Balda Baldi Vest Pocket User manual

a) Loop for carrying-strap
   b) Catch-bolt for camera bad<
   c) Press-button to open the camera
   d) Disk for setting of parallax compensation viewfinder
   e) Viewfinder
    f)  Struts
   g) Diapl,.ragm index                                            ..
   h) Baseboard leg support
     i)  Trigger release of shutter
   k) Frontlens-frame for focussing
     l)  Ring of shutter {or setting the time of exposure
   m) Lever {or winding up o{ shutter
   n) Trigger release of shutter
   o) Ratche,t film winding key (Filmtransport)

   p) Upper take up film clamber
   q) Film reel
    r)  Freely revolving smooth nickeled rollers to guide the {ilm over
      the picture frame
   s) Tripod bush
    t) Lower take-up film chamber
   u) Spring blades supplying winding tension and preventing unra-
       velling o{ the film roll
'   v) Springy pressure-plate holding the film securely in {ocal plane
   w) Vents

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I. Loading ttre cam era
Move the button (b in Fig. 1) below the carryi.g
handle sideways and open the hinged back. Pull
out the film winding k,jy knob. Thl spool-carriers
may then be moved lrom the take-up c-hambers.
In the lower {ilm chamber is an empty reel. Insert
this reel into the upper spool carrier "p" and the
film cartridge into the lower spool carrrer "t".
Remove the band that holds the red paper, pull
the latter across the two rollers, and thread the
end of it into the reel slot. Move the film winding
key twice or thrice to and fro, thereby binding the
paper to the reel. Then close the camera back.
The film is wound up in the same manner as a
watdr. Turning the rvinding k"y in clockwise
direction transports the film; -by turning it in the
other direction. the free wheel is actuated.

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For the first exposure, turn the film winding key by short turns, to and fro, until the number "1"
of the film band appears in the lower window. The  first four exposures are transported into position
by observation o{ the film windows, as follows:
         1 st Exposure i No. 1 in lower window     2nd Exposure: No. 1 in upper window
        3 rd Exposure : No. 2 in lower window        4 th Exposure: No. 2 in upper window.
Eadt successive exposure, after the fourth, may be placed by turning the film winding key counter-
clockwise, until it reaches an automatic stop, and thereupon immediately forward again, clockwise,
until              stopped. The number of^the exposure can occasionaliy be observ-ed as it passes     .automaticallythe lrlm wlndows.
The space between the single exposures after the {ourth ilcreases toward the end o{ the film.
However, the 8 Exposure Vest Pocket film will take, iully, 15 exposures, and leaves a uselul margin
for processing at the beginning and at the end o{ the {ilm.

                             II. The exposure.
Opening of camera.
A touch of the button beneath the film winding key and the camera opens out into proper position
for sharo infinitv {ocus.

www.butkus.us                   To be observed:
   When no {ilm is in the camera we would recommend     place a slip o{ paper across the opening_ for                                                                   ,to    the picture to Prevent undue strain on medranism and sptings when the camera snaps into posiiion.
  Finding of picture.
    Set the viewfinder according to distance of object, by turning the toothed disc, thereby eliminatins                                                                                  -same    the deviation of the. parallax. Hold the {inder close to the iye and you will see the        picturE
    as you will get on the film.
   'Focussing.
   When the baseboard struts snap into position the camera is at once ready focused on "In{initv"
    with the {ront lens turned to the position marked "co", This is the correct seitinq for distant obieits
   and landscapes.     Ii the {ocus il to be set on objects at close ranqe the front"lens is turned rlntil                     -    the indicating mark is opposite to the iigure representing the distaice in question.
   lt/he[ the exttorute hat bcen nsde tur|r the iront le|tr again to the xlosnltytt
--'lorition.
   Diaphragm:
    Set the .lrisdiaphragm to the correct aperlure stop number by moving the slide on the lower   . Dert ot the shutter.
   Operating the shutter: Snapshots (Instantaneous Exposures).
                                                                      r/2s sec.    Set the shutter to the proper exposure speed e. g.                                                                  Press the trigger release (i in Fig. 1).                                                                                                              -   The trigger release must be- pushed slowlj to avoia  jarring the camera.
  Time exposures.
     Set the shutter to the mark "T". Press the exposure lever (i in Fig, 1). This opens the shutter. Time
    the exposure by , watch. Again press the exposure lever i. This closes the shutter.
     Tlttllt

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Set thc shutter to the mark "B". Press the exposure lever i to open the shutter and release it toclose the shutter This makes the exposure. The shutter will remiin open as long as the
lever is under pressure.                                                                          "*p.,rui"
Never make a "Time" or "Bulb" exposure with the camera held in thc hands. Preferably screwthe             on. to a tripod                                                                       e_xposures are drieily i.q"Gd    .camera                                      ,or,                                 place .it orr a firm f.uJn"r1.   Time                                                       -tol indoor subrects or lla-shlight work. For short "Time" exposures                                                                 o{ ten seconds or leis, ',Brrlb"
exposures are recommended.
Closing of camera.
Hold the camera as illustrated and press the baseboard struts on both sides down with the thumbs.
The self-ere:ting mechanism is. thus released, and the lens support, together with the lens and rhe
shutter, withdraws automatically into the camera body. Preli down Ihe baseboard until it snaos.
                     III. Taking out of Film.
After the                      has becn made wind up the. rest of the film, open the camera-back, and           ,last.exposuresPUll out the lrlm wlndrng key, thus disengaging the Jilm carrier. Take out rhe film, and secure it
with Paste-paper against unravelling. The empty. reel in the lower film chamber is removed and
placed tn thc upper trtm chamber, making room lor a new film.
The exchange of films may be done in dayJight.


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