for the first exposure. The
film counter indicotesthe number of exposures
still left on the film.
Every time the film is moved on the rewind knob rototes in the opposite direction to thqt
shown by the qrrow, o sure sign thot the film is properly looded ond tronsported.
Double exposuresimpossible
An ingenious double exposure prevention mechonismensuresthqt you do not toke two
photogrophson one negotive.In oddition the film connot be tronsporteduntil cln exposure
hos been mqde.
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lmporlonl: for oll films
Remember to set the speed of the film from l1-250 DIN (10-250ASA)
looded on the comerq lo be sure of cor-
rectly exposed photogrophs. When you press the mogic releose
button, the exposure reoding isTo do this, turn the milled disk with the oid outomoticollyond invisiblyfixed forof o coin until the required DIN or ASA you. During the exposure it thenspeed is opposite the setting mork.
outomoticolly orronges o shutter
speed ond operture combinotion
which olwoys ensures the correct
exposure.
ASA Scole: The ASA volues indicoted by dofs on the
film speed scole of the comero represent the following
fig u re s:
10 25 50 ]00 m
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You probobly recoll whot wqs soid obout the
red stop signol in the viewfinder.When it op-
peors you connot photogroph with the cqmero
using the outomotic mechonism,but if it is dis-
connected you con still obtqin good results.
To do this set the qutomotic mechonismring ot
the time- (B) or flosh symbol (see top ill.).
Time exposures
Turn the milled ring on the lens mount until "B"
is in line with the mork.When onthis settingthe
shutterstoysopen os long os the releosebutton is
depressed.The use of o tripod qnd o coble
releqse is odvisoble in such coses.The lotter
is screwed into the threod on ihe comero top
(5, see moin ill.). By turning the reqr ring with
the oid of its lower key the opertures become
visiblein the smoll window (see lower ill.).
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Filters Close-ups
There is o voriety of filters You con olso photogroph
for blqck qnd white film ovoil- the wonders of the min-
oble for use with the Agfo- icrture world with your
motic ll in screw mounts of conlero. All you hove to
35.5mm. diqm. As soon os o do is screw the Agfo No-
filter is used on the comero tqrix close-up ottochment
you will hove to reduce the into the lens mount of your comero. An
settingon the film speedscqle odditionol Notcrrix viewfinder qttochmentcompen-
qccordingly. sotes for porollox when lining up your subiect.
A filter hoving o fqctor of 2 Shorp definition of the subiect
will requireo reductionin the (meosured from the front edge
speed settingof 3o DIN or its of the distoncelens) is ofobtoinedobout ot o
ASA equivolent.lf you hqve
q film of l7o DIN - 40 ASA 1 '3 "- 1 '7"this meqnsthot you will hqve
to reduce the figure to 14"
:20 ASA. A foctor of.|.5DIN '8" -2'1/2" f q require reduction would
of 1-2 d"grees DlN.
When removingthe filterfrom 2'j/2"-2'(3''the comero do not forget to
reset the originql DIN/ASA
figure for the film in question.
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The film is now finished ...
After 36 or 20 exposures, occording to the
length of the film, the ropid tronsport lever
will not move. The film is now finished ond
must be rewound into its cossette.
First releose the lock of the rewind knob (see
illustrotion B, poge 8) to ollow this to spring
out, ond drow it out only o froction to its
first stop.
fhen press in the locking button in the bose
of the comero ond turn the rewind knob in
the direction shown by the orrow. Rewinding
is complete when the rewind knob turns freely
ofter releosing the locking button. You con now open the bock of the comero by moving
the cotch in the direction shown by the orrow in fig. A, poge 8. Pull out the rewind knob
firmly os for os it will go ond remove the cossette.Put the cossettein its light-tight pocking
ond mork it os.expgsed.
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