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Beacon II User manual
User manual for Beacon II. 12 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Brand
- Beacon
- Model / document
- Beacon II
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 12
- File size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
- Document date
- Not specified in catalog
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OFFER FOR YOUR PRINTS Here is your chance to snap up $10.00 or mote for your BEACON snapshots Our advertising department is always on the look-out for good ones. Our Art Di- rector will act as judge and will pay you $10.00 for each one they select. Submit as many as you like’. . . a con- tact print and an enlargement ‘of same (4x 5 or 5 x 7 or 8 x 10) of each you submit. For return of unselected entries enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope. Those we select will be paid for and become our property to be used in advertising. No Entry Blank to fuss with. Just be sure to write on the back of every print these things: 1— Your name and address. 2— When and where picture was taken. 3.— The use of filters and portrait lenses, if any, and the kind of film, 4—Anything interesting about how it was made. START SHOOTING. Mail entries to:— Picture Editor ‘Wurrenouse Propucrs, INc. 71 West 22rd St. New York 10, N.Y. 22 2-48-100M Printed in U.S.A. www.orphancar + ‘ INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE Heacon Il] CAMERA SYNCHRONIZED FOR FLASH PHOTOGRAPHYView original page 1
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‘wmw.orphancameras.com um ‘This Beacon Camera is uncondition- ally guaranteed against defective work- manship and material for a period of one year. For factory service in U. S. A. re- turn camera to address below with this guarantee attached and 50 cents in coin or stamps to cover cost of han- dling and shipping. For factory service in Canada return to your dealer with this guarantee at- tached and 50 cents in coins or stamps to cover cost of handling and shipping. Should there be any other repairs necessary, not due to factory defects, there will be a charge made and cam: era will be returned to you C.0.D, WHITEHOUSE PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 360 Furman St., Brooklyn 2, N. Y. ‘The Beacon camera has been developed for you to obtain clear, sharp pictures— either in the daytime or flash pictures at night—with a minimum of effort. ‘While the negatives obtained from this camera are 1%" x 1%", they may be en- larged to almost any desired print size, Your Photographie Dealer will advise you as to the best size to order. The most pop- ular sizes are 2%” x 3%” and 344” x 444". It should also be noted that the capa- bility of the lens in the Beacon Camera is such that pictures and salon prints as large as 8” x 10” and 11” x 14” can very successfully be made from your better negatives. "two shutter speeds, “B” for time ex- posures and “I” Instantaneous (1/50th second) for snap shots may be selected as required. The double element, color cor- rected, fully coated lens system has an aperture of F-11 and a focal length of 46 mm. FILMS TO USE Verichrome V127 or Plenachrome AS are both very suitable for general out- door and indoor pictures and are to be recommended for their ease of use, as well as being assurance against under or over exposure. 1View original page 2
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