Agfa Super Solina User manual

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                               email=mike@butkus.org, c=USbutkus               Date: 2019.08.18 23:11:10 -04'00'

AT LAST YOU HAVE REALIZED YOUR AMBITION
by becoming the owner of o new precision minioture comero, the Agfo Super
Solino. You qre to be congrotuloted on your choice ond we wish you mony
hoppy hours of reloxotion with your comero.
Your Agfo Super Solino offers you the following speciol odvontoges:
    o coupled rongefinder,
       bright-l ine viewfi nder,
     exposure volue shutter,
    ond o high-speed colour-corrected onostigmotic lens of moximum definition.
We know thot you ore eoger to leorn more obout this fine comero, ond so we
suggest thot you reod through this little booklet ond fomiliorize yourself with
your Super Solinq.
Your photogrophic deoter moy hove helped you to "lood" the first film in the
comero. Films for 35 mm. minioture comerqs ore wound on o spool enclosed in
o light-tight cossette qnd contoin either 36 or 20 exposures, the octuol size of
the picture being 24x36 mm. There is o wide selection of different types of films
ovoifqble, ond further detoils of these ore given on poges 18/19.lf you hqve not
been shown how to lood the comero, instructions ore contoined on poges20121.

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FrLM TYPE TNDTCATOR
The Super Solinq is provided with o film type in-
dicotor so thot you olwoys know whqt film is in the
comero. lt should be set when inserting the film.
To do this, push the smoll button in the direction of
the orrow (see illustrotion) ond the rewinding knob
will outomoticolly spring upwords. Now pull out
this knob os for os it will go ond grosp the disk be-
tween thumb ond forefinger (see illustrotion). The
disk con the be set with the forefinger by its milled
edge protruding ot the bottom until the desired
symbol oppeors in the window. The disk is rototoble
in both directions.
The numbers 20,40, 100,250 represent the film speed
volues in ASA rotings for block ond white film which
is quoted on every film corton.
lf you ore using colour negotive film, provision  is
mode for the following settings:
CN   :  Colour negotive film,
CN l7 : Agfocolor negotive film for doylight ond ortificiol lighf.

When looding o colour reversol
        film for tronsporencies, you should
.r    use one of the following settings:
           Cl(  :  Colour reversol film, ortificiol
          ^      light type (incondesient lomps                  with 34000 Kelvin)
*         CrF : Colour reversol film, ortificiol                         '       floshlight fype (38000 Kelvin)
       CT
       DAy                  -.^-  -.rlour reversol  film, doylight type               (
      F I LM C O U N T E R
       After looding the cqmero, the film counter underneoth the comero should be set
       to the storting position.
     To do this, turn the milled ring in the direction of the orrow (see illustrotion) so
       thot the fixed mqrk is opposite the green triongle. When using o cossette with
      36 exposures this is done by setting the scole to the green triongle between 36
     ond 0, for films with 20 exposures the green triongle between 25 qnd 20. The
      cqmerq ist reody for the first exposure ofter tronsporting the film to bring this
      number  (i. e. 36 or 20) opposite the fixed setting mqrk (see illustrotion). The film
       counter indicotes lhe number of exposures you still hqve left on the film.

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FILM TRANSPORT
When looding the comero the stort of
the film is wosted by exposure to light
ond so you musf first moke two blqnk
exposures.
The ropid tronsport lever moves the
film on one frome eoch time it is op-
eroted. Ploce your thumb behind this
lever ond swivel it round os for os
possible. lf the lever is blocked you
will hove to press the shutter releose
firsi. You should repeot this operotion
of film tronsport ond shutter releqse
twice of the stort of every new film
before the comero is reody for use.
lf you inodvertently releose the ropid
tronsport lever before it reoches its
stop, you must swivel it round ogoin
until it reoches o stop which moy lie
holf woy; do not try to force  it through.
Coution! The rewinding knob turns os the film
is tronsporled ond should therefore not be
hindered in ony woy.

