Akio Arette C / Arette Dn User manual

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                                   Date: 2021.09.18 11:46:44 -04'00'


                 This is the new uniform shope of the ARETTE LINE

OPERATING PARTS FOR ARETTE C AND Dx
 1) Releose knob                                 ll) Exposure volue scole
 2) Coble releqse socket                   12) Red exposure volue setting mork
 3) Photocell of exposure meter           l3) Locking device for exposure volue
                                                                    setti n g
 4) Indicotor of exposure meter
                                           14) Time setting ring
 5) Reodiusting indicotor                                           l5) Diophrogm indicoting ring
 6) Edged turn-ring for reodiusting                                         16) Focusing indicoting ring    indicotor
 7l DIN/ASA  - disk                          17) Depth of focus scole
                                           l8) Focusing indicoting mork 8) Exposure volue window
                                           19) Synchro switch lever V-X-M 9) Operotion knob for DIN/ASA - disk
                                           20) View finder eyepiece10) Film sensitivity indicotor (to be set
    occording to film used)                 21) View finder window

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      OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARETTE C/DX
         The ottroctive minioture comero ARETTE will become your relioble
          componion soon to be indispensoble. Just few monipulotions ore neces-
           sory to become fomilior with the comero ond to obtoin successful
{           pictures ot oll the time.4 importont feotures of ARETTE will eose your
           operotion considerobly:
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         SAFE in your honds by meons of the NEW SHAPE
         SAFE froming bosed upon o bright ond occurote LUMINOUS FRAME
            VIEW FINDER
        SAFE in operotion by the relioble ropid lever wind ond shutter with
              EXPOSURE VALUE SETTING
                                                                                                                                                t         SAFE timing ond color-toning by meons of the built-in exposure meter
                with READJUSTING INDICATOR.

TOADING OF CAMERA
The ARETTE tokes the perforoted  minioture film (35 rr),
ovoiloble in the stondord cossette for 20 or 36 exposures
(24X36 mm).
To open the comero bock the locking buttons (25) ore to be
p.ressed ogcinst eoch other by thumb ond index hng"t of your
right hond. The topered end, overlopping from t6e cosiette
hos to be folded thru the middle of the thrYrd perforotion hole
(A) thot when irrserting the folded end into the slot of the
spindle the red hook (B) will feed the third perforotion hole.
This ovoids ony pulling out of the film when winding up.
The film cortridge hos to be inseried into the cossette chomber
of the comero ofter the rewinding knob hos been fully pulled
out. Hoving inserted the cossette the rewind knob (24j hos to
be pushed in ogoin ond by turning the knob in the jirection
of the orrow the film is stroightened ond lies on the focol
plone. Now the comero bock will be closed. Before toking the
first piciure the film should be odvonced os describeJ on
poge 6.


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FILMTRANSPORT
For sofety reosons tronsport the ropid lever wind (26) must be turned until the stop.
At the some time the film will be tronsported, the shutter cocked, the exposure counter
operoted ond the double exposure lock engoged. The reverse motion of the ropid
lever wind will work outomoticolly.

EXPOSURE COUNTER
The film which is pre-exposed by inserting some must be removed by 3 blonk ex-
posures (tronsport ond releose) in order to hove unexposed film on the focol plone
                                     for the first exposure The exposure counter
                                           (27) will be put into its bosic position "0" by
                                      pressing ond turning to the left ond right.
                                  Accurote counting is only guoronteed by in-
                                         serted film. Moreover  it shows - before snopp-
                                      ing - which picture is reody for exposure.


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DIN/ASA.ADJUSTING
The DIN/ASA disk (7) must be odlusted by meons of
 the operotion knob (9) in occordonce with the DIN/
ASA volues indicoted on the film pockoges.                IRG,g
The setting of the film sensitivity hos to be ochieved
on the film sensitivity indicotor ('10), too. The indi-
cotion "NEG" ond "POS" refers to negotive respec-
tively positive color films ond the block/white/block
field refers to the block ond white film.

HINTS FOR EXPOSURE READING AND ADJUSTMENT
One of the most importont foctors in obtoining successful pictures is thot the omount
of light will foll onto the film which results the correct holf tone effect of the film. lt
is simultoneously whether this light volume is obtoined by less light over o longer or
more light over o shorter period.

