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Beautyflex Model D User manual
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- Beautyflex Model D
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| 5. M.F.X. Adiusting Lever
| 6. Aperture Scole
17. Aperture Setting lever
| 8. M Set lever
| 9. Toking lens
20. Boyonet Mount for Lens Accessory
21. Selftimer
22. Neck Strop Eyelet
23. Accessory Shoe
24. Film Looding Spoof Pull-out Knob
25. Focusing Mognifier
26. Reor Sight for Direct View-finder
27. Eye-level Finder Fronl Flop Reteose
Button
28. Film Toke-up Spool Pulf-out Knob
29. Bock Cover Locking DiscView original page 6Page 7 · Read text
30. Self-odjusting Film Pressure Plote
3l . Film Toke-up Chomber
32. fndicotor Dots (for No. l2O size Roll Film)
33. Film Tension Broke
34. Bock Cover locking Clip.
35. Film Toke-up Spool K.y
36. Exposure Counter Return Automotic Push
Rod
37. Film Looding Chomber.View original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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LOADING THE CAMERA
BEAUIYFLEX Model D tokes No. 120 or "Brownie" size roll film for 12 2%" x
2t4" pictures in block/white or in color. The comero is eosity tooded by following
( t comerofour simple operotions r (2) insert the fitm, (3) wind ) open the ,film to storting morks ond (4) close the comero.
l. To Open The Comero
| . Unlock the Bock Cover by turning the Bock
Cover Locking Disc (29) os f or os it will
go toword "O" in the direction indicoted by
the orrow on the foce of the Disc.
2. Open the Bock Cover.
2. To Inserf The Fllm
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empty toke-up spool olreody in position. Other-
wise, use the empty spool of the used film roll os o toke-up spool by tronsferring
it to the Film Toke-Up Chomber (31 ).View original page 8Page 9 · Read text
t. Fit the slotted end of the film toke-up spool
to the winding k.y of the Film Winding
Knob (3).
2. Pull the Film Toke-up Spool Pull-out Knob
( 28) o ll the woy out ond hold in this
position by opplying pressure with your
fingers while you push down the toke-up
spool on the Pull-out Knob side.
3. Releose the Pull-out Knob (28) bock into
ploce.
4. Turn the Film Winding Knob (3) to moke
certoin thot the toke-up spool is in position.
5. Turn the Film Winding Knob (3) until the longer slot on the spool foces up.
6. Pull out the Film Looding Pull-out Knob (24) ond instoll o new roll of No. l2O
fif m into position on the spindles of the Film Looding Chombe r (37) with the
printed side of the bocking poper focing out ond the end pointing directly
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3. To Stort The Fllm
I
l. Breok ond remoye the seol on the new roll of film.
2. Pull out obout 5 inches of the bocking poper covering the film ond insert the
topered end info the longer sloi of the toke-up spool os for os it will go.
(Precoution: Moke sure thot the film is centered evenly on the Toke-up
Spool; otherwise it moy climb one end of the
spool ofter the comero is closed ond teor the
poper.)
3. Wind the Film Winding Knob (3) unril rhe
storting morks on the film bocking poper ore
in fine with the Red Indicoror Dots (32) on
both sides of the film operture frome.
4. Wind evenly, giving the film some tension by
using your thumb os o broke.
5. Close the bock ond lock.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
4, To Glose The Comerq
I . Snop the Bock Cover close.
2. Press the cover ond the comero body together with your hond to counteroct
the spring pressure of the Film Pressure Plote (SO; ond the Exposure Counter
Return Automotic Push Rod (36).
3. Lock the Bock Cover by turning the locking
Disc (29) oll the woy in the direction of rhe ttctt. orrow toword
5. To Advonce The Fllm
l. Set the Film Typ" Indicotor (7) to correspond
to the kind of film ploced in the comero.
2. Turn the Film Winding Knob (3) until it stops
with o "click"
3. Numero | " l" will oppeor in the Exposure
Counter Window (2) indicoting thot the film
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4. After exposing the ffrst shot, press in the Film Winding Releose Button (38 )
in the center of the Film Winding Knob (3) ond turn until the Knob stops
with o "click". Numerol "2" will oppeor in the Exposure Counter Window (2).
