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Canon Canonet 1.9 User manual
User manual for Canon Canonet 1.9. 24 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Canon
- Model / document
- Canon Canonet 1.9
- Document type
- User manual
- Language
- English
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- 24
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- 2.2 MB
- Category
- Film cameras
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www.butkus.us Fully Aulomolic Exposure Syslem. Extremely sensitive "Around the Lens" Electric Eye assures perfect exposure control . . . won't let you take a bad picture. Shutter locks if lighting is incorrect. Completely automatic with fiIm speeds ASA 10-200 plus manual. "Dolo Center" Viewflnder. Frames exact picture area . . shows you the lens setting . . . warns you of improper lighting . . . and shows how to correct for perfect exposure. Parallax corrected. Belween The Lens Shutter. Shutter speeds from 1 second to L/iOO second plus Bulb and Time Exposure. Stop motion or take beautiful night scenes. Fulty synchronized for flash bulbs or electronic flash. Buill-ln Self Timer. Allows 10 second time to get into the picture yourself before shutter is snapped. Shorp 45m tll.9 Lens. Color corrected semi-wide angle lens allows greater coverage and produces brilliant color or sparkling black and white pictures. Convenient, Built-ln Rongefinder. Double image type rangefinder is quick and easy to use. Sets distance accurately from 3' to infinity to produce corner to corrrer sharlrness. Other Convenient-Quolify Feofures. Self-resetting exposure counter . . . single stroke "trigger lever" film wind . . . rapid crank system film rewind.View original page 3
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Evereody Cqse.
The front of the cose swings out of the woy for
comero operotion without removol, or moy be
removed entirely, if desired.
Cqble Releqse.
Sturdy, oll-metol releose
coble is ovoiloble with screw
down lock for time exposure
control.
Godgel Bog.
The godget bog in block full groin cowhide,
crofted by Bell & Howell, is ideol for con-
veniently corrying comero occessories ond
extro film.
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Screw-in Type Filters.
An ossortment of filters for color ond block ond
white film ore ovoiloble. These 55 mm filters
screw into the lens rim. Exposure compensotion
is outomotic, os they cover the electric-eye photo-
cell os well os the lens. Avoiloble types for color
film o.re: lA, 8OC, 8OB, 8lA, 82A, 858, 85C.
Avoilqble"'types for block ond white film ore:
UV, Yl, Y3, Ol, Rl ond Gl in plostic cose. ffi@
Flqsh Unit.
The flosh unit is convenient ond compoct with
folding-ty,pe reflector. lt ottoches to the occes-
sory clip ond locks in ploce. Cose included.
lens hood is olwoys desirqble tof AClomp-on Type lens Hood.
eliminote reflections ond other light out-
side the photogrophic ronge of the
subiect. The lens hood clomps on wiih
o single thumb-screw. lt is self storing,
ond moy be pui on in reverse position
for corrying when not in use.View original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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The name BelI & Howell /Canon combines
the best American and Japanese imagi-
nation with engineering and painstaking
craftmanship, famous the world over. No
expense has been spared, no detail con-
sidered too minor for the loving attention
of these camera specialists in meeting the
challenge of this original design. With the
Canonet 1s we are proud to welcome you
to Bell & Howell ownership.
THE BELL & HOWELL COMPANYView original page 8Page 9 · Read text
This new Bell & Howell product is guaranteed to be free from
imperfections in both material and workmanship for one year
from date of original purchase. Should any part of this equip-
ment be defective, it will be replaced or repaired free of charge
(except for transpottation), providing the equipment has been
operated according to the instructions accompanying it.
No liability is assumed for film which is damaged or is un-
satisfactory for any reason and no liability is assumed for
interruptions in operation of equipment. This guarantee is
void:
a) If equipment has been damaged by accident or
mishandling;
b) If equipment has been serviced by other than
Bell & Howell approved service stations*;
c) If adaptations or accessories other than Bell &
Howell.have been made or attached.
