Bolsey Jubilee User manual

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PERFECT DAYLIGHT PICTURES in C0L0R
and BLACK and WHITE /unrraveAu,,l
with DAYLIGHT SET-0-MATIC"
                        With your Bolsey                                                            t'f*Jubilee you needn't know o thing obout
stops. Bolsey Doylight Set-O-Mqtic covers vqrious
doylight ond subiect conditions. All you hove to
do is motch light with subiect on the doylight
Set-O-Moiic scole, focus ond shoot. You will find
the doylight Set-O-Motic scole for color films on
                                                                                              www.butkus.usone side of the lens mount ond for blqck ond
white films on the other side.

For both color ond block ond white film turn the
knurled outer shutter speed ring until the speed
you choose foces the index.  I /50th sec. (in red) is o
good overoge speed. (see poge 9)

Move the diophrogm ring by its knurled button
ot the bottom of the lens mount until the doylight
condition motches subiect condition. Now focus
gnd  ShOOf.  {conditions exploined on next poge)
*For flosh Sel-O-Mqtic, see poge I4

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                                                              reguloles the /ength of time the shulter is open
                                                                   to odmit lighi to the film. By turning the knurled
                                                        ouler ring of lhe lens mounl, you oliqn lhe
                                                           desired shuller speed wilh the index. The scole
                                                                l0 lo 200 morks lhe speeds from l/lOth  sec.
                                                                io l/2OOth sec.
                                          Use l,/50  sec. for overoge subiects; I/lO0
                                                             sec. or 1/2OA sec. for fosl rnoving subiects;
                                                                  l,/10 sec. or 1i25 sec. for slolionory subjects;
                                                     For longer exposures thqn l/lOth  sec. set on
                                                            "B". The shutter will open when vou depress
                                                         the shulter releose butlon ond will close when
Doylight Sel-O-Motic                                    lhe button is releosed. At   1 /2sth  sec. ond
ouiomoticolly com-                                     longer ond ol "8" use o lripod.pules ond sels proper
"F" stops for prevoil-
ing lighl ond subiectcondilions. ln cose                                            tll"
you wonl lo choose                                            controls lhe omount of light thol posses lhrough                                                        lhe lens while lhe shulter is open. The dio-your own setiings, you
will wonl lo know                              phrogm ring is moved with the knurled knob                                                           ot the bottom of lhe lens mount. The scole onmore obout lhem. The
3 bosic sellings ore                                    the ring is engroved from 2.8 to 22. Eoch set-                                                               ling odmits lwice os much lighl os. lhe nexldescribed on this ond
lhe next poge.                                                   seiting morked with o higher number, (i.e.: A set,                                                                 ting of 8 odmits twice os much light os o setting
                                                           of I l, qnd four lirnes os much os o setiinq of l6).

                                                                                                        {<on'l nexl poge}

3,
      conlrols lhe shorpness of your picture. Look ot your sub-
      lect through the right hond window. Depress the bolonced
     focusing levers on either side of ihe lens mount until the
    upper ond lower holf of the split imoges coincide ond
     oppeqr os one. This ol lhe some time moves lhe lens ond
     brings the subiect inlo rqzor-shorp focus. ll is eosiesl lo
     sight on ony shorply defined verticol edge or line on
     your subiect. You will note lhol o ronge finder seporoted
     from the view finder gives o much cleorer piclure in eoch
    ond ollows eosier ond fosler focusing.
    Becouse of lhe tremendous depth of field of your Bolsey
     Jubilee's speciol 45mm focol lenglh lens, you con secure
     rozor-shorp imoges from close-up to infinily for proiec-
    tion ond enlorgemenl to very lorge sizes with excellent
      defin ilion.





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www.butkus.usYour Bolsey Jubilee Floshgun is designed for use with
comerq ccrse on or off.
CAUIION: Avoid premalure flosh! Do not insert bulb
until gun is securely ottoched fo comero.

           BATTERIES1I. INSERT
Unscrew bottery cqse cover with
o dime. lnsert two fresh photo-
flosh penlite botteries, os indi-
coled, in the gun. Reploce cover
ond screw tightly.

   nnRcH FLASHGUNl|/,
     T(l CAMERA
The gun cqn be ploced on the
cqmerq in two woys:
(l) With reflector focing the sub-iect in the usuol monner for   ,tr'##
direct lighting.

(2) With the reflector focing the
ceiling for bounce lighting.

                              (conl. next poge)

The clomp pivots ond hqs two
                       click posilions. The position
                        ocross the brocket is for direct
                             lighting, ond the position in line
                       with the brqcket is for bounce
                            lighting. Be sure clomp is prop-
                            erly seoted. Plqce the screw into
                       the flosh coniqct socket on the
                          side of the comero, ond turn the
                      lorge knob until fhe gun fits
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J. tnsrRt FLASHBULB
lnsert q midget bqse flqshbulb, pushing it in qs for qs it will go. Be sure thqt the
bottom of the flqshbulb bose is cleon qnd bright. lf it oppeors tornished, rub it on
o rough surfqce. The expended bulb eiects outomoticolly by pressing the button
on top of the boltery cose.
                                 Bulbs generolly flosh ot fqster thon  I f 25th sec.,
                                   octuolly determining the effective exposure lime
                                regordless of shutter seiting. Since lhe shutter
                           speed is secondory, we recommend  I /25th sec.                                for best synchronizotion. Use midget bulbs #5,
                             25, Bontom 8 for most purposes. lf you wish to
                              shoot qt o speed higher thon  I /251h sec., we
                           recommend thot you use SM or SF bulbs only.
                              Flosh Set-O-Mqtic is designed for use with qll
                              stqndord flqshbulbs qnd films.

