Agfa RECORDER III User manual

Releose knob Indicotor ring  Holder for occessories  Comero opening buttona



       Depth of field ring                                                                      Film tronsport knob



          Shifting lever for
  synchronisotion X ond M                                                                Conioct nipple for  fl
      Focusing index mork                                                                       Shutter cocking lever

                                                                                                   Selfiimer buiton





                                Stop setting lever  Exposure time seiiing mork

www.butkus.usThreoding the film: Rip open the seol on the film ond remove it corefully. R_oll.off o
smoll poit of the cover-poper, but mind thot the spool does not unroll. Push the
pointed end of the covei-pbper into the wide slot of the empty toke-up spool.
Give the film-winding knob o few turns to tighten the cover-poper ond moke sure
thot the poper betwLen the two flonges winds up in o stroight woy so thot the
film is protected ogoinst light.
To close the bock of the comero toke the comero in both hqnds ond press the bock
firmly towords the comero body until the lock cotches oudibly.
When'turning the film-winding l<nob further on, in the open film countingj window ot first the usuql
pre-siqnols wr-ll oppeqr: dots,-honds or orrows. When No.'1 oppeors stop turning the knob. The film is
now reody for thb'first exposure. When turning the knob the window must be kept open by pressing
the smoll Iever obove it sidewoys.

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     Another fechnique of meosuring the distqnce which hos
 -t   proved to be excellent ond most helpful, is this:
    The distonce between the subiect ond the comero should
    be estimoted ond this opproiimote distonce tronsf"r*J
     to the distqnce scole of the lens os well qs to the indi-
,$   cotor-ring of the ronge-finder. Then move with the co-
    mero bockword ond forword until the two imoges in the
      ronge-fin_der                               - merge info ong. Moving su.bject!, o pro-      cession,cession, forfo-r instonce,instonce, crre.'re eqsiereqsier cougFt.ougf,t whenwhen ttretne ph'oto-bn'oio-    gropher3rqpher himselfhimself chooseschooses thethe mostmost tovourobte diJton.L.istonce,
     odiusts lens ond                         .rongefinder. to this distonce ond i"li' th" obiect move on to this     distonce. The p.hotpolopher.then hos nothing to i"  uri f;16;"inu r"u"r"nir of the     obiecJ in the viewfrnder gld.press the releo-se knob the moment the cleor ."ntr" oi.-     ture indicotes the best definiiion when the verticoi ii;;r  il;;  come to coincid"e#.!.

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THE FULLY SYNCHRONIZED SHUTTERS OF AGFA RECORD III
lris diophrogms (stops) : 4,5 5,6 8 11 16 22 32
Distonces in feet:   3 3,5 4 5 6 8 10 15 30 co
Shutter speeds'    B 1 2 5 l0 25 50 100 250 (ond 500 with Synchro-Compur)
The fisures on rhe shufier rins                         for exompre 2 :  rtz second,                               "'"rJr:.1;f:"::"::conds,
  1) Cocking_.le.ver for shutter: Shutt"r r"ql'rires cocking before eoch exposure     olso                                                                         -    when "8" is used.                              \
     Lever for  2)              deloyed oction releose. Not }o be used for "8" ond 1/56s second -  Deloy            7 seconds.    obout
      operotion'                                                                                  ond               :Lf,?T ,'i;."1"J:'i"? J'Ti.li'i%.l li Jl;,,'"Jlrt:y;'?;'r?"Jl"H l[!"1,J:i"*f:'pur)
  3) Morking for odiustment of shutter speed: Turn milled outer ring, mork 3 indicotes
    wonted shutter speed.                               I
 415) Turn front lens 4. Mork indicotes wont$d distonce.
  6) Lever for the releose of the shutter.  I
  7) Shifting lever for "X" or "M" synchroftisotion.
  S) Contoct nipple for flosh-light, 3 mm ttiom.
  9l Lever for diophrogms (stops) ond scole
               Regording 7 qnd lI see the speciol insiruclions for fully synchronized shutters.

l0)  Nipple for coble releose.
lt) Morks "Red X" ond "yel-   low" for full synchroniso-             ttxtt    tion    or "M".'