5. Repeot this operotion until numerol "12" oppeors in the window.
OPENING AND CTOSING THE VIEWFINDER }IOOD
l. To Open The Focusing Hood
l. Lift the reor edge (viewed from operotor's position) of the Focusing Hood
(l) until it clicks into open position.
2. To Close The Focusing Hood
l. Press down on the top lid of the Focusing Hood (l) until it snops bock
into closed position.
' 3. Using The Focusing Mognlfier
l. To Roise: Press in on the top edge of the Eye-level Finder Front Flop (12)
until the Focusing Mognifier snops into roised position.
2. To lower: Press down on the edge of the Focusing Mognifier (25) until
it snops bock into locked position.View original page 12Page 13 · Read text
Note: (o) Bring your eye os close os possible to the Mognifier.
(b) Be certoin to snop the Mognifier bock into position before closing
the Focusing Hood (l). :l
4. Using The Direct Viewfinder I1
l. Rqise the Focusing Mognifier os described obove.
2. Next, press down on the Eye-level Finder Front Flqp (12) until it locks into
position os described under section 3-l obove.
3. Before closing Focusing Hood be sure to press in on the Eye-level Finder
Front Flop Releose Button (27).
VIEWING AND COMPOSING THE PICTURE
There ore three methods of viewing ond composing the picture:
l. First, ond most commonly used, is looking down on the Ground-gloss Reflector. !
A full-sized imoge will be visible which, except thot it is reversed left-to-
right, is identicol with whot you will octuolly see in the finished photogroph,
In this "reflex-type" view-finding, focusing is done ot the some time theView original page 13Page 14 · Read text
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picture is composed.
2. Second, lhere is the "criticol focusing" method
obtoined by using the Focusing Mognifier (.25) ond
looking down ot the imoge registered on the
ground-gloss Reflector.
3. Third, there is the direct eye-level composition which
is obtoined by sighting through the smoll squore
of the Reor Sight for Direcr Viewfinde r (-26 )
ond the lorge squore in the front formed by I
opening the Eye-level Finder Front Flop (29).
FOCUSING
One of the chief odvonloges of o reflex type comero is the obility to occurotely
l ond outomoticolly bring lhe comero into focus by turning the Focusing Knob (6)
while 'looking ot the shorpness of the imoge reflected directly on the Ground-gloss
Reffector. Under most circumstonces this is the best method to focus this comero.
However, it is olso possible to focus the comero by utilizing the distonce scoleView original page 14Page 15 · Read text
provided on the bose of the Focusing Knob (.6). In this cose, the distonce between the comero ond the subiect is meosured or estimoted ond this distonce is set on the Distonce Scole ( 5) by oligning the proper numerol (in feet-) with the smoll block dot in the brocket under the "3.5" mork on the Depth-of-Field Scole (4). Used in conjunction with the Depth-of-Field Scole, this method is used for most fost-oction shots. To illustrote the use of the combinotion distonce scole ond the depth-of-field scole for fost-oction photogrophy, we will suppose thot the operture setting for this porticulor shot is t/ll. Ploce the infinity mork (co) on the Distonce Scole (5) in olignment with the forword "16" of the Depth-of-Field Scole t4). Next reod the numerol on the Distonce Scole (.5) immediotely under the reor "16" of the Depth-of-Field Scole. This is | 2 feet. This meons thot ony imoge folling within l2 feet ond infinity will be in occeptoble shorp focus. Consequently, ofter setting the comero in this monner for the first shot, it is possible to photogroph os mony oction pictures os you wish of ony imoge which folls between | 2 feet to infinity, without re-focusing for eochView original page 15
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successive shot; provided, of course, the light conditions hove not chonged in the
1 intervol.
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SETTING THE SHUTTER SPEED
The shutter on the comero ollows light reflected from the imoge to poss through
the Toking Lens (19) ond foll on the unexposed port of the film for o controlled
number of seconds. The 9 shutter speeds provided ore B, 1,1/2, l/s, 1/lo, I/zs,
l/50, l/lO0 ond 1/300 second. The numerols oppeoring on the Shutter Speed
Scole (9) ore, except for B ond l, froctions of o second; thot is "2" equols l/2
of I second ond "300" equols I /300th port of I second. "B" stonds for ,,butb,,
ond meons thot the shutter will remqin open os long os the Shutter Releose Lever
is kept pressed in.
