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Ansco Clipper 16 User manual
User manual for Ansco Clipper 16. 9 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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Picture taking is fun with your new Ansco
Clipper 16 Camera !
It's easy to oPerate !
There are no complicated adjustments !
No. special photographic knowledge is nbeded I
You just aim and Push the trigger!
But please read the instructions !
you can make better pictures if you follow
the few simple instructions in this book'
If you want more detailed information about
pict"ie iaking, o,btain a copy of "q.tter Photog-
;;;;ht'AttscoMadJeosy," a 60-page booklet published
6y and available from your local photo- Illustration r
graphic dealer at 25c a coPY.
Camera. Clipper Ansco your new at look let's So
photograph the with yon and before ,tp 1t Sei 1t - And Superpan p1s5s-[n extremely fast pan-
right as a guide, Inake sure you can identify each chromatic film for use under poor lighi condi[ions
part of your camera. and greater subject range with any camera.
Your Ansco Clipper Camera takes 16 pictu_res 1. Sliding release for opening back.
2/2 x 2-L/ lG inchbs on Ansco 616 size Film. 2, Winding knob for advancing fitm.
speeds of ro11 film different three makes Anr"o 3 & 4. Finger grips to open camera front. Camera. your CliPPer fit which will
5. Eye-level optical view finder.
ortho- speed, Plenachrome-Higher There is 6. Shutter release (trigger) . and general better outdoor pictures for chromatic
all-around amateur use. 7. Vertical footrest.
8. Bulb Bxposure bar. And Supreme-An improved, high-speed pan-
chromatic hlm for pictures on dull, rainy days and 9. Release catch to close front of camera.
indoor pictures. fdentical catch on opposite side of camera.View original page 4Page 5 · Read text
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FOLTOWTHESE3 EASYSTEPSTO LOAD YOUR GTIPPER
I. OPEN BACK OF CAMERA.
Release catch (Figure 1, # t) which holds
back by sliding knob in the direction of arrow.
Back will op'en automatically.
2. PUT FILM IN EMPTY FILM CHAMBER.
When back of camera is ,open, you'll find two
film chambers. One, at the winding knob end
of camera, should aontain an empty spool.
This is your take-up spool on which your film
will be ro,lled when y,ou've taken all the pic-
tures. The other film chamber will be empty.
Flere is where you insert your new roll of Illustratrcn 3
Ansco 616 Film. YOU SHOULD LOAD AND
UNLOAD YOUR CLIPPER CAMERA IN The fresh roll of film should be placed in the THE SHADOW, NEVER IN DIRECT SUN-
LIGHT OR UNDER BRIGHT HOUSE supply chamber so that the pointed end of the
LIGHTS. paper will come from the top and not the bottom
o.f the roll.
To insert the roll of film so that the spool end
holes engage the two pins in the supply chamber,
proceed as follows. Lift up the movable pin to
the position shown in Illustration 2. Place the roll
of film so that one spool end hole engages the
stationary pin and then as you lower the opposite
end of the roll into the chamber, bring the mova-
ble pin back into its original p,osition. As the
movable pin and the roll of film are lowered into
the chamber, allow the pin to engage thts spool
end hole.
After being certain that the fresh spool is se-
curely engaged on the pins in the supply chamber,
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the end of the paper across the back of the Now turn the winding knob and watch the rear
camera. Make sure that the red or green side of window until the figure I appears (see trllus. 4).
tJre paper is out, the black side facing the lenst A pointing hand and a row of four dots will be
PermiC the paper to pass over the two metal seen shortly before this first figure appears in
rollers (never attempt to thread the film under place. The camera is now ready for the first
ttrese rollers) and thread the pointed end into ttre picture.
slot in the empty spool as shown in Illustration 3.
fmmediately after taking the first picture, wind
3. WIND FILM INTO POSITION. again until figure "2" appears in the red window,
and so on until the roll has been completely ex-
First be certain that the red or green paper posed. After the 16th, and last, exposure, con-
leader for the film is centered on your take;up tinue to turn the winding knob until t}re red or
spool so that it will wind evenly. Now give green paper is completely wound off onto the
the winding knob t'hree turns to bind the takeup spool and cannot be seen through red
paper leader correctly. You can now close the window.
back of the camera. Push it shut securely and
do n'ot open the camera back again until all NOW YOU ARE READY TO TAKE PICTURES
the pictures have been taken and the film
wound comp.letely onto the take-up spool. Just follow these simple directions.
Illustration 4
OPEN THE CAMERA
To open the camera before making an exposure,
hold the camera in the palm of the left hand and
grasp the finger grips (3 and 4, Illus. 1) with the
tJrumb and middle finger of the right hand. Pull
out the camera front until a click indicates that
it is locked firmly in place.