The foregoing is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or
implied and Bell & Howell Company neither assumes nor
authorizes any person to assume for it any other obligation
or liability in connection with this product.
*Location of nearest approued seruice station wiII be furnished
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F{OCK
FILM SLOT
TAKE-UP SPOOL
KNURLTD FLANGE
PI.Js}.I OPENING BUTTON
1. Open the camera back by 2. Rotate the takeup spool by
moving the back-cover safety rneans of the knurled flange at
lever counterclockwise as far as the bottom until the film slot
it witl go and then pressing the is at the outside of the spool and
back-cover opening button. The the hook, which engages the film
back cover will spring open. perforation, is at the top.View original page 10Page 11 · Read text
CASSETTE FILA/t SPEED
INDICATOR WINDCW
SPROCKET
Digitally signed by Mike Butkus REWIND CRANK
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Date: 2025.03.02 02:44:35 -05'00'
4; Pull the rewind crank out all 5" Set ASA fitrm speed nurnber
the way and insert the cassette. of the fiIm into the film speed 3. fnsert the end of the film into Push the rewind crank back. See indicator window by moving the ' the loading slot of the takeup that the teeth of the sprocket film speed indicator lever. IT tfre
spool. See that the hook engages accurately engage the perfora- film speed desired is between the one of the sprocket holes, as tions before closing the back numbers in the window, set be- shown. Then- rotate the spool cover. tween numbers. to 'see that the film is securely attached. 6. Move the aperture ring from AU'"[O to some number on the scale. Press
the shutter release button. Wincl the film and press the shutter-fh;"*po"or*release button ag-d-asain wind the fiIm p"""*th" releate n"tton.
counter dial will now have advanc,::d"nd to 0 rnd your camera is ready fbr use.
(The exposure counter dial auto'natical y reJets when the back is opened.) Reset the aperture ring to AU'IO. ".n*"View original page 11Page 14 · Read text
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Set Flosh-Setting Lever
Cononel with Flosh Unit in Ploce for Type of BulbView original page 14Page 16 · Read text
www.butkus.us Distonce Scole is Useful Push Self Timer Lever Down for Flqsh Exposures for Time-Deloyed ExposurerView original page 16
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Preparation for Automatic
Electric-Eye Operation
loqd the Film.
It's easy, follow the steps on the flap
below. Be sure to set the film speed
indicator to the correct speed of the film
you load into your camera.
o Set for Automqtic Operolion.
Move the aperture ring to AUTO
position.
o Set lhe Shutler.
Turn the shutter-speed ring to line up the correct shutter speed.
with the index mark. Always set the shutter-speed ring so that
one of the numbers lines up with the index mark. Neuer set be-
tween numbers. Shutter speed should be fast enough to stop
any motion of the subject, but slow enough to get the required
depth of field. See the Shutter Speed and Depth of Field Tables
on the back of this sheet.
(Wlrcn turning th,e aperture ring or the shutter-speed ring, grip it by
the raised finger-grips on either side, using care not to rnoue the
fi.lm-speed lener.)
Neuer set the shutter-speed ring to B for auto-
matic electric-eye operation. If this is done by
mistake, the shutter will lock. Correct as
follows:
1. Turn the aperture ring from AUTO to
some number on the aperture scale (1.9,
2.8, etc.
2. Press the shutter-release button.
- S:-Tuiilthe shutter-speed{. ring froui B To
number on the shutter-speed scale. (15,
30, 60, etc.)
4. Reset the aperture ring to AUTO to return
to automatic operation.View original page 17Page 18 · Read text
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Manual Exposure Setting and tr
iffi Flash Operation
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When there is not enough light for automatic operation, the use of
flash bulbs is recommended. The manual exposure setting can also {ffi
be used for special photographic effects. To do this, simply turn the -
aperture ring from the AUTO position to some other position on tiun
the lens-aperture ring. Then -
l. Set the lens Opening. Move the aperture ring to the F stop
for the required exposure, as shown below, left.
2. Set the Shutter Speed. T\rrn the shutter speed ring to the cor-
rect shutter speed for the required exposutre, as shown below.