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The built-in exposur{r  r)rer.., will reod exoctly the omount of light being reflected
from the subiect onto the lens.
The principle of modern exposure volue reoding is to express the omount of light
under considerotion of the film sensitivity in o figure the so-colled exposure volue.
This exposure volue figure will be obtoined from the exposure nreter ond the
shutter ot the comero hos to be odjusted occordingly. The mechonism of the shutter
tokes core thot by meons of the engoged exposure volume olwoys the correct omount
of light will reoch the film. Usuolly long exposure times coll for smoll diophrogms
                             which ollow light thru o smoll opening only whereos
                              short exposure times increose the opening of the
                                        lens.
                                  This results excellent detoiled negotives.
                         The coupling of exposure time ond diophrogm in
                                the exposure volue shutter ollows o quick ond occu-
         @  rote oction. This is especiolly importont with color                                  films of comporotively  little morgin of exposure  in
                              order to obtoin suff icient results.

PHOTOETECTRIC EXPOSURE METER
The conrr.r'ci  l.rcrs lo be porntecj toworCs the subjecl.
The indicotor {4j engoqed by the liqht reflected on
 fhe photo-cell  i3) con be eosely i'eod fronr obove the
exposure rreter.. The rlorr: or less inlense indicotor
 n)ovr,r nr€int is c;n incj icoiion of ihe omourrl of light
icfleclecJ fronr ilre subiect to the ccmero lens.
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Ihe  filnr  serr.rsilr,rily hos to  i:e odlusted by the
opercrlion krio5 i91 of the exposure meter ofter
locrcl ing the corrrero with  fr lm os n'renlioned on poge 7.Ihe edged rrrrg on fop of the
exposure nreter hos fo be odjusted untii the red reodjusting indicotor (5) covers
thc rrrdicotor of the nrelr:r rtself. Are boih indicolors in the some position you
will rc'ocJ ilre corresponding exposure volue crl the red ti'iongle nrork in the exposure
vcrlu,: wir-'Colv {8.
Photo on poge B dentonslrotes the irrdicqtor posifion of exposure volue figure B.
Recr dirrcs beinq not ci fuii figures coli for inlei'rlrediolr: volues.
The r:ngcrc;.-..1 €rxposure  vcil':e os ciescrrbi:d on palcle i.1 hos to be sel crt the shutler.

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       The built-in exposure meter ond ihe comero lens view the obiect olwoys in the
       some monner os the opticol system of the honey comb lens coptures the some imoge
        ongle os your comero lens. Misreodings moy be obtoined by strong light or reflection
         direcf onto ihe photocell (3) but evenlhouoh with subiects of high controsts. The lotter
         colls for intermediote volue odiusiinq of boih controsls.
     tENS
         The. ARETTE is equipped with o c.olor-corrected, new cooting lens of excellent focusing
      ond true reproduction which will result perfect color ond block/white pictures.
                                   5 scoles ore engroved on the lens mounting:
                               The focusinq scole on the focusino rino (.|6) from
                                                          (g-reen figures from 3.5 ttl- inll                                                I m - inf.                                                                                            '
                               The depth of field scole (.|7) with the diophrogm
                                       volues 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - l1 - l6 enqroved on both sides                                      of the focusing indicoting morkl
                                  The exposure time scole on the time setting ring (14)
                                    of the shutter with the volues: B, 1,2,4,-8, 15, 30,
                                        60, 125, 300 (signifying froctions of seconds). The
                                    green figures 4,8,15, 30, 60 connot be set but repre-
                                          t0

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sent o colculotino hint
    of full seconds foi long
    exposures.
   Ihe diophroqm scole
    (15) with'the iolues 2.8
   - l6 on the diophroom
   indicoting ring' (15).-
  The exposure volue
   scole (11) with red fi-
   gures 2 - 17.
. FOCUSING ADJUSTMENT
   The focusipg,.indicoting.ring  (16) hos to be odjusted in occordonce with the estimoted   or tocused distonce volue.
  TUMINOUS FRAME VIEW FINDER
   combining view finder, porollox compensotor ond ronge finder.
   The reflected frome view finder guorontees relioble definition of the imoqe field. ln
   order to cover the entire view fin'der imoge beyond ttre imoge n"ia-Uornlo;i;;;ii;
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 right eye should be opplied os close os possible to the view finder eyepiece (20). For
 close-ups (from I to obt. 2 m (3'4" to 6'8"), verticol ond loterol porollox ond field
foding ore_indicoted in the view finder field by the dotted lines. The more norrowly
delimiied field is opplicoble for ihose exposures.
 It is significont thot the position of the reflected boundory lines in the view finder
imoge is unoffected by the direction from which the eye looks into it. Focusing errors
connot occur even by tilted viewer position. The view finder imoge enclosed by the
boundory lines correiponds with the'negotive to be exposed.
Thru the eyepiece (20), o yellowish rhomboid shoped imoge will be seen in the view
finder field. At first  it oppeors on imoge of two contours sidewise. Using the operoting
knob (34) ot the focusirig indicoting-ring (16) the double contours of"the rdquesteJ
subiect will be covered into one. The lens is now correctly focused to the distonce of
the engoged imoge.
Exposures tronsversolly to the view finder imoge will disploce the ronge imoge
loterolly whereos upright exposures disploce verticolly. The lorge ronge bosis
guorontees perfect focusing even by fully opened diophrogm. Users of insufficient
eyesight ore odvised to employ o correcting lens for the view finder which con be
supplied on request.