@ Setting mork for shutter speed ond operiure @ Focusing setting ring
    combinotion                        @ Milled ring to set shutter speed ond operture
@ Exposure volue setting key                         combinotion
@ Depth of field scole             @ Shutter speed scole
@ Feet ring                 @ Exposure volue scole
@ Focusing mork                @ Aperfure scole

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THE RANGEFINDER
 Focusing is very simple with the oid of the
 built-in, coupled rongefinder. Through the
viewfinder eyepiece ot the bock of the com-
ero you will see thqf the entire field of view
is coloured slightly ond hos o diomond-
shoped portion in the centre.
At first this centre imoge will be seporoted
into two horizontolly disploced outlines (see
illustrotion, top right). lf you now move the
focusing ring with the index or middle finger
of your left hond you will find thot the out-
lines of the double centre imoge converge
(lower illustrotion). When this point is reoch-
ed, the obiect is outomoficolly in focus. You
con rely implicitly on the occurocy of the
rongefinder which tokes the guess work out
of focusing.

With the comerq held horizontolly the
imoge outlines move sidewoys, when
held upright they move verticolly.
A useful tip:
Plqce your finger over the right view-
finder window ot the front of the com-
erq. You will find thot the viewfinder
imoge is no longer coloured ond is
more suitoble for lining up your sub-
iect. When you wont to focus the com-
ero wiih the rongefinder you con re-
move your finger; by fhis method
the double outlines qre more cleorly
visible.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW...
The preporotory work is over, the comero hos been focused with the rongefinder
ond now you require the correct exposure. Lighting conditions ore subiect to
considerqble vqriotions, which is why your comero is fitted with different shutter
speeds ond opertures of vorying size. With both these meqns you con odiust the
cqmero to suit the porticulor light ond subiect. For moving obiects it is best to
use o fost shutter speed ond o lorge operture, for londscopes o smoll operture
ond o slower shutter speed. Only o limited omount of light should be ollowed to
reqch the film-occording to its speed-ond so it is up to you to see thot the
right omount is obtoined for eoch photogroph.
In your Super Solino shutter speed ond stop hove been combined into one con-
cept, the so-colled exposure volue, so thot you hove to set one number only. This
exposure volue number con be determined by meons of q photo-electric exposure
mefer (e. g. Agfo Lucimeter S); however, with some experience it con olso be
iudged.

...AND  HOW TO DO IT
The exposure vqlue is set by depressing
the block exposure volue key (see illustro-
tion) towords the centre of the lens ond
ot the sqme time rototing the stop ring
until the exposure volue number deter-
mined or guessed (red scole) foces the
setting mork (see upper illustrotion). The
key is then releosed whereby o firm con-
nection is estoblished between diophrogm
sfop ond shutter speed ring.
From now on lhe exposure volue setling
should nol be qltered ond only the milled
shuller speed ring mdy be lurned (see
lower illustrotion).

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Now turn the shutter speed ring ond set the exposure time opposite the triongulor
mork. With exposure volue l2 the following combinotions ore then possible:
    Stop             f. 2.8  4     5.6    8il1622
       Shutter speed  L/soo rlzso t/tzs   r/ao r/so  tlrc    l/a
Eqch of these shutter speed ond stop combinotions qllows on equol qmount of
light to reoch the film ond so you only need to select the one best suited to your
subiect by turning the lorge milled ring to the triongulor mork (@, see illustro-
tion, poge 5). To be sure of choosing the correct combinotion  it is odvisoble to
reod the chopter on poge 11 corefully.
The thus determined exposure volue setting con be used os long os the lighting
conditions remoin the some.

 Let us once more summorise the most importont points of this chopter: Detei'mine
ond set the exposure volue, releqse exposure volue key, turn the milled ring to
set the pictoriolly most fovouroble combinotion opposite the triongulor mork;
then the comero will be reody for oction.



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WHICH IS THE BEST SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE COMBINATION.?
lf you-wish- to photogroph o londscope with both foreground ond bockground
in focus, you must use o smoll operture (for exomple,  f. 8 ond r/66 sec. os shown
on the previous poge). Longer exposure times such os rlso, rl119,, ond l/s sec. con-
not normolly be used without o tripod, becouse of comero shqke.
For o quickly moving obiect on the other hond you should use o fost shutter
speed to ovoid blurring (such os 1/soo sec. ond f.2.8, shown on the previous poge).
In the first cose o slower shutter speed is chosen in fqvour of o smoll operture
ond in the second cose o lorger operture is selected to enoble the use of o foster
shutter speed.
You moy sometimes obtoin exposure volue reodings on the exposure meter which
lie between two numbers. These con olso be set on the comero with the dio-
phrogm ring, but shutter speeds should never be set so thot the triongulor mqrk
lies between two speeds. You con eosily ovoid this, however, becouse eoch set-
ting on the lorge milled ring hos o click stop.

