Beseler ANALITE 400 User manual

CONTENTS
  I    Feofu res ond Specif icotions       ..4
 tl   Condensed Operoting Instructions      . ..4
 ill   Generol Informotion                                ..6
IV   Exposu re Determinotion                                ..6
V   Poper Grode Determinotion           . .9
VI   ANSI Speed Roting Tobte                       . ll
vtl  Determining ANSI Speed for Unknown
   Poper                  v
vill ColorPrinting             ..12
IX   Using the Anolite 4OO os o Footcondle
   Meter                                . . 13
X   Replocing the Bottery .                       . ll
XI   Selecting on A.C. Adopter              . ll
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 I. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS
 o Direct reoding exposure times.
 . Determines either printing time or f-stop. .  Foctory pre-colibrotion eliminotes need for test prints.
 o Bottery-operoted with bottery sover switch,
 . Solid stote gollium-orsenide phosphide sensor for
   colororB&Wprinting,
o Direct reoding seconds scole for oll ANSI speed
   popers.
o Smoll spot reoding for greoter occurocy . Integrotion reoding for simple exposure determi-
    notion,
EXPOSURE RANGE:l sec, to IOO sec,
ANSI PAPER SPEED RANGE:ANSI lO to ANS| IOOO
PAPER GRADE RANGE:O to 5
LIGHT RANGE:.OO5 to ,5 foot condle
POWER:Uses stondord 9 volt "tronsisto/' bottery or AC
       odopter
SIZE:5.5" (l4Omm) L; 3.25" (83mm) W l" (25 mm) H
SENSOR SPOT: 5/32" (4mm) diometer

II. CONDENSED OPERATING
  INSTRUCTIONS
TO DETERMINE EXPOSURE:
SPOT METHOD
  l. While holding diol fixed,'turn knob untit onow (on
   knob) points to desired ANSI poper speed number
 2. Sofelights out. position sensor on skin tone or detoiled
    highlight of projected imoge.
 3. Set lens to desired f-stop.
 4, While pressing red power button, rotote knob until
   indicotor (on right) just goes on. Diol will move with
  knob'
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SCREEN


    E)POSURE INDEX


    POWER BUNON
                                                                 XPOSURE INDICNOR


                                                                     EXPOSURE SCALE
   CONTROT KNOB
                                                                       ANSIINDEX



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   CONNECTOR'                                               FOR A.C.ADAPTER

    'Res€rvsd  lor luture use         Figure  1
 5 llluminoted exposure scole shows correct exoosure
      time,  lf light is not on of IOO sec., increose lens open_
      ing; if light is not off of I sec., decreose lens opening.
    Optimum exposures ore between 5 ond 35 secondi
  INTEGRATING METHOD
    l, Position integrotor disk under enlorger lens.
   2. Repeot obove steps except ploce sensor neor
     center of imoge projection.
 3 Remove integrotor before exposing print,
 TO INSTALL 9 VOLT BATTERY:
  Hold unit upside down ond remove screw Genflv  lift
 bock cover Clip In new bottery, positioning  it on foom
  pod. Reploce bock cover ono screw.
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www.butkus.us III. GENERAL INFORMATION
 The Beseler Anolite 4OO utilizes o gollium orsenide phos-
 phide photodetector in conjunction with IOO% solid
 stote circuitry to provide o high degree of occurocy ond
 reliobility, The instrument requires no wormup time,  is
unimpoired by exposure to room lights, ond responds
 ropidly to light reodings without exhibiting the "memory
effect" common to codmium sulfide detectors.
To get moximum benefit from your Anolite 4OO, you
should be os consistent os possible in your dorkroom
procedures. Alwoys develop your prints for the some
omount of time ond of the some temperoture, ond do
not exceed the copocity of your developing solution, Be
sure to turn off oll sofelights when toking reodings, os the          t
photodetector, unlike most block ond white popers, is
sensitive to light of ony color.                       &
The instrument moy be powered by o 9 volt bottery or o
9 volt AC odopter When on AC odopter is connected to
the jock on the instrument, the power switch is outo-
moticolly bypossed ond the unit will remoin on for os
long os the odopter is plugged  in,

IV. EXPOSURE DffERMINATION
SPOT METHOD (fixed f-stop)
  l. While holding exposure diol fixed, turn knob until or-
   row points to ANSI number of the enlorging poper you
   ore using, The diol should not be moved from this
   point unless you chonge to o different ANSI poper
   speed, A built-in stop is provided to prevent errone-
   ous reodings from occurring, should there be too
  much or insufficient light ovoiloble for the desired
   ANSI poper speed,  lf diol hits stop, be sure thot the
   desired ANSI setting is not disturbed.