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 In the beginning you moy remember the following rules:
When focusing close subiects the distonce should be odiusted ot the focusing distonce
mork (18) thus shows the ovoiloble depth of focus ronge forword ond bockword os
well.
Long distonce exposure wiihout foreground - set ot inf.
Close-up snops - set diophrogm 8 ot 8 tt. (2,4 or 2,5 m) which results o depth of focusfrom 2 m to 4 m (6.6 ft. to 13 ft.).
                                                                               oExposure to inf. with foreground - set diophrogm 5.6 ot 30 ft. (10 m) thus resultsdepth of focus inf. to 15 ft. (5 m).
SHUTTER
The ARETTE is equipped with PRONTOR SVS shutter including exposure volue
odjustment. No concern hos to be token obout the cocking of the shutter os this is
outomoticolly controlled by the filmtronsport.9 different exposure times from I sec.
to r/tloo sec. ore ovoiloble by odiusting the time setting ring (14) os well os posiiion
for long exposures.
In order to udiust the shutter in occordonce with exposure volue engoged by the
exposure meter the interlocking lotch (.|3) must be pressed down.-T[us r6sults
o free odjusting of the diophrogm indicoting ring (15) which beors the red exposure
volue scole (11)'                        J                          L                                                   -t*                             .     -rri14            3t"*!                 s                                  {'/-    :''                                   "    13

i1  Also,the time setting.ring.(14) or.both rllgs (14 ond l5) con be odiusted ot the some
 I   time lY Pressing t.h;inteildcking lotch. rhii            u,jr"" il'rtt"iir"s been correctly     set when the red. explqu.re vgl.ug setting "lpotrr"mork (12) po.ints to the exposure volu6
 I   Previously determined. Full ond intermedi"ote voluJs lon-U"                             (1/oo sec.)                                "ULin"a. I   Medium speed '        when toking pictures from hond thus ovoiding blurred exposures.
     Smoll opening
         when depth of focus is required.
    High speed
            with fost moving subiects (obout rfes or r/aoo sec.).
   A few somples moy illustrote the obove.
    The illustrotion on poge l5 shows (olthouqh the     picture does not demon-strote cleorly) 'settinq"to ex-
     posure.volue 8. The.time setting ring'(14)  is sit ot r/a
.    s9c: wher.eos.the diophrogm open6d' oltomoticollyl.   ot 5.6. Ad;usting the time settino rinq ot o speed oT         sec.,             the              diophrogm                                will.shut                                      ot                                                                              t t.-When                                                      selecting I       r/ro          sec. '      :/i             the              diophrogm                                                       2.8.                                 will open                                        to
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 Intermedioie diophrogm volues ore possible (see poge 9). Twe illustrotion on poge 9
 shows the setfing of exposure volue 12.5.
Not more thon 6 diophrogm volues con be set for exposure volue figures over 12.
For exposure volues below 7 exposure times exceeding I sec. moy result for smoll
diophrogms. In this cose time setiing ring (14) should be-set ot "8". The green figures
indicote the exposure time for the diophroqm volues morked below in full seconds.
For the exposure itself the iime settin! rinj (14) should be left ot "B" ond the dio-
phrogm indicoting ring (15) hos to be set ot the selected exposure volue by pressing
down the interlocking lotch (13).

REIEASE
To releose the shutter the releose knob (1) hos to be pushed down by index finger
until the shutter clicks. Avoid ony sudden'ond pulling movements os ihey ruin y5ur
pictures. For time exposures set time setting ring  (1 4) al "8". The shutter remoins open
until you will releose him. Coble releose should be screwed into the socket. For lilng
exposures  ii is odvisoble to use o coble releose with fixing screw.

SEIF TIMER
The selftimer  ist o help in mony respects  i. e. when the comero user desires to oppeor
on the picture or when o time exposure might be obtoined from on insecure position
which might result o shoked releose.
The selftimer con only be operoted with cocked shutter. Thus slide synchro switch
lever (19) in position "V" ond releose shutter by pressure on releose knob (l).A
morgin of 8 sec. is between operoting shutter ond releose.