3. Wind lhe Film ond Gock the Shutter. Swing the film advance lever
toward you until it stops, just as in automatic operation step 1,
above. This winds the fiIm, cocks the shutter and advances the
exposure counter dial.
4. Compose Your Piclure ond Focus. This is done exactly as for I
automatic operation step 2, above. TI
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5. Toke lhe Picture. Press the shutter release button as for automatic I
op€ra+isn' step ft above. Thristrips the sinrbter to-take the-pictErs. -- I*'!'View original page 18Page 22 · Read text
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T
I Shutter-Release Button Operation
j The shutter-release button operates in two stages for automatic
operation. As it moves downward on its first stage, it sets the
electric-eye mechanism for correct exposure at the shutter speed
previously set with the shutter-speed ring. As it does this you
can see the black needle move across, the indicator scale in the
viewfinder to show you the aperture at which the picture will be
taken. As the button moves all the way down in the second stage,
it releases the shutter to record the picture on the film.
If the shutter release button locks after the first stage
and will not move down to release the shutter, this is
NOTE your warning that correct exposure cannot be made at
this shutter setting or with existing light. See "View-
finder Data Center" below.View original page 22Page 23 · Read text
Viewfi nder Data Center The data center in the viewfinder shows you everything you need to take perfect pictures. It is visible through the eyepiece at the lower edge of the picture composition frame. The red arrows on the left and right are shutter speed-change marks. The numbers across the center are lens-aperture scale (F/stop) numbers. Normal Operolion. As the shutter-release button is pressed through its first stage, the black needle moves from the extreme right to the left until it indicates the aperture at which the picture is being taken. Shutter Speed Too Fost. If the black needle remains within the right hand shutter speed-change arrow the shutter will lock as the shutter-release button is press- ed through its first stage. This is your warning that there is not enough light for proper ex- posure at the shutter speed set on the shutter- speed ring. The red speed-change arrow points to the ieft, so turn the shutter-speeo. ring to the left to select a slower shutter speed. Then take the picture in the usual manner. Shutter Speed Too Slow. If the black needle moves all the way into the left hand shutter-speed change arrow the shutter will lock as the shutter-release button is pressed through its first stage. This is your warning that there is too much light for proper exposure at the shuttqr speed set on the shutter- speed ring. The red speed-change arrow points to the right, so turn the shutter-speed ring to the right to select a faster shutter speed. Then take the picture in the normal manner. Eleclric-Eye Mechonism Not Operoting. If there is so much light or so little light that the amount of light is outside the operating range of the film in the camera the black needle will move to the left to some position on the scale, but a red warning appears within the viewfinder frame and the shutter locks as the shutter-release button is pressed thrcugh its first stage. Automatic operation is not possible under these conditions. When this happens, use a time exposure or flash.View original page 23
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Ti me-Delay Exposures
The self timer can be used \Mith automatic electric-eye operation
or-manual exposure-setting and electronic flash operation to pro-
vide a time-delay shutter release of about 10 seconds. put the
c^amera_on a tripod to enable you to get into the picture yourself,
if you choose. Use the self timer as follows:
o Prepare for Automatic operation or set the lens opening and
shutter speed for Manual or Flash Operation.
. Set the flash-setting lever to X.
o wind the film and cock the shutter with the film advance
lever.
. Push the self timer lever all the way down (berow, right).
o T\rrn the time ring so that the dot is at the T.
o Press the shutter-release button. After a delay of about -{#l7 10 seconds the shutter will release to take the picl're.
. Move the time ring clockwise away from the T.!>* TIe. I mportant : A l,way s set t lrc flas h - setttng Leuer to i, 6ef ore rnout'ng
setf timer leuer. In automatic operation, incorrect exposure will re-
sult if the time ring is not set to T or if your shadow is on the
photocell when the shutter release button is pressed. M type flash
bulbs can not be used with the self timer.View original page 24From the M. Butkus archive. Original publisher and archive notices are retained.
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