Agfa Reflex User manual

Now thot you ore the proud owner of on Agfo Reflex twin-
 lens reflex comero you will be oble to toke wonderful photo-
grophs os o constont reminder of the post. You or'.e to be
congrotuloted on your choice.
Two high-closs lenses orronged close together one obove the
other give this comero its distinctive oppeoronce ond enoble
the subiect to be viewed without porollox, to mention only
one of its mony technicol odvontoges.
The bright, ground gloss screen of the reflex viewfinder is the
some size os the finol picture ond mokes selection of the
subiect on eosy motter. Exoct focusing in on instont is o
further odvontoge offered by the built-in split-imoge ronge-
finder. Two things which moke photogrophy so simple ond
such o pleosure.
Your photogrophic deoler moy hove exploined the Agfo
Reflex to you, but before using your new comero for the first
time we suggest thot you reod through this little booklet to
fomiliorize yourself with the vorious monuol operotions.  lt
offers olso o number of voluoble hints ond suggestions.

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Poges 2 lo 13 contoin instructions on how to hondle your                        0Agfo Reflex ond olso some useful informotion regording ex-
posure ond floshlight.
Aport from this, detoiled porticulors of the wide ronge of
occessories ovoiloble for the Agfo Reflex, ond other usefulhints ore given in the technicol section covering poges 14to25. %;Yc,
Eoch time thot o certoin port of the comero is described inthe booklet, o number oppeors in o circle. These numbers    O(
ore supplied for eosy reference in finding the port in the
illustrqtion printed on the reor cover flop. This flop should
be opened out when reoding through the booklet.


   now let us exqmine the Agfo Reflex in detqil

lf there is no film in your comero, we
suggest thot you reod poges 20121 of
the technicol section exploining how
io lood the Agfo Reflex.

READY FOR INSTANT ACTION
Your comero is olwoys reody for oc-
tion due to its ropid tronsport lever @
on the bottom plote. To tronsport the
film one frome you simply move the
lever oul qnd forwords with your thumb
qs for os it will go (see illustrotion).
lf inadoertently the rapid transportletser
is not szoioelled round as far as it toill
go, the operation should be repeated; in
such cases the leaer may be blocked
half -toay.
The film counter olwoys shows you the
number of exposures still left on your
film.
Double exposures ore impossible due
to o speciol locking device built into
the comero.
(Pleose reod the instructions on p.22.)

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CORRECT EXPOSURE
 . . . is the chief requirement for obtoin-
ing successful photogrophs. The correct
exposure of o film depends on three
things' The speed of the film used, the
lens operture ond the oppropriote
shutter speed.
The shutter speeds ond lens opertures
ore morked os numbers on setting
rings. These ore moved by meons of
keys (see upper illustrotion) to set the
required shutter speed ogoinst the in-
dex mork ond by turning the milled
diophrogm ring to set the necessory
lens operture ogoinst the triongulor
mork (see lower illustrotion).

The more oction there is in your photogroph,
the shorter must be the shutter speed on your
comero (shortest speed r/roo sec.). And the greot-
er the depth of the shorp focusing zone from
the comero to the subiect is required to be, the
smoller must be the operture selting (smollest
operture, f.72). Further porticulors ore given
on poges l5116.

VIEWING THE SUBJECT
Your Agfo Reflex twin-lens reflex comerct
mokes child's ploy of lining up ond focusing
the subiect. First open up the reflex finder @
by pressing the smoll button in the direction
of the orrow.





                                                                 lf the focusing mognifier does
                                              not spring up of its own occord,
                                          push the smoll grooved lotch ot
                                            the right slightly to the left.

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Now point the comero ot ihe subiect
(see illustrotions, poge 4) ond roise  it
until the focusing mognifier is close io
your eye. Use thumb ond forefinger to
turn the focusing ring until the view-
finder imoge is shorp.





