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Agfa ISOLO-MAT User manual
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- Agfa
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- Agfa ISOLO-MAT
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- User manual
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- English
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- 23
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GUARANTEE
The lens fitted to your camera is a product of the Agfa Camera-Werk
nnd has been computed and manufactured in conformity with the
most up-to-date scientific methods.
It reaches a standard of performance neaer preaiowsly attained in
lenses of equal speed lmoing the same number of elements. lts chief
adoantages lie in extremely high resohsing pol.oer, excellent definition
and outstanding reproduction of detail
The total of these clmracteristics makes it the ideal lens for sLlccess-
ful photography with black and white or colour film.
In addition, eaery lens is thoroughly tested before leaaing our fac-
tory,by the most up-to-date methods and is guaranteed by us for its quality and performance' AGFA AKTTENGESELLSCHAFT
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EXPLANATION CONTENTS
OF ADJACENT ILLUSTRATIONS
Film tronsport 2@ Film tronsport knob
Focusing 3
@ Mogic releose button with Holding the comero 4
coble releose connection Green signol-exposing 5 for time exposures
Film types 6
@ Lever for setting film speed Looding the comero 7-9
Setting the film speed l0@ Flosh contoct Ever-reody cose 1 I
@ Accessory shoe Double exposure prevention I I
Close-ups 11@ Setting lever for outomotic
photogrophy ond for flosh Without the outomotic mechonism:
ond time exposures o) time exposures 12
b) flosh photos 12-14@ Focusing Speciol exposure hints 14
@ Exposure meter Filters 14
Removing exposed film 15-16@ Diophrogm sefting lever
for flosh photogrophy Mounting ond proiecting slides 16View original page 5Page 6 · Read text
www.butkus.us You ore now the proud owner of o technicolly perfect comero-the fully outomotic Agfo lsoly-mot which does not require ony complicoted monuol operotions ond so leoves you free to concentrote on ihe subiect. Thot will be o source of reol pleos- ufe fo you ond represents the modern oge of phoiogrophy. The fully crutomotic mechonism of this comero col- culotes, thinks ond octs for you outomoticolly ond invisibly. Just o touch of the mogic releose knob is sufficieni. The , pictures .you obtoin meosure 11/2x1t/, in.(4 x 4 21/a x3t/o in. (6 x 9 cm.) film'gives .cm.) ond o you sixteen of these. Remember therefore you will require o 21/ox3t/a film (olso known os o B2-8 or.I20 roll film) for your comero. You con olso hove your 4 x 4 photogrophs enlorged. You ore certoin to obtoin good pictures if you reod through ihese brief instructions corefully.View original page 6
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Film tronsport The obiect of the proteciive poper surround- ing the roll film is io guord it ogoinst light from outside sources whilst the poper bock- ing provides porticulors of the exposure se- quence. Your photogrophic deoler probobly looded the first film for you. lf the number I is visible in ihe window of the bock of the comero, it is reody for use (see odioceni illustrotion). lf this is not the cose, turn the film tronsport knob in the direction of the orrow until ihe number 1 oppeors. Exoci detoils of how to lood the comero ore given on poges 7 to 9. 2View original page 7
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DISTANCE OF SUBJECT Focusing 2 EQ "ftf( o
6 ft. 13 fr. infi n ity
Three symbols ossist in focusing
the comero. According to your
subiect, set the block mork to
one of the symbols illustroted
ot iop right.
lf necessory, you con olso od-
iust the setting mork to ony
iniermediote position beiween
two symbols.
Exoct focusing porticulors will
be found on the lower pori
of the setting ring:
block figures : meires
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ASA
Holding lhe cqmerq DIN
One importonl requirement in obtoining correctly exposed
photogrophs is to set lhe film speed beforehond. (This is
morket on every film corfon.) To do this, move lhe setting
lever until the block line is opposite fhe corresponding
number (for further detoil see poge 10).