To set the shutter speed, move the Shutter Speeds Setting lever ( I O) until it
is correctly oligned to the block line under the proper shutter speed you hove
selected.
The shutter is cocked by pressing down on the Shutter Cocking Lever (8) osView original page 16Page 17 · Read text
for os it will go. This must be done every time
isbefore the Shutter Releose Button ( I I )
pressed in.
Note on Self-tlmer: To operote the self-timing
device which is built into the shutter, first set the
shutter speed, then cock the shutter ond finolly
move the Selftimer Lever (21) oll the woy to
the right. The Selftimer is set into motion by
pressing the Shutter Releose Button ( I I ) in. lt
works with opproximotely l0 seconds deloy.
Releose A coble releose ottochment con be fitted to the bose of the Shutter
Button.
SETTING THE APERTURE
The size of the operture or lens opening determines, in port, the omount of
light possing through the toking lens on to the unexposed film' The Aperture Scole I l, 16 is orronged in the order of the fotlowing F-stop volues : 3.5, 4, 5'6, 8,View original page 17Page 18 · Read text
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and 22' Most fight is let through ot f /3.5 opening ond there is opproximotely
75% decreose in light tronsmission between tne t/3.5 stop ond the f/4 stop. For
eoch successive higher F-stop number thereofter there is on opproximotely SO %
decreose so thot the feost omount of light is odmitted at t/22'. Since the omount
of light required to reproduce the imoge on the film is fixed, it con be reodily
seen thot the shutter speed ond the operture ore inter-dependent. Stoting this
onother woy, o high F-stop number (smoll lens opening) will require o slow shutter
speed (longer light odmission time) ond conrurr"ly, o fost shutter speed (short
time) will coll for o lower F-stop number (lorger lens opening). The lens opening
is set by moving the Aperture Setting lever (17) to the prop., F-stop number.
DEPTH.OF-FIEtD
t. Explonotion of "Depth-of-Field,,
When the comero is focused on o picrure-subiect, there is o zone in front of
ond to the bock of the picture-subiect within which oll imoges ore still in
occeptobly shorp focus. On the other hond, imoges folling outside of this zone
become progressively out-of-focus. This zone of occeptoble shorp focus is colled
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the "depth-of-fietd" or the "depth-of-focus" ond is porticulorly importont to
beginners when focusing ot very close distonces.
2. lnler-relofionship between Lens Opening ond '6Depfh'of-Field"
A direct relotionship exists between the "depth-of-field" ond such foctors os
distonce of comero to picture subiect, omount of lens opening, focol length of
shot toking lens, ond occeptoble shorpness of focus ollowed for the porticulor
ond ihe "depth-of-field". Broodly speoking, we moy soy thot the "depth-of-field"
distonce between is primorily influenced by (l) the lens opening ond (2) the
the comero ond the piclure-subiect. Toking these two fqctors in the order listed,
GREATER it con be soid thot smoll lens opening (higher F-stop number) gives
"depth-of-field" ond conversely, lorge lens opening (lower F-stop number) will
result in DECREASING this zone of shorp focus.
to As to distonce between the comerq ond the picture-subiect, it is well
the remember thot the closer the distonce the tESS "depth-of-field" so thot
beginner should be very coreful to focus his moin subiect correctly when toking
pictures ot close distonces. For foirly distont fo very distqnt imoges, the
"depth-of-field" for most lenses is generolly odequote ond there should be noView original page 19Page 20 · Read text
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problem of ony imoge being out of focus.
Remarks: The volues of the "deplh-of field" inscribed on the bose of the
Focusing Knob (6) ore opproximote figures in feet.
3. To reod the "Depth-of-Fleld"
l. Reod the operture or F-stop number oppeoring in the Aperture Scqle. For
purposes of our illustrotion, we will ossume fhot this number is "8".
2. The zone of shorp focus, lhot is to soy, the neor ond for limits of the
"depth-of-field" for the picture token with fhis operture moy be determined
by reoding the set of figures on the Distonce Scole LJ
(5) directly under the poir of figures "8" on the
"Depth-of-Field Scole" (4).
3. To lllustrote : We ore ossuming thot the F-stop
number oppeoring on the Aperlure Scole is "8".