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FOR VERY POOR LIGHTING
Sometimes there is not enough light to give
qn exposure meter reoding on ony of the
instqntoneous shutter speeds. Then you use
the "8" shutter setting for time exposures.
ln such coses ploce the comero on o firm sup-
port, preferobly on o tripod, ottoch q coble
releose (if possible with time lock) to the con-
nection provided ond mqke the exposure.
The shutter stoys open os long os pressure is
exerted on the coble releose button.
In mony coses, porticulorly with indoor photogrophy, o floshgun will be needed
to supplement the ovoiloble light ond for this your Super Solino is provided
with q flosh contqct. You merely slide the floshgun (such os the Agfo KM or
Agfolux floshgun) on to the occessory shoe of the cqmero ond ottqch the flosh
leod to the contoct (see illustrotion).
When looking onto your Super Solino from obove you will see o smoll lever
on the right which occording to the flosh method used should be set to X or M.


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Note therefore:
With the X-synchronisotion-position of lever
to X (or with deloyed oction to V) speeds no
fqster thon 1/se must be used. Wifh the syn-
chronizing lever sel lo M foster shutter speeds
con be used.
The opertures required ore given in instruc-
tions ottqched to eoch flosh bulb corton.
When using on eleclronic floshgun the lever
must olwoys be set to X. Controry to flosh-
bulbs ony shutter speed con be used. Aper-
tures ore colculoted from the guide numbers
for the floshgun concerned, €. g. guide num-
ber 96 divided by o distonce of 12 feet :
operture  f. 8. The electronic floshgun con
be used for block ond white or doylight
colour films.

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HOLDING THE CAMERA
 Hold the cqmerq steody to obtoin shorp                                                                                                      i
 results. We odvise you to toke your Super
 Solinq in both hqnds ond from on ongle with                                                                                                                                             i

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1 your qrms ogoinst your body. Your thumbs
 should lie olong the bock of the comero with                                                           I
 the forefinger of your right hqnd on the
 shutter releqse. Line up your subiect in the
 viewfinder. Everything within the luminous
 frome oreo will oppeqr on the picture. lf you
 con see only port of the frome, this indicotes
 thot you ore tilting the comero or not look-
 ing through the centre of the viewfinder. As
 soon os you ore sotisfied with whot you see,
 press the shutter releose; this is done by
 slowly pressing down the releqse lever os for
 os possible with your finger tip. For subiects
 neorer thon 7 feet use the lwo short lines
 (see illustrotion, pqge 7) os the upper limit of the subiect, ond tilt the comero
 slightly upwords.

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Give it o triql with your very first photo-
                                       groph: Don't forget to hold the comero level
                                   ond qs close lo your eye qs possible.  lt does
tL                                         not motter which eye you use for viewing the
                                                subiect, the mqin thing is to close your other
I                                         eye. Then toke o deep breoth, hold it, ond
                                          press the shutter releqse.
                            When holding the comero upright turn it to
                                       the righf or left qs desired ond operote the
                                            shutter releqse either with your middle fin-
                                  ger or thumb, depending on the csmero's
                                                 position.
                                        Photogrophs without o tripod should only be
                                       token with shutter speeds of 1/oo to 1/56s sec.,
                                           possibly 1/go sec. too. lf you hove o steody
                               hqnd you mqy be oble to ovoid cqmero
                                      shoke ot r/s sec. by supporting your elbows
                                somehow, but you must try thqt out'for
                                                yourself.

