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Agfa Silette L User manual
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- Agfa Silette L
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- English
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You ore now the proud owner of o new comero-the Agfo Silette L
choice on which you ore to be congrotuloied. The comerq is-overy simple to use, os you will see from this exomple:
A SET THE FOCUSING SYMB()T
B MEASURE THE EXP()SURE
C SET SHUTTER SPEED AND [EIIS STOP-
then iust press the shutter releose ond you will hove token the
photogroph.
The lens of the Silette L is fhe Agfo Color-Agnor t.2.8/45.
You will probobly wish to fomiliorize yourself with your new
comero ond leorn more obout its technicol possibilities. Pleose iturn the pqges ond fold out the reor cover flop. After reoding the
odvice ond hints given in fhis little booklet you will soon be on
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How to lood the cqmerd
The comero con be looded in doy- 3 li is odvisoble to push the locking
light, however not in direct sunlight key in the direction of ihe smoll
but usrng pooy snooow. orrow, so thot the winding spool con
be moved freely.
I Firsf open the comero bock by
pressing ihe cotch lo "open". Theh Turn the spool by the milled ring un-
slide off the bock. til the brood slit ond smoll lug ore
uppermost. Drow out film from the
2 lnsert the cossette so thot iis hole ciriseiie to ihe winding spool, hold-
engoges with the rewind cronk. ing the cossette wiih the other hond.
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4 Insert the end of the film in ihe slii of the wind-
ino soool so thot the luq enooqes in the secono
film p"erforotion (see 6). Noiv tuin ihe winding spool
until the film is tout ond ihe teeih of the tronsporr E]
wheel engoge cleonly in the film perforotions. fI
5 When obout 1/srd inch full width of ihe film pro- E jects from the cossette, close the comero by re- tf
plocing ihe bock (coich io "open") in the groove E
ot on oblique ongle, slide it close to the top port
of ihe comero ond ihen press down slightly. Con-
tinue pressure on the bose plote, slide the bock
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www.butkus.us Film counter On the lop plote olongside the ropid tronsport lever is the film counter. ll counts bockwords ond shows you ihe number of exposures siill left on ihe film. On its diol ore three triongulor morks, one eoch before ihe numbers When looding the comero the siort 36,20 and 12. According to the length of the film is wosled by exposure to of the film looded the oppropriote light ond so you must first moke lwo triongle should be set ogoinst lhe blonk exposures before storting to fixed mork. This is done by setting photogroph. the smoll milled wheel beneofh ihe counter diol with your finger; move Note:rewind Oncrqnktronsportingusuolly lurnsthe osfilmwell,the onddisc shouldof theit only in the direction of the orrow. therefore not be hindered in ony woy.View original page 8
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Film tronsport releose until the number of expo-
sures morked on the film corton isWith your thumb swivel the ropid opposiie the fixed index mork on lhetronsporl lever round os for os pos- film counter (see illustrotion below).sible ond lhen let it return io lhe
originol position. Then press down lf the ropid tronsport lever is block-
ihe shutter releose. Repeot this oper- ed, you will hove to press the shulter
otion of film tronsport ond shutter releose first. This is becouse the
releose ond tronsporf mechonisms
hove o .lock to ovoid double ond
blonk exposures.
lf you should inodvertenily releose
the tronsport lever too soon, it re-
turns to its storting position ond must
then be pushed forword ogoin os for
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ing to iis speed, ond il is therefore
necessory io odiust lhe correct pro-
portions for eoch exposure. This is
oll done for you by the built-in expo-
sure meter.
First set the speed of the film on the
DIN/ASA scole of the exposure
meter. This is done by turning ihe
disc of the scole by meons of lhe
smoll pin until the required speed is
opposite the triongulor setting mork.
(ln our exomple o setting of 50ASA/ Exposure 18 DIN is shown.)
The lens stops ond shulter speeds of Now poini your comero towords the your Silette ore the meons by which
you con odiust the comero to suit the subiect. The light will then reoch the photo-electric cell of the exposure porticulor light ond subiect.
mefer ond you should be quite sure
Eoch film should only be exposed to thot your finger does not cover lhe
o definite quontify of light, occord- exposure mefer window.
