Agfa Selectra User manual

The film con be loqded in doylight, but     cronl<, if necessory turning slightly bqcl<-
olwoys in the shode-moking use of body    words ond forwords until the recessed
                                                                                            cos-shodow.                 r                       portion engoges in the hole of the
A  First open the comero bock by sliding      seiie.
   cotch in direction of orrow.      D Turn toke-up spool by iis milled disc
B Drow oui rewind cronk by inserting         until one of the three slits ond film
   your fingernoil underneoih the cronk,    perforotion Iug ore uppermost (shown in
roising this ond drowing out firmly os for    the illusirotion by o circle).
os possible.                                             It is best to press in the locking button
C lnsert new film cosseite with hole to-   on the bose of the comero to ensure
   words rewind cronk. Push bock rewind     thoi the tronsport wheel moves freely.
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Looding
                                                           the film
                                                                                    is so eqsy




Drow out the film from the cossette in the direction
of the 0rrow.
E lnsert ihe end of the film in the slit of the tqke-
   up spool so thot ihe lug engoges in the second
film perforotion (see figure G). Now turn the                                                   trt
ioke-up spool on slightly. When properly looded                                              Dihe film should be tout between the cosseite ond                                                                                               tftol<e-up spool ond the feeth of the tronsport wheel                                                                                                                                      trtshould engoge cleonly in lhe perforoiions"
F When iust under holf on inch of the full film                                                trt
   width proiects from ihe cossetfe, close the com-
ero bock by pressing it home firmly.

exposures will therefore hove to be
                                mode before using the comero.

                                      Film trqnsport
Setting the film counler                                     Operote the ropid tronsport lever with
The film counter is situoted oi the lower    your thumb, swing it forword os for os
edge of the comero bock.  lt counts bock-      it will go ond let it return. Then press
words ond indicotes the number of ex-   down the mogic releqse lever os for os
posures still left on the film. On the disc
of the counter there ore triongulor morks
ploced in front of the numbers 36, 20       .|2.ond    Depending on the lengih of the
film in the comero, turn the disc until the
respective triongle is in line with the
fixed mqrk. This is done by meons of
the smoll milled wheel beneoth the
counter disc.
The beginning of the film wos fogged
when looding the cqmero ond two blonk
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fronsport mechonism is fitted with o lock
                                            to ovoid double ond blonk exposures.
                                                             lf you should inodvertenily releose the
                                         ropid tronsport lever too soon, it will
                                      hove to be operoted ogoin, olthough in
                                              such coses the full stroke is not necessqry
                                     ond the lever need only be moved until
                                               resistonce is encountered.
                                                 Nole: During tronsport of the film the disc of the
                                              rewind cronk usuolly lurns os well ond should
                                                          therefore not be hindered in ony woy when oper_
 possible ond repeot this procedure wiih      oting the tronsporf lever.
the ropid tr:onsport lever ond releose
lever uniil the number 36, 20 or l2  is
opposite the fixed mork, occording to
the lengfh of the film.
lf the ropid tronsporf lever will not
move, the releose lever will first hove
to be pressed. The releose ond film

DIN or ASA speed is opposite the set-
                                             ting mork.
                                        Automotic photogrophy  is possible with
                                         the Agfo Selecto using oll types of film
                                        from l0 to 250 ASA or I I io 25 DlN.





                                     Focusing
Before toking ony photogrophs remem-    Three focusing symbols ore used for
ber to set the speed of the film on the    snopshots. According to the distonce
comerq to be sure of correctly exposed    from fhe subiect you set one of the three
photogrophs. The film speed disc is turn-    symbols ogoinst the white mork. Inter-
ed by meons of o coin until the required    mediqte settings ore olso possible.
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As the lens stop setting is visible in the
 viewfinder of the Selecto, you con olso
 obtqin informotion obout the depth of
 field. The toble on poges 1r9lllg gives you
 the exoct figures.




              Close-ups        6 ft. (1.8 m.)AQ
         Groups obout 12 ft. (3.8 m.)fri              Distont
             views,                 infinity                                     Exocl dislqnces qre indicofed on the             londscopes"fif(                                  lower port of the focusing ring. The white
                                    mork between the word "Prontor-Motic,,
                                                 indicotes the octuol distsnce setting.

Turn the shutter speed ring until the in-
                                       dex dot is opposite ihe shutter speed de-
                                            sired or suited to the porticulor subiect
                                               (e.g. llps sec. in the illustrotion below).
                                                            lf you should be uncertoin qbout the
                                            choice of the best shuiter speed, first set
                                         the milled ring so thot the dot foces the
                                                shutter speed ol rl1'2s sec. (click setting).
                                               Shutier speeds ore reguloted continuous-
                                                                            therefore                                                                       ly i  intermediqte volues qre
                                              possible ond con olso be set.

