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Beauty CANTER User manual
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,,BEAUTY INTR,ODUCINGTHE CANTER-3' I I.9,'
You ore welcomed into the compony of on ever growing number of sotisfied
owners ond users of the "BEAUTY CANTER-35 F 1.9" comero.
,|.9" your "BEAUTY CANTER-35 F is o precision built comero designed to toke
the Leico size 35 mm film Q4 mmX36 mm), either in the 36 or the 20 exposure
mogozine (cossette).
. The comero is fitted with o l/1.9 45 mm hord cooted lens which consists of 6
elements,omong which newly-mode lonthonumglosses ore used. lt hos remorkoblly
RESOLVINGPOWER (linesPer mm)
Distonce from rs"lra cenfer ot picturel
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Sogittol plone 126 126 t 0 0 roo roo I I 126
ridionol plon 126 126
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high resolving poiver os shown in the toble.
The number in the toble meons the number of l i n e s p e r m i l l i m e t e rr e s o l v e du n d e r
our pro[ection iest. 126 is the finest lines on the test chort we hove. lt is supposedto resolve more thon 126 of center. Even in the corner/ the difference of numbers Irl:f-
between sogittol ond meridionol roys is very smoll which meons it hos shorp imoges *
both of center ond corner.
Other oberrotionsore olso corrected to be minimum,ond you con get good
pictures on both block-ond-white os well os color films.
The shutter is o newly designed "COPAL-MXV" 5-blode type with outomotic
cocking, built-in flosh synchronizer M. X. contocts with odiusting lever ond with
selftimer. There ore ten speeds including B, from I second to 1/5OO second. -
Focusing is obtoined by helicoid motion using focusing lever. Combined view
'compositionond coupled ronge-finder gives both ond focusing ol the some timethrough o window t-IIit
The view finder is of the trimmingtype ond the torget frome which is cleorly {fI
outlined in white will enoble you to shoot fost moving subiects with eose ond .jI
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occurocy.
The film winding system is ropid one-stroke lever winding type which outo-
moticollyodvonces the film one frome ond ot the some time cocks the shutter for
the succeeding shot. A double exposure preventive lock is built in.
Ropid rewinding is possible by meons of o cronk operoted film rewinding knob'
There is olso on indicotor which shows the type of film looded in the comero ot
the time of shooting.
The other feotures Provided for ore Indicotor stud for shutter setting, Accessory
shoe, Body shutter, EuroPeon tYPe synchronizer plug, Depth-of-field scole, Bock
cover positive lock ond Lens coP.
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LOADING THE "BEAUTY E A N T E R - 3 5F I , 9 "
To lood the Comero \.
t . P ull o u t t h e B o ck Cover PositiveLock
(2 4 1 . Th e n g e n t ly open the bock
c ove r t o o f u lly open position.
2 . R ot o t e t h e f ixe d Winding Spool Qg)
b y t h e mille d f lo n ge until the film slor
foces up.
3 P u l l t h e F i l r nR e w i n d i n gK n o b ( 1 0 ) o s
f o r o u t o s i t w i l l g o .
4 . I n s e r t t h e n e w f i l m m o g o z i n e ( c o s s e -
t t e ) p r e f e r o b l y i n s u b d u e d l i g h t ; e v e n y o u r o w n s h o d o w w i l l h e l p .
5 . H o l d t h e m o g o z i n e ( c o s s e t t e ) i n p l o c e w i t h y o u r t h u m b .
6 . P u s h i n t h e F i l m R e w i n d i n g K n o b ( 1 0 ), r o t o t i n g i t slightly to moke sure thot the
s l o t o t i t s e n d g r i p s t h e s l o t o n t h e f l l m s p o o l .
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7 . Pu ll o u t t h e e n d o f the film ond push it in the s l o t of the Winding Spool 1291..
. 8. G uid in g t h e f ilm w ith your thumb,wind the film o n the Winding Spool (29]' bY
t u rn in g it slo wly b y its milled flonge'
g. S t i l l p re ssin gd o wn on the film with your thum b , p u l l t h e f i l m u p t i g h t b Y
w o r k i n g t h e L e v e r W i n d e r ( l ) '
Note: You moy hove to press down on the Shutter Releose Button {6) to get
o full rototion'
1 0 . W o r k t h e L e v e r W i n d e r ( l ) u n t i l 3
p e rf o ro t io n so f t h e full width of the film
pro t ru d e sf ro m t h e mogozine (cossette).
M o ke su re t h o t the perforotions ore
p ro p erly e n g o g e d in the cogs of the
S p r o c k e t ( 2 8 ) .
l l . C l o s e t h e c o m e r o b o c k .
1 2 . F i n o lly,lo ck t h e bock cover by pressing
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Setting the Exposure Counter ond Film lndicotor
Before toking picture with o newfy looded film, you will hove to wind the first
po rt of the film by moking two preporotory shots os follows ' Turn the Lever Winder
(l ) o s fo r o s it g o e s ond press the Shutter Releos eButton (5).