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www.butkus.us Then turn the outer milled ring on the exposure meter until the needle vis- ible in the window on too of the comero is centered between the two morks (see lower illustrotion). You con ihen obioin the correct exposure reoding from o combino- tion of the shutter speed in the green field ond ihe lens sfops on the disc. In the exomple illustroied ihe follow- ing settings would be possible' Shutter speeds: r/tzs rlao rlso Lens siops: f .5.6 f.8 f. l1 Eoch of these shutter speed ond lens operlure combinotions will ollow ihe some clmount of light to reoch ihe film. The combinotion chosen by you will therefore depend only on the type of subiect. For o moving obleciView original page 11
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if is preferoble io use o shorter shut- ter speed such os 1fps, bul if greoter depth of field is desired o smoller lens stop such os f.11 should be set. lf the exposure meter reoding shows the block line of o shutter speed between two lens stop numbers, the www.butkus.us setting must be mode in the some monner on the diophrogm ring. On ihe other hond, o setfing should nol Setting shutter speeds be mode belween two shutler speeds. The shutter speed indicoted by the ex- Under poor lighting conditions it moy posure meier is set by turning the mill- hoppen ihot none of lhe ovoiloble ed ring @ to bring the figure 30,60 or shuiter speeds oppeors in ihe green l25exoctly opposite the selting mork. field, olthough the numbers 1,2, 4, 8 In ihe illustrotion 1/oo sec. is shown. moy oppeor to indicote how mony Do not set intermediote vorues. full seconds of o time exposure ore When set to B, ihe shutter remoins necessory for the vorious lens stops open os long os the releose button (with shutter set to the B position, is pressed. For more detoils see see poge 12). poge 12, "Time exposures". 8View original page 12
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Setting lens stops Pleose note:
The required lens stop is sel by turn- Lorge stop : lorge opening,
ing the block milled ring ot ihe reor but smoll depth of field
uniil the whiie triongulor mqrk is in
line with the lens stop number. The
illustrotion below shows o sefting of
f. 8. For more detoils of lens stops
ond depth of field see the section on I.ARGE
STOP"Whot you need to know", pog. 15/16.
e. s. f.2.8
Smoll stop : smoll opening,
but lorge depth of field
sMAtt
STOP
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Focusing Focusing symbols
Three symbols focilitote focusing. De- Close-ups 6ft. pending on the subiect, you should set one of the three symbols re- AQ (1.80 m.)
Groups 12j/z ft.
(3.80 m.) fx{
infinity "ftf( Londscopes
Additionol focus seltings ore orrong-
produced in enlorged form on ihe ed on the focusing ring belween the
right to the white index mork. symbols:
lf necessory, you con noturolly sel block figures : metresthe lriongulor mork to ony position
between two symbols. green figures : feet
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Holding the comerq
After focusing your Silette, you cqn posure by pressing the releose but-
ioke the first photogroph. lt is essen- ton down firmly ond steodily os for
tiol io hold your cqmero sieody to os possible.
obtoin shorp pictures. You should To loke upright photogrophs, turn the
therefore toke your Sileite in both comero through 90o ond operote the
honds, brocing your orms ogoinst shutter releqse with thumb or index
your body. Hold the comero stroight finger. Hold the comero in the mon-
without tilting it. Then moke ihe ex- ner you prefer.
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In poor light
floshlight or iime exposures come to
your ossistonce. This is done os
fo I lows :
Time exposures
First iurn the shutfer speed ring (8,
see moin illustrotion) until the setting
mork is in line wiih the B. On this
setiing ihe shutter remoins open os Time exposures ore used for photo-long os the releose button is pressed grophing motionless obiecls such osdown,
reproductions of pictures, documenis
Longer shutter speeds ihon r/s6 sec. or postoge stomps ond for night
connot be used without supporting phoiogrophy.
the comero ond o tripod ond coble
releose ore then necessory. The coble Flosh mqde very eqsyreleose sockel is on the top plote of
the comero (see O in moin illustro- A floshgun with o foot contoci should
tion). be used with the Silette L (e. g. Agfo
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lsiM or Agfo Tully M floshgun). The should olwoys be set to 1/so sec. The
contoct with the comero shutter is stops required should be token from
mode simply by sliding the floshgun the instructions printed on eoch cor-
into the occessory shoe. For flosh ton of flosh bulbs.
photogrophy ihe shutter speed ring When using on electronic floshgun,
o smqll odopter will be necessory.
The lens stop con be colculoted from
the guide number of the floshgun.
Any shutter speed con be chosen.
Rewinding the film
After the lost exposure, the counter
will indicote 0 ond the ropid trons-
port lever connot usuolly be moved.