Reoding the two sets of figure on the Distonce
Scole (5) immediotely below the poir of figure
"8" on the Depth-of-Field Scole (4), we find the
numerol 9.5 under the forword figure "8" ond theView original page 20Page 21 · Read text
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numerol 17 under the reor figure "8". This meons thot onything folling between
qpproximotely 9.5 feet to lZ feet from the comero Toking Lens will be in 1
occeptobly shorp focus. Now, if the F-stop number hos been set of "22" Ihe
zone of shorp focus will be ony imoge folling inside the "depth-of-field" of
opproximotely 40 feet (the distonce figure under the forword "22" on the l
Depth-of-Field Scole) ond 7 feet (the distonce figure folling under the
reor ll" 22".)asll \
FTASFI SYNCHRONIZATION
BEAUTYFLEX Model D will toke either flosh unit with brqcket ottochmentor the
qccessory shoe type provided both hove Europion type flosh connecting cord.
Flosh synchronizotion is Closs M. F. X.
' Flosh pictures moy be token with oll stondord flosh bulbs or with strobo. ,
lf you wish to use the Closs M bulb, set the M. F.X. Adiusting lever (15)
to "M", ond push the M Set Lever (18) oll the woy down until it locks in -1I
position. Closs M bulb moy be used for ony shutter speed from I second to
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When Closs F bulb is used, set the lever (15)
to "F". Closs F bulb moy be used for oll shutter
speed.
Strobo or eleclronic flosh units furnish inston_
toneous firing for oll speeds. When using strobo,
set the lever ( | 5) to "X',.
Notlce: The M Set Lever (lg) is used only
when the Lever (15) is set to ,,M,, position ond
shoufd not be touched for "F" ond ,,X,, settings.
It is recommended thot the guide numbers
furnished by the flosh bulb monufocturer be followed closely in selecting the
correct operture or F-stop for thot porticulor moke of flosh bulb.
To obtoin the proper operture when lhe guide number is known, use the formuto :
APERTURE equols GUIDE NUMBER divided by DtsTANcE tN FEET.
UNTOADING THE CAIIERA
Note 3 Never chonge films under direct sunlight. Even the shodow of your ownView original page 22Page 23 · Read text
body will help.
thel. After moking the 12rh exposure, turn the Film Winding Knob (3) until
no end mork (C) oppeors in the Exposure Counter Window (2) ond there is
further movement of the film counter regordless of how mony revolutions the
Film Winding Knob mokes. 1 moke2. Continue to turn the Film Winding Knob for severol more revolutions to
certoin thot the film is completely rewound on the tqke-up spool.
3. Select o shody spot ond open the comero Bock Cover. I
the4. Pull the Toke-up Spool Pull-out Knob (28) oll the woy out ond lift up
film from thqt end.
the5. For eosy opening when developing the film, fold under o gobd portionof
bocking poper ond seol with tope. l sunlight.6. Put the exposed film bqck into the originol pockoge to protect it from
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ADDITIONAT INFORMATION
Before toking the picture, run over the following "S-A-F-E-R" check list in yourmind to moke certoin thot oll controls hove been properly set: 4View original page 23Page 24 · Read text
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S - shutter : ls thef shufter set of the speed y'ou wont ?
A - operture : ls the lens opening sef ot the proper F-stop numbe'r ?
F - focus : ls the reflection on the ground-gloss reflector cleor ? Qr, is the
distonce correcf on the footoge scole ?
I E - exposure : ls the shutter cocked for releose ?
I R - rewind : Wind the film for the next e;(posure immediotely ofter foking
the picture.
The comero is o precision instrument ond qll the ports should be hondled with
core. Never force ony port; if o port does not work smoothly, reqd the relevont
secfion of the instruction monuol corefully once ogoin.
II Avoid finger prints on the lens. To cleon the lens use o very soft hoir brush or
I o piece of cleon well-woshed linen. lf there ore ony greose spots, remove them
with q wod of cotton moistened in olcohol qr4 fhen wipe'with cleon well-woshed
linen or go over lightly with soft hoir brush.
Never put the comero owoy with the shutter cocked.
At the seoside, keep the comero closed in the ever-reody cose. Open it only
when octuolly moking the exposure.t,
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