Repeot this operotion. Then, on the moking the third full stroke of the Lever
Wi nd e r, t h e E xp o su reCounter (15) indicotes No. I ond you o re reody to shoot
the first picture.
While moking these two preporoto ry shots,
o s c e rt oin if t h e Re wi nding Knob (10) rototes in
the counter direction indicoted by the or row on
t he R ewin d in gK n o b . If the RewindingKnob (10)
does not rotote, it meons thot the film wos rrot ft
looded correctfy. So lood it ogoin. Before toking
pictures/rotote the Rewinding Knob (l 0) slightly
in the direction of o rrow so os to bring o strech
on the film.
,l7l, S et t h e Film I n d icotor by using the smoll
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l u g s o n t h e s u r f o c e o f i t , s o o s t o i n d i c o t e t h e f i l m l o o d e d .
T h u s y o u h o v e d o n e o l l f o r l o o d i n g '
T A K ! N G T H E P I C T U R E S
Toke off the Lens Cop.
Setting the Ap.rture or Lens Opening
B y t urn in g t h e Diophrogm R"gulotor l4l,
c h o o s e p r o p er l e n s o p e n i n g . T h i s i s d o n e b y
o l i g n i ng th e re d mo rk on the Diophrogm Regu-
lotor to the APerture Scole ll2l .
A p " r t u r e S c o l e i s i n d i c o t e d o s 1 ' 9 , 2 ' 8 , 4 ,
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5 . 6 , 8 , l l ,
A s m o l l l e n s o p e n i n g r e q u i r e s l o n g e r e x p o s u r e u n d e r s o m e l i g h t c o n d i t i o n . W h e n
t h e o p e n i n g i s r e d u c e d o n e s c o l e s m o l l e r , t h e e x p o s u r e t i m e w i l l h o v e t o b e
d o u b l e d i n o r d e r t o h o v e t h e s o m e l i g h t e f f e c t .
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shutter speed (i.e. long exposuretime, for exomple l,/5 secondl. Conversely,
o fost shutterspeed,(for exomplel/100 second)will coll for o low operture
number(for exomplef/2.81.t
(l ) odvonceslhe film ond ot the some time cocks the shutterI' ShutterLeverSettingWinder(Automoticwinding mechonism)
outomoticolly.When the film hos been looded, moke two preporotoryshots in order
to poss the port of the film which hos olreody been ofiected by light during looding.
The Exposure Counter ( I 5) indicotes No. I when
the third frome of picture is wound. One frome of
picture is wound by one full stroke of the Lever
Winder (l ). In this time, the motion of first 20o
is free from the setting ond the rest you must
o wind up obout I 80 to the f ull stop. The shutter
is set outomoticolly ot eoch winding. After winding
the tever which outomoticolly cocks the shutter,It Indicotor Stud for Shutter Setting (16) will be in
prominent view. When the shutter is releosed, this
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stud will return to its normol position. Therefore, oll preporotion for toking pictures
ore deviced on the comero except for the selection of the shutter setting ond lens
opening which ore depending on your decision.
Now your shoofing ! Gently press the Shutter Releose Button (6) with forefinger
when focusing ond compositionore completed. Do not ierk while morking on ex-
posure. After one exposure hos been mode, turn the Lever Winder (l) os for os it
goes ond stops. The lever will return to originol position when you releose it. lf
the lever does not return, it meons thot your film tronsport is imperfect.
Focusing
Focusing is obtoined by helicoid motion using Focusing Lever Q3l. Combined
View ond Coupled Ronge-finder(8) gives both composition ond focusing ot the some
time through o window.
Correct focus is secured when the double imoge in the center diomond of the
view finder coincides exoctly. (See illustrotion on next poge.)
The focusing distonce between comero ond the subiect moy be found out by
reoding the figure on the Distonce Scole (1 I ) when the coincidence occurred.
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Distonce scole (l I ) is given
in feet , 2.7 feet to 30 feet
ond co.
When you toke the subiects
within 3 feet, theY will be
trimed under the line formed
by the hook shope mork in
Out of Focus ln Correct Focus the finder.
,,DEPTH.OF.FIELD,, I{OW TO READ THE SCALE
Whol is "Depth-of-Field"
When you focus your comero on o picture-subiecl,you will {'ind there is o
zone both in f ront ond bock of the picture-subiectwithin which every thing is
still in occeptoblefocus. On the other hond imogesof obiects outside of this zone
become progressivelyblurred. This zone of occeptoble shorp focus is colled lhe
"depth-of-field" ond is porticulorlyimportont to beginnerswhen focusing ot very
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close distonces.
Relotion between Aperture or lens Opening ond "Depth-of-Field"
Broodly speeking, the "depth-of-field" is influenced by (l ) the distonce of the
picture-subiectfrom the lenses ond l2l the operture or lens opening. For foirly
distont obiect, the "depth-of-field" it g"n"rolly odequote but when focusing ot very
close distonce, ihere is surprisinglylittle "depth-of-field" ond the photogropher must
be very corefull obout focusing his moin subiect correctly.