2, Turn off the white rights in your dorkroom. Turn on your
     enrorger ond compose the imoge. position the Anorite
       in such o woy thot the dorkest 6reo of the prolecteO
    imoge in which you wish to record detoir is toriinj onto
     the sensor in the center of the screen. NoTE: Thls cor-
    responds to the lightest oreo in the finol pdnt, (Disre_
    gord specutor highlights on polished metols, gts  or'
      similor glossy surfoces,) In portroit negotives,'ietect o
      skin tone in which some detoir wiil op-peor in tne print
    (see Fig, 2 os on exomple)
  3, set the enrorger f-stop to the desired opening ond
    switch off oil soferights, press the red p"*Ji i"it"n
     button, This will ilruminote the diol ot thiexposure in-
    9.I.White pressing the button, stowty rototjth"     trol knob countercrockwise untir the Indicotor"o*just
    goes on. The index now shows the correct exposure
    time for the selected ANSI poper speed.
 NoTE: lf indicotor foirs to go on, even of roo seconds,
       then the required exposure time is OeyonO tOO
       seconds ond thus out of the direct ronge of tne
      meter Should. this occur, open the enlo-rger lens
       gperture to g                        opening ond repeoi itep *S.                      fgrger
        Conversely,  if theindicotor flits to go o* of t ,""_
       ond, close down the operture on-d repeot step       #3.
ALTERNATE SPOT METHOD (fixed exposure time)
(Repeot step +1 and #2 obove.)
Rotote the contror knob untir the desired exposure time
oppeors of the dior pointer crose down the rens oper-
ture(indicotor shour{ be off), then open the diophrqgm
slowly until the indicotor righfjust goei on (oK  ir oetween
f-stops),  lf the indicotordoes not go on, even of the rorg-
est operture, there is not enough light to print of tne
selected exposure time ond o ronger time must be used.

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When the negotive does not contoin o skin tone or other
suitoble reference, the integrotion method moy prove
odvontogeous. Londscopes, scenics, orchitecturol  pic-
tures ond pictures of onimols ore exomples of the type
of photogroph which lend themselves well to this
method. The negotive should be of overoge tonolity
ond controst thot is, it should contoin o more or less
equolbolonce of light ond dork tones for this method to
work well.
After the projected imoge of the negotive hos been
composed ond focused to your sotisfoction, set the lens
to the desired operture ond position the provided inte.
grotor disk beneoth the lens in the enlorge/s occessory
filter holder Ploce the Anolite 4OO on the eosel directly
below the lens ond rotote the control knob counter-
clockwise while depressing the power button. The ex-
posure indicotor will light up when the correct exposure
is opposite the exposure index, just os when using the
spot method. The fixed exposure time method moy olso
be used with integroted reodings,
BE SURE TO REMOVE THE INTEGRATOR BEFORE EXPOSING
THE PAPER.
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PRINTS TOO LIGHT OR TOO DARK                                                                                                                                                           I
ANSI poper speeds provided by the monufocturers of             't
photogrophic poper ore intended to provide o bosis of
comporison of the speeds of different popers ond to
colculote opproximote exposure times. Additionolly, the
type of enlorger ond the processing chemicols ond
techniques used con hove o consideroble effect on the
effective speed of the poper For these reosons, the
Anolite 4OO moy indicote exposures which result in
prints which ore either too light or too dork for your liking.
Should this be the cose, merely odjust the ANSI setting
on the instrument to either o higher or lower number to

compensote for these voriotions, When you hove found
onANS| speed which provides o sotisfoctory print, olwoys
use thot speed with thot porticulor poper.
-lf your prints ore too dork, select o higher ANSI speed.
-lf your prints ore too light, select o lower ANSI speed.