FItM REWIND
At the end of the filmtronsport o cleor obstruction will be noticed when trying on
overwinding thus results o teoring of the film from the
cossette. The exposure counter (27) shows the omount
of film ovoiloble. In cose the lost picture could not be
fully pulled out the exposure counter will indicote
onother figures os the expected number 20 or 36.


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Before opening lhe comero bock the film must be rewound into its cortridge. Operote
releose lever (23) for rewind mechonism. Rewind knob (24) will come out outomoti-
colly. The film will be rewound into the cortridge by turning the rewind knob in
direction of orrow. Decreosed resistonce in winding ond stop of exposure counter -
runs whilst rewinding - indicote thot film is bock in cortridge. Now you moy open the
comero bockond remove the film. Rewind knob hos to be reset in its bosic position.

AFFIXING FTASH ATTACHMENT
The flosh coble hos to be fitted into the flosh contoct socket (28). The fully synchro-
nised shutter will toke ot oll exposure times flosh exposures with electronic flosh ond
flosh bulbs.
Lightening of flosh should be effected only by fully opened shutter. This colls for the
correct position of synchro switch lever ('19). For better illustrotion ore given some
hints on poge 20.
Lever ('19) must be set el "Y" when using the self timer. Exposure will be effected
with o deloy of 8 seconds. The flosh will olwoys be lightened by the rules of the "X"
position. After releose the switch lever will outomoticolly reploce to "X".
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              COTOR FILTER AND SUN SHADE
                      The focusing indicoting ring  (l 6) of the ARETTE lens
                                  is provided with on internol threod for holding color
                                                                  fi lters, sun shode or close-up lenses. They ore double
                          threoded ond therefore o close-up lens, color  fi lter ond
                         sun shode con be screwed on the lens olltogether. The
                                                                                   f oreso id seq uence however hos o lwoys to be observed
                        (AKARELLE occessories  fit inhere, too).
                        The engoged color filter will reduce the incident light
                          to o certoin d"gree. To compensote this the exposure
                          time hos to be lengthened or better the obfoined ex-
                           posure volue decreosed by the exposure volue figures
                         mentioned on poge 23.
Exomple: When using on oronge filter with extension foctor 2.5 the engoged exposure
volue l3 reduced by this foctor 13-2.5:   10.5 hos be set ot the shutter.
Agoinst the light pictures ond color pictures  it is odvisoble to toke o sun shode.

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Agoin your ARETTE offers you onother odvontoge: Sun shode
ond/or color filter moy remoin on the fens even the leother cose
will be shut. The sun shode will be turned up outomoticolly.

EXCHANGE OF PARTIAL EXPOSED FITMS
lf req uested o po rtio I exposed  fi lm co n be to ken out of the
comero in order to exchqnge o block/white film with o color film.
Just remember the position of the film counter ond rewind the film
in the usuol monner. lt is essentiol to mork the number of exposed
pictures of the filmend.
When relooding the comero with the portiol exposed film
remember the descripfion on poge 5 ond in oddition shut your
lens with the lens hood firmly. To hove fhe comero reody for use
ogo in wind the  fi lm 3 more pictures over the number you hqve
morked on the filmend before.



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CARE OF YOUR CAMERA WIIt  PAY YOU OFF:
For the coreful hondling ond periodicol ottention invoriobly required
by such high-quolity opticol ond mechonicol opporotus.
The inside ond outside of the comero housing should be brushed free of
dust from time to time with o fine hoir brush. Finger-prints on the
metol ports should be removed with o soft polishing-cloth.
For removing finger-prints or specks of dust from the opticol ports,
olwoys proceed with greot core, using o tiny pod of chemicolly purified
cotton-wool.

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         CONDITIONS OF GUARANTEE
                for one yeor's time counting from the purchose dote ihe monu-                       '   focturer guorontees q perfect function of your foctory new
             ARETTE comero. This incrudes ihe repoir of this perfect working
                condiiion ot the foctory only but ends untimely when - fo, sorl              reoson or other - the comero ond the exposure meter will be
 ;*            opened by o! unouthorised person. Replocement cloims extending
rr,,i,             the repoir of perfect working condition ore excruded from thil                guorontee.
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                            lf onything shourd hoppen with the comero, do not try to
 i                      fix it yourself : hove it exomined by the monufocturer who
                          is quolified io deol with repoirs.
                        n''*"'lo"l,'.',1:,'j;;,Xl,                               jiliir":ilr:11#n;nyyeors.

       Any chonge in construction of the ARETTE line will be reserved by this outfit.


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