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DEPTH OF FIELD
We olreody mentioned lorge ond smoll lens opertures (on poge 8) in the choice
of suitoble shutter speed ond operture combinotions.
                           big opening                                            .        little opening                                                             oPeffure                                                                 )moll           Lorge                operture                                                                       but greot                                   smoll                             but                                                                                                          T' 22 :                                                                              e' g'                  e. g.                                                                           depth                                                                                           of field.                                  f' 2.8 =                           depth                                     of field.
As you will see from this exomple, depth of field is vorioble; it increoses os the
operture becomes smoller ond the distonce becomes greoter. To help you in
finding out how for this zone of shorp focusing extends, your Super Solino hos
whot is known os o depth of field scole (@, illustrotion poge 5). From it you con
find the opproximote depth of field for ony given lens operture.
lf, for exomple, you focus the comero to o distonce of l5 feet with on operture
of f. 8, you look for the two numbers morked 8 on the depth of field scole ond
reod off the ronge in feet between these two points on the odiocent focusing
ring; in this cose it will be obout 10 to 30 ft.





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SNAPSHOT SETTING
lf the shutter speed initiolly
selected gives qn exposure
reoding in which the operture
con be set on the red dot
between f. 8 ond  I I or on
f. 1'l you con use the so-cqll-
ed snopshot or zone focusing
setting.


For this purpose the 10 feet ond 30 feet morkings ore engroved in red on the
focusing scole. When focused on l0 feet you obtoin o shorp zone from 7 to
17 feet (see illustrotion); on 30 feet the depth of field is obout l7 feet to Infinity.
This method is used for close-rqnge ond long distonce photogrophs where you
wont to qvoid focusing the comerq qt oll.
Exact particulars of the depth of field obtainable at oarious apertures and distances
can be seen from the table on pages 26/27.

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DELAYED ACTION  RELEASE
Sometimes you wont to be in the picture yourself. Your Super Solino provides for
this wish with its deloyed oction releose. First ploce the comerq on o tripod or
other firm support qnd then set the lever (@, see moin illusfrotion) of "V" qfter lhe
film has been wound on. As soon os you press the shutter releose the smoll lever
storts to move ond operotes the shutter outomoticolly ofter obout 7 seconds. The
lever olwoys returns to its originol position ond hos to be re-set for every deloyed
oction shot.Any of the instontoneous shutter speeds con be used with it,ond those
for flosh. Time exposures (: B setting) connot be mode with the deloyed oction
releose mechonism.

THE RIGHT FILM FOR EVERY OCCASION
Before we explain how to load your Super Solina with film, here are a few hints on
ilifferent kinds of film.
 First of all there is Agfo lsopon F, 40 ASA G7o DIN), a unioersal fiIm of medium
speed. lt is a sharp, fine-grain film from uthich you can obtain good enlargements.
ln bad weather Agfo lsopon 155, zoo ASA (2L0 DIN), is the right film. lt allows you
to use instantaneous shutter speeds or, uhen the sun is shining, smaller apertures
to obtain greater depth of field.
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For special needs there are special films to deal u:ith difficult situations. When
you want extra fine grain for enlargements Agfo lsopon tt, rc ASA (IJo DIN), is
"your" fiIm,
In oery poor lighting conditions Vou can fall back on Agfo lsopon Ultro, 2s0 ASA
(25o DIN), which combines extra high speed tnith oery good sharpness.
lf the worst comes to the zporst and eoen the high speed of lsopan llltra is not
sufficient, you can use AgIa lsopon Record. lt is of equal grain size and sharpness
tt:hilst giaing iust that little extra "something" in speed, enabling you to stop down
more or use a higher shutter speed.Hints on its use are contained in the film package.
Agfocofor films open up the utorld of colour to you. For more than twenty years
these films haoe been great faoourites because of the natural usay they reproduce
pastel tints and bright colours alike,
There are two film types. For home projection of colour transparencies Aou use
Agfccolor Reversol Film. The CT L8 or CK film-that is hoat they are described in
the trade-are rated at 50 ASA (1SoDlN) and 40 ASA (17o DlN) respectitsely.
The letter T indicates the daylight film, K the film for use in artificial light.
lf you zoish to hazse colour paper prints for your album, the right film is Agfocolor
Negotive Film CN 17 , a unizrersal film  f or use in daylight, artificial light andftashlight.
The correct way to load the camera with film is described on the next ttno pages,

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