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V. PAPER GRADE DETERMINATION
The controst numbers O, 1, 2, 3,4 ond 5 (see "PAPER
GRADE" scole shown in Figure 1) ore brood indicotions of
the exposure ronges of vorious printing popers. A nego-
tive with very long density ronge (from deep blocks to
bright whites) will print best on grode #O or grode #t1.
Conversely, o negotive with o very short density ronge
(mostly groys, no blocks or whites) will print best on o
grode #4 or taS poper These recommendotions ore

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them to suit your own personol preference.
  l, Set control knob index to ANSI poper speed #alOO.
   Turn the control knob of the Anolite 4OO until the ex-
   posure index is positioned of I second. Switch off oll      I
   dqrkroom illuminotion, including oll sofelights. Turnon
   the enlorger ond compose the imoge. Ploce the sen-
   sor over the lightest oreo of the projected imoge
   where detoil is retoined (this will be the dorkest de-
   toiled shodow in the finished print see Figure 2).
                                                                               will 2,'  Close the enlorging lens operture (indicotor light   be off), then SLOWIV open the opeiture untilttie indi-
   cotor light just goes on (OK if between click stops),
 3, Without chonging the lens setting, ploce the sensor
   over the dorkest oreo of the projected imoge where
   detoil is to be retoined (this will be the lightest de.
   toiled highlight of the finished print os shown in Figure
    2), Indicotor light will be off,
4. Rotote the control knob counterclockwise untilthe in-
   dicotor light goes on, Reod the poper grode directly
   opposite the exposure index.

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VII. DETERMINING ANSI SPEED
   FOR AN UNKNOWN PAPER
l. Moke o good print on the unknown poper Record
  the exposure time (you will need to refer to this ex-
  posure time during step *3;,
2. Without chonging enlorger setting, position the Ano-
    lite on the eosel so thot o highlight of the projected
  imoge is folling onto the sensor Switch off dorkroom
   illuminotion including sofelights.
3. Rotote exposure diol so thot recorded exposure time
     is ot diol index, Hold diol in ploce (using diol hondle)
   while rototing control knob counterclockwise until in-'
   dicotor just goes on,
4. Reod ANSI poper speed of control knob orrow This is
   the ANSI speed of the unknown poper.

VIII. COLOR PRINTING
Color printing requires o filter pock to "bolonce" the
color in the film to the color of the printing poper Gener-
olly speoking, once o sotisfoctory filter pock hos been
determined for ony given pockoge of color poper, thot
filter pock should remoin relotively constont for oll subse-
quent negotives (or tronsporencies) of the some brond
ond film type which were exposed under similor lighting
conditions ond which ore printed on the some pockoge
of color poper Any chonge in type of film, lighting condi-
tions or emulsion number of the color poper is likely to re'
quire o chonge in the filter pock.

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il      The Anofite 4OO will not oid you in determining the filter
      pock which will be required in order to color-bolonce
!.r      your negotives or your tronsporencies. (Beseler monu-
Fi      foctures on inexpensive Subtroctive Color Colculotor
      device ond o voriety of electronic Color Anolyzers
       which perform this function for both color negotives ond
        color tronsporencies,)
      The Beseler Anolite 4OO will determine the correct EX-
      POSURE when printing from either color negotives or
       color tronsporencies. lt will olso compensote for EX-
Fi      POSURE chonges when chonging the filter pock or when
        oltering the mognificotion.
       There ore no published ANSI speed numbers for color
      poper (becouse of botch-to-botch emulsion differ-
       ences, even two different pockoges of the some brond
      ond type of color poper ore likely to hove somewhot  dif-
        ferent chorocteristics).
       To determine the ANSI speed for ony given pockoge of
        color poper,follow the poper monufocture/s  "triol ond
         erro(' instructions for obtoining o sotisfoctory print which
            is neither too light nor too dork ond which hos the proper
       color bolonce. Then follow the procedure outlined in
       Section Vll for DETERMINING ANSI SPEED FOR AN UN-
     KNOWN PAPER.

     IX. USING THE ANALITE 4OO AS
     A FOOTCANDLE MffER

              It is sometimes desiroble to know the levelof illuminotion
         folling on o surfoce, llluminotion is generolly expressed in
       footcondles (fc) which is o stondord unit of meosure.
      Approximote levels of illuminotion between .OO5 ond ,5
                                   t3

fc con be meosured dlrectly with the Anolitewww.butkus.us4OO in the
following monner
    t, Set the ANSI indicotor to ANSI 1OO,
  2. With the sensor under the illuminotion to be meos-
    ured, depress the power button ond turn the control
   knob untilthe exposure indicotor light goes on. Reod
    the exposure time of the exposure index. Use the foF
    lowing formulo to convert the indicoted time to foot-
    condles.