Now you con ioke the first photogroph. Toke the lsoly-mot
in both honds ond broce your orms ot on ongle ogoinst
your body. The index finger of your right hond should lie
gently on lop of the mogic releose button. Bring the view-
finder close to your eye ond then you will be oble to see
the exoct picture oreo which will be reproduced on
the film.
lmporlonl: When toking o photogroph, hold the comero
obsolutely steody ond press lhe releqse bullon evenly.
Then turn fhe film on for the next photogroph.
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More furn is obtoined from ohotoorophv when vou hove mostered
the hints mentioned ond"ore thoroughly fomilior with your
comerq too.
First of oll, something oboui films ond how to choose
them: The size of the piciure given by your comero is
1t1rx1r/z in. (4x4 cm.), which meons thot you will obtoin
sixteen exposures from a 120 roll film.
First use Agfo lsopon F. lt is o fine-groin block ond white
film of good contour shorpness.
In dull wgother, it is odvisoble to use o film of higher
speed such os Agfo lsopon ISS or Agfo lsopon Ultro.
With Agfocolor films you con explore ihe world of col-
our. These films hove been firm fovourites for iwenty-
five yeors becouse of their noturol reproduciion of both
oostel ond brilliont colours.
For shorp, brilliont colour tronsporencies
by doylight: Agfocolor Reversol Film CT
by ortificiol light' Agfocolor Reversol Film CK
For wonderful colour printsTETHNICAL SECTION by doylight ond ortificiol light:
Agfocolor Negotive Film CN
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lnserting the film
The comercr con be Iooded in doylight,
but olwcrys in the shode-ot leosf in
body shodow.
First open the comero bock by sliding
cotch in direciion of upper orrow. Re-
move comero bock io the side os
shown by lower orrow.
Open up the lower spool reioining clip
crs illusiroied. The upperspool comport-
ment should confcrin on empty spool.
Brecrk the secrl of the film with o finger
noil crnd remove ony surplus seoling
poper.
Insert the film so thof the poper tongue
with the writing on the poper upper-
nrost points fowcrrds the empiy spool.
Insert film spool on to the peg. Re-
lurn spool retoining clip to iis originol
position.
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Sefting the film speed When the mogic releose button is
pressed down the exposure meler
reoding is ironsferred lo the shutter.
During the exposure the correct lens
Direcily ofter looding ihe comero, nofe stop for the constoni shutier speed of
the film speed from the corton ond set 1/zosec. is selected ond sei occordingly.
this figure on your comero. This will
ensure correctly exposed phologrophs.
To do lhis, set the block line on the
lever opposite the corresponding film
speed volue. The lever con be moved
freely to both sides. lt engoges by
click stops in eoch of the film speed
settings shown ond the inlermediote
ond finol volues not morked. You con
thus photogroph fully outomoticolly
with oll iypes of film ronging from 'l l
to 25 DIN or]0 io 250 ASA.
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Doubfe exposures impossible
A suitoble locking mechqnism prevents
cr picture from being exposed iwice
by mistoke. When the red dot is visible
olongside ihe tronsport knob, the film
hos to be tronsported before moking
the nexi exposure.
Close-ups
It is o foscinoting postime io explore
ond copture the world of minioture ob-
lects. With the suitoble close-up ottoch-
ment, type 67191320, for your lsoly-mot,
you con cover o ronge of 59 to 3l in.
(-l50-80 cm.). With the Notorix ottoch-Ever-reqdy cqse ment, type 67111320, you con octuolly
opprooch to wiihin 19 in. (48 cm.) of
After looding the film it is odvisoble the obiect photogrophed. An oddiiio-
to return the comero to iis ever-reody nol viewfinder oticrchmeni is provided
cose ond to screw it up. for porollox correction.