MAKE THE EXPOSURE
To take a picture, h,old the camera firmly against
your cheek and nose as shown in fllustration 5,
with yoqr right eye close to the rear opening-Composein
tlr" eye-level view finder (5, Illus. l ) .
the subject in the finder and, with the middte
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dealer. This special attachment will enable you
to make head and shoulder portraits at a distance
of. 3/z feet from the subject.
The addition of a yellow filter, which can be
obtained from your photographic dealer, will
greatly improve pictures made at the seash,ore or
when the light is extremely bright. The filter is
useful for emphasizing cloud effects and in land-
scape and flower studies to obtain more correct
color rendition. Color filters should only be used
in brilliant sunlight.
t IJse snapshot exposures for all pictures made in
sunlight or bright cloudy weather, but when the
Illustration 5 weather is extremely cloudy or when pictures are
(6, Illus. 1). A single pressure of the lever oper- made indoors, bulb exposures are necessary. Bulb
ates the shutter, opening and closing it. Be careful exposures should never be mAde of moving objects.
not to m,ove the camera while making an exposure
or a blurred picture will result. Also, do not point TAKNG BULB EXPOSURES
the camera toward the sun, as this causes a flare
of light which is very noticeable on the finished To make bulb exposures, the camera must be
print. held on a firm support such as a chair, table or
The Unifo Double lens which is supplied with some other stable object, and placed s,o that the
the Clipper camera is a universal focus lens, which vertical footrest (7, Illus. 1) will hold tJre camera
photographs all subjects from 6 feet to infinity in a level position. It is very important that
(as far as you can see). Therefore objects that neither the camera nor the subject m,ove duringare 6 feet or further from the camera will be exposure, as this will cause a blurred picture.sharply in focus.
In order' to make close-ups, a portrait attach- Now pull out the bulb exposure bar (8, lUus. 1)
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as used when making snapshots. The length of release catches (1, Illus. 6, identical catch on op-
the exposure depends upon how long the shutter posite side of camera ) . Then push the front of
release lever is held down, since the shutter re- ih. ."rrr.r. in as far as it wilt go (Illus' 7) '
mains open as long as the lever is held down, and
closes when the lever is released. TO UNTOAD THE CAMERA
when the 16th exposure has been taken, com-
Bulb exposures l,onger than o{re second are sel- pletely wind the film onto the take-up spool. Then
dom necessary outdoors, even in extremely dull rp.n and swing down the back of the camera. The
weather. Bulb exposures made indoors by daylight exposed ro11 is held in position in the same man-
range from 5 seconds to 2 minutes in length, de- ner as the supply spool was and may be removed
pending upon the brilliance of light outside and by lifting up ,oo the movable Pin.
the number of windows in the room. Fold under the pointed end of the red or green
paper, and seal the spool with the "exposed"
IO CIOSE THE CAMERA sticker. The film is then ready to be developed
To close the camera, hold it in the palm of the and printed.
left hand and simultaneously press the two closing To prepare the camera for the next roll of film,
remove tJre empty spool from the lower chamber Illustration 6 lllusttation 7 of the camera and place it in the upper chamber.
Rel,oad the camera in the manner previously de-
scribed.
cAuTloNS
In starting the red or green paper at the time of
loading a fresh roll, always see that it is wound
onto the take-up spool evenly, otherwise the paper
may tend to climb up on one side of the spool and
be torn, which can result in fogged film.
Always make it a practice to wind to the next
exposure immediately after taking a picture. In
this way t}re camera is always ready for the next
picture and there is no chance for double exposure.
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In making exposures, always hold the camera F O R B E S T R E S U L T S W I T H Y O U R
level and perfectly still.
G L I P P E R C A M E R A U S E Keep the lens of your Clipper camera clean. A
dirty lens or rain or mist on the lens will cause
fogged or cloudy pictures. To clean the lens, usecleansing tissue or a soft linen or cotton cl'oth. An,seo FiIm
Do not let the sun shine directly on the lens
when taking a picture. ASK FOR ANSCO 676
Select your background carefully. A good sub- PLENACHROI'IE
ject can be spoiled by such backgrounds as tele- F O R O U T D O O R
phone po'les or clapboard h,ouses. Keep your P I C T U R E S
backgrounds simp'le. A background ,of foliage is -l *usually unobtrusive and pleasing.
* * * *
The foregoing instructions explain the mechani- I
cal operation of your Clipper camera. These should ASK FOR ANSCO 6 76
be thor,oughly understood before attempting to S U P R E T T , I E
take pictures. F O R P I C T U R E S
Do not be content, however, with the mastery O U T D O O R S A N D
I N D O O R S
of these simple details. Photography offers mar-
velous possibilities to the camera user who really
attempts to obtain the maximum results possible
with his equipment. Your Clipper camera will
take fine pictures if you use it correctly.
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