Selecting the shutter speed
You qre thus oble to select the shutter
speed yourself. For highspeed oction,
such os sports photogrophs, it is best to
set o short shutter speed of r/zso to rlsoo,
ond for londscopes o longer speed, such
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Holding lhe comerq                   of this frome indicqte the upper or  l,ot-
                                                erol edge of the picf ure oreq.'Wlrgn photogrophing  it is importont to
 hold the comero steody. You should there-   To toke upright phofos, operofe the re-
fore tqke your Agfo Selecfo in both honds    leose button wifh your thumb or index
ond broce- your orms ogoinst your body.     finger, whichever suits you best (see  ill.).
Ploce the index finger o1 your'right hond
on the mogic releqse button. The lumi-             NOTE!
nous frome shows you the exoct, picture              The outomotic mbchonism is con-
                                                                 nected when the word AUTO is ex_oreo. For close-ups (31la ft. :   I m. set-
                                                                                           morkting), the two lines below the top morgin                ondoctlyengogedin front ofin thethetriongulorclick setting.

When you look through the viewfinder of the comero, you   Then keep the cqmero tn
will first see q red circle on ihe right-hond edge of the lumi-    the some position ond re-
nous frome. On pressing the mogic lever ihe red chonges    leose by pressing down
to green ond the lens stop figures oppeor in the circle.       the mogic releqse button
                                                    os for os it will go.As soon qs you feel the resisfqnce of the pressure point
from the releose lever, you will know thot the correct lens
stop for the pre-selected shutter speed hos been set. This
lens stop con be seen obove the triongle in the green
signol; in the odiocent illustrotion o setting between f.8
ond ll  is shown.
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ris:fr                                                           lf the intended exposure does not toke ploce
                                                                  remove theil                                          ofter reoching the pressure point,                                              finger from the shutter releqse.
flf'r!
                                     The reflection of ihe red signol in the viewfinder
$                                           rnoy be due to one of two reos,ons:
$
$it,1                                        o) Under good lighting conditions ihe shuiter
$                                       speed chosen ,is ioo slow, in which cose o
                                              fqster speed should be sei. lf the fostest
                                       speed of llroo sec. hos olreody been set, o
                                             coloured filfer con be ploced in front of the
                                                     lens when using block ond white film.
                                           b) Under poor lighting conditions the shutter
            lf the signol remoins red on reoch-       speed chosen is too fost, in which cose q
                                            slower speed should be set. lf the red signolI     ing the pressure point: stop-      there is not enough light (see il-          is visible in the viewfinder even when using
                                                                            sec., floshlight or time expo-I       lustrqtion obove). Let the releqse      o speed of 1/ao      button return to its originol po-        sure con be used qfter firsi disconnecting the
         sition.                                  ouiomotic mechonism.

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preferobly on o tripod. Sei the deloyed oction
                                     lever to V ond press down the mogic releqse
                                       lever qs fqr qs it wilt go. lt will ihen be qrrested
                                       in this position. A bvzzing noise indicotes fhof
                                    ihe deloyed oction mechonism is operoting ond
                                        will releose the shutter outomoticolly in obout
                                       l0 seconds.
                                    After toking the phoiogroph press lhe releqse
                                     button down ogoin, ond the lever will then re_
                                     turn to iis originol position. Then lrqnsporf lhe
Deloyed qction photogrophs     film.
                    We hove olreody mentioned thot ihe red signolore possible ot oll shuiter speeds,
but nol for time exposures (B sef-   coupled io the exposure meler wqrns you of
tins).                             under-exposure qnd over-exposure. lf, in spite
                                 of setting o shutter speed of 1/so sec., the red
First moke sure whether the light    signol is seen in the viewfinder when toking the
is sufficient for your subiect by     first pressure on ihe shutter releqse-with the
pressing the releose lever down    outomotic mechonism disconnected-, flosh or
to the pressure point. Then ploce   time exposure con be used.
the comero on o firm support,    This is done os follows'
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quired figure on the red lens stop scole
                                                   is in line with ihe friongulor mork (e.g.
                                             f.8 in the illustrotion). The correct lens
                                        slop setting con be obtoined from the
                                                instructions printed on the flosh bulb
                                      pockoge (X synchronizotion).
                                   Remember to set olso ihe distonce.
                                           Attoch the floshgun ond leod only to the
                                            comero.
                             When using on eleclronic floshgun you
                                    con set ony shutter speed ond the lens
                                        stop con be cqlculoted from fhe guide
                                    number of the floshgun.
Flqsh photogrophy                                Time exposures
First set ihe red dot of the shutter speed    By these ore meonl longer exp,osure times
ring in line with the shutter speed of   from Tz sec. to severql minutes which
1/s6 sec., os illustroted obove. Then dis-    ore used for motionless obiects such os
connect the outomotic mechonism by    reproductions of  pictures, documents,
turning ihe reor milled ring until the re-    postoge stomps or for night photogrophy.