The operture or lens opening is onother fqctor which determine the omount of
"depth-of-field" ovoiloble. Smoll operture (high number)gives greoter "depth-of-field"
whereos o lorger operture (low number) will result in decreosing this zone of
shope ness.
The "Depth-of-Field" Scote on the "BEAUTY CANTER-35 F 1.g"
It will first be necessory to know thot the "Depth-of-Field" Scole el indicoies P
opproximote volues.
The following is the procedure for reoding the the "Depth-of-Field" Scole. On II,
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the "Depth-of-Field" Scole ore two sets of equol numbers to the lefi ond right of
th e d i s t on ce in d ico t in gt riongle (V ). (See illustrotion )
l. R eo d t h e o p e rt u re o r lens opening number.(for ins t o n c e8 )
2 . R eo d t h e d ist o n cen umber.(ln the illustroiionthis i s l 0 f e e t )
3. Now reod on the Distonce Scole (l l ) the two sets of the figures opposite the
figures 8. (ln the illustrotionthey ore oboul "7" ond "2Q"1
4 . T hi s me o n s t h o t t h e depth-of-fieldfor this porticul o r " s h o t " i s b e t w e e n o p p r o -
x i m o t e l y 7 f e e t o n d 2 0 f e e t ;
w h i c h i s t o s o y t h o t o n y i r n o g e
f o l l i n g i n s i d e t h i s z o n e w i l l b e
o c c e p t o b l y s h o r p i n f o c u s .
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U N L O A D I N G T H E F I T T I
When your Exposur e C o u n t e r ( 1 5 ) i n d i c o t e s t h o t
you hove mode 36 exposures (or 20 os the cose moy
be), it is time to unlood the fi lm.
Since the exposed film hos been wound on the
fixed spool in the comero, it will be necessory to
rewind it bock to the spool of the film mogozine or
co ssette.
This is performed by t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o c e d u r e :
l . F i l l i p u p t h e b o r d e r o f C r o n k H o n d l e ( 9 ) o n t h e
rewinding knob ond t h e C r o n k H o n d l e ( 9 ) w i l l b e
spring releosed to winding position.
2. Turn the Cronk Hondle (9) clockwise ofter pressing
the Film Rewinding Button l20l on the bottom of
the comero.
3. When the exposed film hos been completely rewound
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on the mogozine or cossette spool, open the bock cover ond remove the film
mogozrne,
The Film Rewinding Button (20) on the bottom of the comero will return to its
originol position by winding the Lever Winder (l) ofter looding new film.
F t A S H S Y N C I { R O N I Z A T I O N
The Coool-MXV Shutter is incorporotedon the "BEAUTYCANTER-35F 1.9"
l r i s p o ssib let o u se M closs bulbs includingon electr o n i c
flosh ot ony shutter speed.
Chonge of synchronizotioncon be done by Adiusting
Lever l2ll os follows '
l . W h e n t h e A d iu st ingLever l2ll is set ot X, the s y n -
chronizotion is such thot the shutter is fully open ot
the time of flosh. ln this cose it is fully synclrronized
with on electronic flosh of oll shutter speeds.
2. When the Adjusting Lever i2ll is set ot M, the
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shutter is wide open l8 millisecondofter the flosh
storts. In this cose M-type bulbs ore synchronized ot
oll shutter speeds. This time, you connot use the
S e l f t i m e r( 1 8 ) .
3. With F-type bulb, synchronizotion is between 1/ 100
ond I second, the Adiusting Lever l21l being set
ot X.
The Selftimer (18) moy be used only, in cose of the
Adiusting Lever l2ll is set ot X.
D O U B L E E X P O S UR E
When intentionoldouble exposure is desired for porticulor reoson, do os
follows,
Turn the LeverWinder (l) like usuol winding ofter pressingthe FilmRewinding
Button(20). This button will return to its originol position by setting the shutter.
The shutteris now reody to operote despite the foct thot the film hos not been
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3 odvonced. You con now moke double exposure iust by pressing the shutter releose
button.
* Note: Since the ExposureCounter (15) hos odvonced one index in spite of the
foct thot there hos been no octuol movementof the film, it will be necessory
to remember thot you hove one more exposure thon thot indicoted by the
exposure counter.
G E N E R A T I N F O R i l I A T I O N
A modern comero is o precision instrumenimonufocturedto exocting dimensions.
It should therefore be hondled with greot core.
l. Don't touch the lens with fingers. Keep the lens olwoys cleon. When it gothers
dust, wipe ond cleon it corefully with soft brush or cotton cloth.
2. Do not forget to reploce the cop when the comero is not in use.
3. When odvoncing the film, lever winder should be turned os for os it goes.
4. When your film hos come to the end, the lever winder no longer operotes or
stops holfwoy or so. In this cose push the filrn rewinding button ond let the
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lever winder turn very slightly, ond then the lever will return to the originol
position.
5. Do not lood or unlood the film under direct sunlight.
6. Do not leove the film looded in the comero for o long while ofter it hos been
completely exposed. Develop it within o week.
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