Bolsey Explorer User manual

ls o fine ochievemenfin miniofure comero design.

This new minioturecomero will leod you inlo fhe wide ond inexhoustiblyrich
sphereof miniofure photogrophy.

In your "EXPLORER"you hove on efficienlprecisioncomerowhich, by meons
of its high-speedond colour-correcledlens steinheil-Cossorf/2.8,45mm ond its
tested Gouthier !,ero shutter, mosters oll shots wifh superb eose.

Treot your "EXPLORER"os o good friend. Becouseil preserveshoppy occo-
sions, it will be o source of conslonl pleosureto you.

THE BOLSEY EXPLORERStreomlined- Precise- Efficient



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Hold the "EXPLORER"so thot
the lens is restingon the polm
of the left hond ond the bock
lock is pointing fowords you.
Pull out the slide below the
ropid  windknob  until  fhe
bock ponel opens. Close lhe
"EXPLORER" by pressingfhe
bock ponel to the body ond
sliding the slide bock into
ploce.

Pull out the rewind knob os fo r os it will

                  go, then ploce the cossette in lhe em pfy

                 spool chom ber.  lf you now releose the re-

                wind  knob,  ii  will  return  io  its orig inol

                   position.The slot should engoge lhe cross-

                 bor in the film spool.


             When inserting fhe film, ovoid direct sun-

                     light.  lf there is no other shode ovoiloble,

                  turn your bock to fhe sun.


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Bend the frimmed end of the film offer the

fourfh hole of the perforotions ond drow

 it out of ihe  cosseffe for  enough  for   it

to reoch the foke  up  spool. Wind  the

toke up spool until fhe slot mqrked with o

white line beccimbsvisible. Now slide the

bent piece of film  into the slof, press fhe
releose knob down qs':for os possible,ond

operote the  ropid wind  lever  until fhe

sprocket teeth engoge in lhe perforolions

of fhe film. Close the comero ond lock if.

After hoving closed the comero, move lhe
                   ropid wind lever fwice os fqr os it will go.
                      ln eoch cose you should first operoie the
                   shutter releose knob. Adjust ihe counter by
              meons of the toothed wheel underneqth the
                   ropid wind lever so thol the figure 36 on lhe
                 counter is of the red dot on lhe comero
                    top. (When using o 20 exposure film, loke
                     figrre 20.) Now your "EXPLORER" is reody
                     for the first shot. The film counler counls
                  every olher picfure bqckwords from 36 to 0
               ond indicoteseoch time the number of ex-
                posuresstill ovoiloble.



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Film tronsport, film counfer ond shutfer cocking mecho-
nism ore coupled ond ore operoled by o single molion
of the ropid wind lever. Turn the lever to lhe right os
fqr os it will go. Shortly before the end of ihis rototion
you will encounter o somewhot greoter resistonceresult-
ing from the shutter being cocked. Continue turning fhe
ropid winder post lhis resistonceos for os possible.

lf the film is lronsported properl/, lhe rewind knob will
turn too, in the opposite direction. Complele functioning
of the comero tokes ploce only when fhe film is inserfed.

lf you wont fo fest the shutfer winding mechonismwithout
o film, open fhe bock ponel qnd lurn the sprocket wheel
for the film  f ronsport in f he direction of the winding spool
unfil  il stops wifh o click.  lf you now move the ropid
wind lever qs indicofed obove, you con releosethe shufier.

Affer the lost picture on lhe film  -  indicoted on the film counter by fhe figure 0 -  is exposed,
you con rewind fhe film. For this purpose slide the locking knob in the direction of the qrrow
to R. Now turn fhe rewind knob, without roising it, in the direciion of the orrow  unfil the
                                                                   film  is com pletely wou nd bock
                                                                    into fhe cossette. Towords fhe
                                                  end  of   f he  f ilm o somewhot
                                                          stronger resistonceis felf which
                                                           indicotesthot the film  is being
                                                         held by the toke up spcol. A few
                                                            further turns will then wind the
                                                                                                                   f ilm com pletely into the cossette,
                                                  ond the comero con be opened
                                                                      for insertion of o new film.

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REMIN DE R





1.  Open the comero.                              1.  Slide locking knob to R.

2.   Inseri fhe film cosselte.                          2.  Turn  rewind knob  in fhe direction  of
                                                         lhe orrow.
3.  Attoch the film to the spool.

                                             Wind  film completely bock in lo the4.  Close lhe cqmer+
                                                           cossette.
5.  Operole the ropid winder twice.
     First press lhe shutler release knob.            4.  Open comerc.

6.  Set fhe film counler.                              5.  Remove film.

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The diophrogm is set by meons of f he index lever
                                      on fhe upper side of the front ponel. Bring the
                                          q rrowheod of the ind ex into reg ister wiih line
                                                 of fhe desired operture number.





                                    By meons of the lorge knurled ring the exposure
                                          lime  is likewise brought inio register wifh the
                                         block diomond-shoped mork  in fhe middle of
                                                                                   f he depfh-of-field ring.

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The d istonce - eslimoted or estoblishedby
meons of on ottochoble ronge-finder    is
broug ht  inlo reg ister with   f he block d io-
mond-shoped mork  in lhe middle of the
depth-of-fieldring, by rototing the knurled
ring  in  front. The focussing scole ronges
from 3 ff. to infinif)r.





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The depfh-of-field comprises lhe zone which is shorply defined by lhe lens, from the foreground
to the bockground. This oreo or depth vories occording to the operture chosen. Thof is lo
soy, o  lorge  operture  (f/2.8) gives less depth-of-field, ond o smoll operture  (f/16) gives c
greoter depth-of-field. The depth-of-field for every operture selling con eosily be reod off the
obliquely posilioned depih-of-field ring of the "EXPLORER". This repeots on the  leff ond on
the right of fhe block diomond lhe ronge of lens opertures.

                                    Example. lf you hove set fhe focussingring exoctly
                                               ot 14 ft. the depih-of-fieldfor the opertures listed
                                    below will be the following:





                                      With ony other d istonce or operture lhe depth-
                                                   of-field con be reqd off in the some monner.

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A good snopshol requires not only guick reoction on fhe porl of fhe photogropher, but olso
reodiness for instonl ociion in lhe comero. Therefore your "EXPLoRER"  is provided wifh o
red-morked  syslem for  setling lhe  operfure,  lhe distonce, ond lhe exposure time. All you
hove fo do is sight your subiect in the viewfinder ond press down lhe relecse.


For bright sunshine, cdlust the following red-morked sefiings:





Now everything you shoot from o minimum dislonce of 10 ft. will be shorp fo infinity.
(Compare with dota of depth-of-field.)

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