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Turn ihe qutomotic mechonism ring io the    Free choice of shutter speed
green B-scole ond set the triongulor mqrk   ond lens stop
opposite the required lens stop. The shut-    Selective outomotion on your Agfo Se-
ter will then stoy open os long os the re-     lecto offers you the possibility of choos-
leose lever is depressed. This meons fhot    ing the shutter speeds in qdvonce.
                                       Someiimes experienced omoteurs like to
                                            control both foctors, lens stop ond shut-
                                                   ter speed, themselves  in order to orronge
                                              deliberote over- or under-exposure or to
                                             bring out detoils in the bockground of o
                                              subiect. Thot is olso possible with the
                                   Agfo Selectq. You merely set the milled
you connot photogroph without some    ring beoring the word 'AUTO" so thqt
meons of support for tlre comero, such os    the red lens stop scole foces upwords
o tripod, qnd thot o coble releose should   ond fhe required figure is in line with
be used. The length of ihe plunger on the    the triongulor mqrk. The shutter speed
coble releose should be ot ;"ot1 a/5 in.    con then olso be selecied from the scqle
(20 mm.) due to the risk of comero shoke.    or the coloured field.
The coble releose socket is on the top    For this purpose the outomotic exposure
of the comero.                                control mechonism must be disconnected.
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First press in the locking button in the
                                       bose of the comerq, lift the cronk with
                                       your fingernqil ond turn it so thot the
                                          hondle points outwords.
                               Now turn the cronk in the direction of the
                                          qrrow. Rewinding is complete when ihe
                                          rewind cronk turns freely. you cqn now
                                     open ihe bock of the comero by pushing



 Rewinding rhe film
Ylun the fifm is finished the counter will
indicote the number I ond tt," ,opijlronr-
port fever will nof move. The film then
hqs to be rewound inro ;ts f;gnr_iish, .or_
sette by meqns of the rewinJ .roiL.

the locking lever to the right (see illustro-    Choice of film
tion A on poge 2). Then pull out the re-                                         Before looding ihe comerq with o newwind cronk os for os it will go ond re-                                                 film, we should like to give you some
move the cossette from the comero, ploce    qdvice on choosing the right film.
it in its light-tight pocking ond mqrk it os                                                    First of ,oll there is Agfo lsopon F for
exposed. On operoting the ropid trons-     block ond white photogrophy.  lt hos fineport lever the locking button will spring                                           groin ond good contour shorpness.
out ogoin.                              For sports photogrophy the high-speed
                                   Agfo lsopon l5S is the right film.
                                        Agfocolor films open up the world of
                                            colour to you.
                                             For shorp,
                                                      brilliqnt colour tronsporencies
                                                    in doylight:
                                                 Agfocolor Reversol Film CT 18,
                                                    in oriificiol light:
                                                 Agfocolor Reversql Film CK.
                                             For wonderful colour prints:
                                                    Agfocolor Negolive Film CN l7
                                                    or Agfocolor Negotive Film CN 14.
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Exposure hints                             In such coses opprooch with the comero
                                            to o short distonce from the subiect ond
 Where cleor detoil is required in photo-     press^ down the releose lever gbntly to
 grophs token ogoinst thd light, it'is od-     the. first pressure point. Hold ihe l6ver
 vrsoble to set the outomotic mechonism     in this position ond return to your orig- to q film speed of obout 3 DIN or its     inol position to toke the photofroph.
ASA equivolent less thon thot morked on   You con olso eosily photogroph the
 fhe film pockoge.                      wonders of the minioture viorlh with
                                             your. Selecto. With the Agfo close-upWhen phofogrro.phin_g with reversol film,    qttochment you cqn cover o ronqe ofsuch os Agfocolor CT 18, with on over-    16 to 32 inches (40-80 cm.) ond thE od-
cost sky the setting on the DIN/ASA disc    ditionol Notorix' viewfind6r ottochmentshould be reduced by 2 DlN, in dull    compensotes for porollox when lining upweother even by 3-4'DlN, e.q. insteod    your sublect.gf t8 DtN/50 ASA, t6 DtN/32 ASA or
l4 DIN/20 ASA should be set. Do not for-
gef to re-sef the originol film speed qfter
the exposure hos be-en mode.
It is odvisoble to toke o close-up meds-urement when q very controsty'subieci
hos to be photogrophed ond it is wished
to obtoin the correci exposure for on ob-
iect which is smoll in comporison with its
surroundings.