                          - Footcondles            Exposure Time
    Exomple: Indicoted exposure time is 20 seconds.
                       .5
                           ,O25 Footcondles                       -             20

Neutrol Density filters moy be used over the sensor to ex-
tend the ronge of the instrument when meosuring illumi-
nonce,  lf o l.OO Neutrol Density filter is used, multiply the
colculoted footcondle volue by lO. lf o 2.OO Neutrol
Density filter is used, multiply the colculoted volue by
lOO, llluminonce volues determined  in this woy ore oF
proximotions only They moy be used for comporing the
relotive illuminonces of different light sources but should
not be used where the exoct obsolute volue of illumi-
nonce is importont.
lf the Anolite 4OO is to be used for meosuring illumi-
nonces extensively,  it moy be odvontogeous to use the
supplementory diol overloy printed below. Poste the diol
overloy to o stitf sheet of poper (such os photogrophic
poper) ond cut oround the border with o shorp scissors.
Position the overloy on the diol so thot the notch in the
overloy is oligned with the hondle on the diol. A smoll
omount of rubber cement moy be used to hold it in posi-

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tion tempororily Set the orrow on the knob opposite
orrow on the overloy ond toke reodings os described
obove, lf neutrol density filters ore used, multiply the indi-
coted footcondle reodings by the oppropriote foctor





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 X. REPLACING THE BATTERY
 The Beseler Anolite 4OO consumes very litfle power by
 virtue of its solid stote circuitry In oddition, the bottery-
 sover power switch ollows the unit to drow power only
 when on octuolmeosurement  is being mode. As o moirr
 tenonce procedure,  it is recommenOeO thot the bottery
 be removed  if unit will not be used fbr o bng period of
 time.
  lf the bottery voltoge is low, the diol illuminotors will not
 light. This is your signol to chonge the bottery.
 To reploce the bottery, simply remove the bock screw.
 Holding the unit in on upside down position, genfly  litt the
 bock cover Unclip the old bottery ond clif in the new
 bottery, positioning  it on the foom cushion between the
connectors. Reploce the bock cover ond screw

XI. SELECTING AN AC. ADAPTER
The Anolite 4OO will operote from stondord A.C. odopt-
e_rs, Plugging the odopter into the lorger connector
(3.5mm size) will byposs the bottery ond power switch,
               unit on os tong os the odopter is pluggedfgening_fhe
into o 115V power source. The power switch on the unit
need not be pressed.
The A,C. odopter should hove o 6 to 9 volt D.C. output
with o 3.5mm plug, For exomple, the odopters listed be-
low con be used with the Anolite 4OO, olthough no erF
dorsement of these products is expressed oi implied.
Other monufocturers' odopters moy work with the Ano-
lite 4OO, os well,
RADIO SHACK:       Universol AC odopter-*279-1551
                    (cotolog tr3l5) use ot 7.5 Volts with
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 plgcg (ot Besele/s option) the defective port of its prod-
 uct. lf you decide to send our product to on outhorized
 repoir outlet, you must insure the product ond prepoy oll
 tronsportotion expenses. Beseler will not be lioble for
 domoges coused in the course of shipping the product
 to you. You must ollow of leost six (6) weeks for correc-
 tion of the defect,
 ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR USE OR MER-
 CHANTABILITY THAT MAY BE CREATED BY OPERATION OF
 LAW ARE LIMITED TO THE ONE (I) YEAR WARRANTY
 PERIOD, Some stotes do not ollow-limitotions on how
 long on implied worronty losts, so the obove rimitotion
 moy not opply to you.
NO LIABILITY IS ASSUMED FOR EXPENSES OR DAMAGES
 RESULTING FROM INTERRUPTION IN OPERATION OF EQUIP-
 MENT, DAMAGE TO FILM OR PAPER, OR FOR INCIDENTAL
 DIRECT OR CONSESUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE.
some stotes do not ollow the exclusion or limitotion of in-
cidentol or consequentiol domoges, so the obove limi-
totion moy not opply to you.
In the event there is ony defect in moteriols ond work-
monship or for foctory outhorized service, your Anolite
lOO enlorging meter, olong with o brief description ofthe problem, should be shipped prepoid to Anolite Inc.,
24 Newtown Plozo, Ploinview New ybrk ilgo3, For ques-
tions on operotion or use of this instrument, you moy
contoct our Customer Service of Beseler photo Morket-
ing Compony, Inc,, 8 Fernwood Rood, Florhom pork New
Jersey C.7932. This worronty gives you specific legol
rights which vory from stote to stote. you moy olso hove
implied worronty rights. In the event of o problem with
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