1 . oU". focusing your comero through your coupled ronge
       finder window (on your right), switch your eye to the view
  $   finder window (on your left). Frome your subiect so thot it
    i:    fillt the window. Avoid busy bockgrounds. {hen shooting ot
     2 tl. conecl for "porollax" by lifting your comero slightly so
       thot some spoce will oppeor beiween the subject ond the top
n   edge of your view finder.
 f  .  A"la the comero sfeody, press the shuiier releose button down
slowly. Avoid iorring the comero. lt
 J.  Hor" lhe comero olwoys reody     After eoch picture, lurn
ihe Wind knob in the direction of the orrow until it stops. This winds
fhe film, cocks the shulter, odvqnces the counter and releoses lhe
double exposure prevention mechonism for lhe next picture.
         6 0000 TrPs
   l. Be gentle wilh your cqmerd. Never force iis conlrols.
  2. Use leolher ever-reody cose-protecl your €qmero,
  3. Avoid fingers in front of finders or of lens.
  4. Avoid fingerprints on lens*they reduce shcrpness,
  5. Cleon lens wilh Kleenex, opticol tissue or soft honkie.
  6. Before looding, when ccmero is open, hold lens up to light,
     look lhrough it ond click shutter severol limes. Shutler should
    open ond close smoolhly.  lf you ore in doubt, send il for
     foclory check, lo:
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After qll ihe film hqs been exposed,
the counter will show 0 qnd the film
will resist further winding. ln mosl
cqses your counler will relurn to 36
or go beyond zero, becouse you get 2
to 4 extrq pictures from every roll
with your Bolsey Jubilee. Rewind the
film bock into the cortridge by turn-
ing the Rewind Knob in the direction
of the orrow until tenslon ls re-
lieved and the Wind Knob sfops
turning. For q good comfortoble
grip, lift up Rewind Knob.
Lift the ring of ihe lock screw ot the
bottom of the comero ond turn  ii
counlerclockwise in the direction
of "O." Lift off the comero bock cover
ond toke the codridge out. Reploce
the cover. lt's olwoys best fo hove
your film processed without deloy,
porticulorly color.

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   24mm x 36mm color transparencies in 2" by 2"    mounts and black and white pictures that may be       s[T-0-M,Ail{ F{)R FLA5[-r
    enlarged to considerable dimensions; short trailer        Exclusive Automatic Diaphragm Computer couples f.o-    and leader and exclusive film catclt allows two or        cusing mechanism  to diaphragm, eliminating necessity
    more extra frames per roll     saves on film cost,         for calculating and setting {lash exposures. Apertures     especially important with color.                            {jange- automatically with focusing.
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    Standard 35mm roll cartridge in black and white or        Daylight and subjeci conditions are engraved on ring
     color in 20 or 36 frames.                                    scales eliminating need for knowledge of F stops. You                                                                  just match type of daylight and subject and F stops
      I,EN5                                                       are set automatically.
     Fast 45mm Bolsey-Steinheil f2.8 color corrected, coated
     anastigmat; diaphragm opening up to f22; lens cou-        FL.,ISHGUN
     pled split image range finder; balanced focusing from        All metal, screw in; swivels to bounce-light position;
    two feet to infinity with range finder.                 no external wiring; polished reflector with bayonet
                                                              type socket; push button ejection; M2 type lamp may
      tFl'15 MQUNf                                   be used with Miniflektor  adapter.
     Unique helical focusing mount moves ccr,!?lete lens-
                                                                                                 S     shutter assembly straight in and out assuring stable                l"i:f i': A.C{tt:i:ORlfr     optical axis positi0n and perfect centering of lens;        outside diameter of lens mount 24mm; takes slip on
      all settings seen from top.                                   Bolsey adapter ring and sunshade, series V filters, and
                                                              supplementary slip-on lenses.       S*'{U  fll f:il
     Bolsey-Gauthier auto-synchro; dust tight; speeds        rrlllLq FF;.tUfi'5
    1/7oth, L/25tn, r/soth, 1/100th, 1/200th plus        All aluminum die-cast body with polished trim and    bulb (B); body release: socket in shutter release        leatherette covering countersunk to assure perfect    button for standard ASA cable release; automatic        adhesion. Size 2s/+" x 4", Weight: 14 ozs.
     cocking; X type synchronization; electronic flash at       Quick loading; automatic counter; ASA tripod socket
      all speeds; 1/25th sec. for all flash bulbs is recom-        centrally located; sure grip threaded lock, genuine
    mended. Higher speeds (1/100th sec) can be used with         leather carrying case with new type swivel straps that
   SM and SF type bulbs.                                               .. qwing.ouf* of the way when .lyolt,H.'tf,                                                                                                                         f                                           l(1fr'tiiiii':'     ';i,-1, :.i'ir',                     t.    irarl'                                              1oj   You          will              find                 lhe complele
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