The film now hos to be rewound into
its light-tight cossette by meons of
the rewind cronk.
First slide the locking key on the reor
of the top plote of the comero in the
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is done by moving the cotch on the
bose of the comero to "open" ond
then removing the comero bock to
one side. Pui the cossette inio its
light-right pocking ond mork it os ex-
posed. On looding lhe comero with
o new film the locking key outomoti-
colly returns to its originol position.
\\:
direction of the orrow. Then roise the
cronk with your finger-noil ond swivel
outwords os shown in the upper illu-
strotion.
Then turn ihe cronk in the direction
of the orrow (see illustrotion). When
the rewind cronk turns much more
eosily, rewinding is complete ond
you con then open the comerq. This #
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Film Tips For shorp, brilliont,
reolistic tronsporencies :
Before looding your comero with film
os described on poges 2 ond 3, here Agfocolor Reversol Film CT lg.
ore o few suggestions to help you in
choosing the right film. For wonderful colour prints:
First of oll there is Agfo lsopon F, for
CN lZ. block qnd white photogrophy. lt hos Agfocolor Negotive Film
ond sood contour shorp-
l:r:.nt"'"
For sports photogrophy the high-
speed Agfo lsopon ISS is the right F Whot you need to know
film. rr-*_ . -.. :Iry
Agfocolor films open up the world
of colour fo you. For more thqn As menfioned in brief, two foclors
25 yeors these films hove been greot ore involved in the exposure: lhe
fovourites due to their nqturol repro- lens stop ond ihe shutter speed. The
duction of postel tints ond bright following informotion is designed to
colours olike. Their high speed hos fomiliqrize you with the ossociotion
olso mode colour snopshots o reolity. of these two foctors.
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The lens slop regulotes the qmount londscope in which the foreground
of light reoching the film. In poor ond bockground ore to be shorp, o
lighting conditions the exposure smoller lens stop will hove to be set
meter of your Silette L will therefore ond q correspondingly longer shutter
indicote o lorge lens stop (e. g. f.2.8 speed.
or 4). lf the lighting is good the reod-
ining will show o smoll stop such os Depth of field is the shorp zone .16. front of qnd behind the point onf.ll or which the comero is focused. This
The shutter of your comero offers the shorp zone is vorioble; it increoses
second possibility of controlling the os the comero is stopped down ond
quontity of light. A short shutter the distonce increoses. To help you
speed, such os 1/rzs sec. will of course in finding out how for this shorp zone
ollow less light to reoch the film ihon extends, the toble on poges 18/19
o longer speed such os 1/6s sec. or gives the exoct depth of field for
even 1/ss sec. every focus setting.
For oction photogrophs o shorter
speed should be chosen (tlt u) ond o
lorger lens stop used. On the other
hond, if you wish to photogroph o
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Hints on meqsuring lhe exposure
Experience shows thot the sky forms o. moior porl of the picture in londscopes.
With.very few exceptions the sky,is lighter ti'ron the moin port of the subiect
ond the comero should therefore be pLinted ot the dorker'ports, lf there ore
greot brightness confrosts in the subiect, you will hou" to iecide which portsof the picture must .definitely be r"projr."d in the correct monner. For this
oreo of the iotol subiect-refer,red io ot the impo*ont part of the subiect-
o close-up medsurement should be token. In such.orui, opprooch with thecomero to o short distonce from the importont port of in"' jrui".i ond turn
the outer milled ring of the exposure meter until the needle lies'between thetwo morks in the Any influence from lighter surrounding poit, ot .window.
the subiect is definitely excluded when the needle Jr tt"r" exposure meter does
not olter its position oppreciobly on opprooching closer with the comero.
Whgn J.sing colour revers.ql films (such os Agfoco-lor Reversol Film) ii is olwoys
odvisoble to toke o.reoding from the moii righdr portr of the'subJ"lt. Fo1.
photogrophs of subiecrs whi.h rock controst {'e. g.'in fog, d;ll ;;;;her or
shode), you will hove to give o longer exposure-thon iniicot"a ry-ir,"
posure meter; it is then odvisoble to set the film speed scole to l5 insteod ""_of
to l8 DIN or o correspondingly lower ASA number. This oppi[";"t ii.ol-our reversql films ond only for lhe cdses mentioned.
When photogrophing with colour negolive film the reoding with the exposure
meter should be token from the more importont dork port-ions of rtre suUgecr.
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