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Without
the oretornotic mechonism
We hove olreody mentioned the iwo
signols in the viewfinder. Photogrophs
with the outomotic mechonism ore not is odvisoble in such coses. The lotterpossible when the signol remoins red. is screwed inio o threod in the releoseHowever, this mechonism con be dis- [:utton. On ihe "8" setting you olwoysconnected ond there ore then two oos- photogroph ot the full lens operiuresible woys of obtoining sotisfociory of f. 5.6.photogrophs with your lsoly-mot in
poor lighting condiiions. Much sirnpler-flosh photos
Set the block line on the lever oppo-
site ihe flosh symbol (see illustrotionTime exposures on poge 13).
Set the blqck mork on the lever lo "8". On this setting the shutter speed will
On this setting the shutter stoys open be l/so sec. The odiocent toble shows
os long os ihe mogic releose buiion is ihe operfures needed for o number of
depressed. You connot therefore ex- flosh bulbs of present on the morket.
pose with the comero held in ihe hond. The operiure numbers con be seen ond
The use of o tripod ond coble releose set underneoth the lens mount; follow
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lf on electronic floshgun is used, on odopter will Filters qvqilqble
be necessory. The required operture con be col- for your lsoly-mol
culqted from the guide number of the floshgun.
Slip-on 32 mm. mount
for block ond white
photogrophs:
Speciol exposure hints reduce the film speed
Where cleor detoil is required in photogrophs setting for:
token ogoinst the light or in deep shodows, the light yellow by 1 DIN
outomotic mechonism of the comero con still be medium yellowused with the setting on the DIN/ASA scole re- by 2 DINduced by obout 3 DlN. Similorly, with on overcost yellow-green by 2 DINsky, the reduction should be qbout 2 DIN ond for
no chongedull weother obout 4 DlN. If, for exomple, the film UV filier
in the comero hos o speed of 18 DIN : 40 ASA, For speciol colour
o reduction of 3 DIN would give o setting of reversql film photo-
l5 DIN for these speciol photogrophs. grophs:
Do not forget lo re-sel the correct DIN number Agfo Color Filter R .l.5
ofler toking the photogroph. no chonge
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www.butkus.us Renrovinq exif,escd film After the 'l6th exposure, the film trons- port knob should be turned on until the end of the bocking poper posses the film window. Open ihe comero (only in the shode ond ot leost in body shodow) by push- ing ihe cotch iowords the bock of the comero. Then withdrow the comero bock, swivel out the upper spool re- toining clip ond remove the full film spool from the comero. Fold the end of the bocl<ing poper inwords, secure the film with the ottoched seoling strip ond ploce ihe film in its proteciive poper in the corton.View original page 20
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Before inserting the next Mounting ond proiecting slides
roll of film, the empty
spool will hove to be You will be delighted with the first colour fronspor-
tronsferred to the top film encies which you toke with your Agfo lsoly-mot. Be-
comportment. To do this, fore proiecting your slides, however, ihe film hos to
open up both spool re- be cut ond fromed seporotely. We qdvise you to
toining clips ond ploce the use Agfocolor Tronsporency Fromes for this pur-
empty spool from the bot- pose. They ore procticol ond you con mount your
tom comportment in ihe tronsporencies quickly with them.
top comportment. Moke Proiecting your own colour ironsporencies of yoursure thot the slit in the holidoys or week-end outings is o reol experience.end of the spool engoges
with the drive of the film Of course,with on efficient Agfo proiector. For your
tronsport knob. Then close lsoly-mot we recommend the Agfo CP 44 or the
thS two . spool retoining pleosingly styled mogozine proiecior Agfo Dio-cilps ogorn. motor H. The fully outomotic Agfo Diomotor M
proiector offers you genuine technicol progress.
lf you own this proiecior, you con sit bock inWe reserve the right lo mokeolterotions orising from further your eosy choir ond do everything from there:
development of the Agfo lsoly- the commentory, chonging the slides ond focusing
mot. ihe proiector. The finishing touch to your brilliqnt
AGFA AKTI ENGESE LLSCHAFT colour fronsporencies is provided by the Agfo
Comero-Werk Muencnen Lumento bright silk screen.
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