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Two-poinfs focusing  is. the, eosiest ond most simple woy
 of exploiting the depth of fleld of o lens. The iever oT
 the iris-diophrogm is set to the red mork between the
 stops 8 ond l'l ond the metre-rinq set to the red 3 orl0m (resp. l0ft. or 30ff.). Then moke o note of these
 settings:

                     Focused on:      Depth of field:
  Diophrogm (Stop):  l0 ft. or3 m (neor)  2,5to5m
  between 8 ond ll                         (8 ft. to 16 ft.)                       30 ft. or 10 m (for)  5mtoCO
                                              (16 ft. to co)

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I"  f,ou""the,figures of the depth of field olwoys hondy the "Record lll" is fitted with ocleplh .ot tleld .rtng, whtch shows cleorly thot the depth of field increoses or decreosesoccording to the proportion of the operture of the lens to the distqnce. Set the depth
of tield scole so tho-t the stop. 1 :8_points to the fixed figure of l0 feet. The lines to ihe
right ond the_left of the number 8'indicote thot the ae"pth of fieta ot tnit-.o*Oi""ti""
lies between 8 ft. in the. foreground ond 13 ft. in the bdckground, thot ii io-;;t; ;;t-thing within this ronge is of o sqtisfoctorily shorp definiti5n.
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             HOW TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
                 WITH THE AGFA RECORD  III
                      The picture on poge 6 shows how the comerq should
                         be hdld when m.it in'q horizontol shots. The shutter should
                         be releosed with thiindex-finger of the right hond, which
                                    slightly glides from the indicoior ring of the ronge-finder
                           to the releose knob. When toking verticol shots the co-
                       mero should be supported with the right hond     os                      shown in the picture   ond the shutter releosed- with                            ihe thumb.             -
Durino the exposure ihe comero must be held firmly. The sfobility of the comero  is
ue.y importcrni, but with on exposure time of llzs sei. it should be possible to obtoin
pict'ures'without,f,ny  comeroshirke. But even in this cose it will be hecessory.to toke
o firm stond ond to press ihe elbows firmly ogoinst the body. The comero should never
be tilted, but kept level.
The shutter must be releosed by o squeezing oction befween the index filgqt on the
releose knob qnd the thumb on'the body of the comero ot o point diometricolly oppo-
site the releose knob.

THE PREVENTION OF DOUBLE EXPOSURE
     For the following exposure turn the film-winding knob until the next film number
     oppeors in the fiim c6unting window.
      Film tronsporf ond shutter ore ingeniously interlocked in Aqfo Record comeros to ore-
     vent double exposure. After eoch exposirre the body reledse knob on the comero  is
      outomqticolly blocked   o red dot in the smoll winilow next to the releose knob in-      dicotes thot it is locked-       it con be used ogoin only ofter the film hos been wound     on. When turning the film-winding-;        knob on oudible click onnounces thot the lockino
t     mechonism.is.,put^out of oction ond the red dot disoppeors. lt is, theretore, importon"t
     to tronsport the film only just before the next exposuie will be mode.
           lf the body releose hos by o mistoke been.operoted.when the comero wos opened for the firsl exposure (iee
      poge 6), the comero must b.e o.pene.d ond clgsed.ogoin  in the ordinory woy ohd occording to the iirstructidns.
      but even in this cose the body releose will still remoin blocked. T6 prevent losino fi|fi by tronsoortino  it       unnecessorily the shutter should be releosed then by using the smoll rel'eose levei orithe shuite;li;Ji.'   "

  HOW TO CLOSE THE CAMERA
     After,.                  :!;glt, pressure with both the index fingers on the ioints of the struts the bose-    Pgqrd will fold up ond snop in oudibly when firmly pressed towords the comero bodv.
    Moke sure thot the smoll bose boord foot hos been'swung bock if if wos used for toking    o horizontol picture.

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CARE OF CAMERA AND LENS
     Regulor core increoses the life of the comero. Protecf it ogoinst slrock ond dust by
      corrying it in our elegont ever-reody cose ond keep it out of the direct roys of the
     .sun. The lens needs speciol core, of course. Finger prints, greose spots or other mqrks
    on the highly polished surfoce of the lens should be ovoided by oll meons, becouse
     they offect definition. The lenses should be cleoned only with o very soft brush or o
     piece of cleon, well-wqshed linen or chomois, which must be entirely free of dust or
       fot. Wind the linen oround o finger-tip or toke o piece of thin, soft wood to cleon the
     ongles. Never use o shorp-cornered obiect or metol. Never unscrew the lenses.
    FOR YOUR AGFA CAMERA   AGFA FILTERS                                       -
     Yellow filters help to ochieve occurote     ii.:'ii,:.i
i,     tone reproduction of the different colours.
   We supply porollel ground filters, evenly
    dyed in the moss, fo sotisfy the most
      stringent requirements. They ore ovoil-
     oble in the following depthsi lightyellow,
     medium yellow, yel low-green, oronge-red.
      Ask your photo deoler for Agfo filters in lhe modern
       tronsporent screw top coses.