                                                                       ar.,\ I(EIIAt]LE CHECK CN] I']                                                                                                    '.,1
is provided by the split-imoge ronge-
finder. lf you wotch o verticol line of
the subiect in the viewfinder ond turn
the focusing ring, you will find thot the
two holves of the picture in the smoll
focusing circle do not coincide (upper
illustrotion). As soon os these lines con-
iinue in single outline from top to
bottom ond q complete picture is ob-
ioined (lower illustrotion), the comero
is correctly focused on the subiect.

AVOIDING CAMERA SHAKE
Aport from focusing exoctly,  it is essentiol to hold
your comero steody-to obtq'in shorp pictures. There-
fore toke your Agfo Reflex in both honds. By
shortening the corrying strop of the comerq you
con broce it in the monner shown ond hove the
tip of your right forefinger resting lightly on -theshutter.releose @. The Agfo Reflex offers you four
different woys of viewing the subiect when toking
the photogroph,


                         1. Through the woist-
                                 level viewfinder
                            without the focus-
                        ing mognifier, us-
                               ingtno ooTnboth eyes.eyes. ComComeroLomerq netoheld opouTobout l0tL inches be-
                           lowlot  thethe eyes. Focusrocus conTrolcontrol possible.posslble.
                                        2.  ThrouohThrough "yLs.thethe woist-levelwoist-level viewfinderviewfinder withwith focusjng
                                                                       The                               mogni-fier roised, .using gnly one. eye.                               molnifier is held close to the eye, giving extro
                        good focus control.

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                                    3.  Through the frome viewfinder using"theone eye. Roise                         the fdcusing mognifier ond hold      lens ot the
                              reor of the viewfinder hood close lo your eye. No
                           focus control possible.
                          Upright photogrophs with the frome viewfinder
                           using one eye. Roise the focusing mognifier, turn
                         the comero through 90o ond hold the eye-lens ot
                           the reor of the viewfinder hood close to your left
                          or right eye. Before toking on upright photogroph,
                                       it is odvisoble to focus your subiect in the oblong
                              position on the ground
                              gloss screen by meons
                          of the split-imoge
                               rongefinder.




Note: The  reflex finder gives on imoge'the right
woy up but the wrong woy round; the frome view-
finder gives crn upright imoge ihe right woy round.

When holding lhe cqmero in your honds only shutter speeds of r/m to 1/soo sec.
should be used, or 1/so sec. if obsolutely necessqry. With longer shutter speeds
ploce the comero on o firm support of some kind, preferobly o tripod. For oblong
photogrophs press the shutter releose with the forefinger of your right hond. For
upright photogrophs (odvisoble only with the frome finder) the thumb or index
finger con be used to operote the shutter releose, depending on which eye you
use. Press down the shutter releose slowly ond evenly os for os it will go. After
toking the photogroph, operote the ropid tronsport lever so thot the comero is
reody for the next shot.

Viewfinder pcrollox is non-existent in your twin-lens Agfo Reflex os o result of
the proximity of the viewing ond toking lenses. You cqn therefore be certoin of
photogrophing the exoct picture oreo seen on the ground gloss screen, even ot
close distonces.

Your lwin-lens reflex cqmerd enobles you to view the subiect from oll ongles
even during the octuol exposure.
For exomple, you con poini the comero verticolly upwords or downwqrds without
twisting your body in ony woy ond still hove the viewfinder ot eye-level.

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 lf you wish to photogroph over o crowd you
 merely hold the Agfo Reflex upside down
obove your heod ond look ot the ground
 gloss screen of the viewfinder from below.

When photogrophing smoll chifdren or oni-
mols you con even use the comero sotis-
focforily from o crouching position; in such
coses it is odvisoble to broce the comero
downwords ogoinst the corrying strop round
your neck.

It is olso possibfe to remoin unobserved ond
moke use of the element of surprise by pho-
togrophing round o corner.

In brief: The Agfo Reflex mokes eosy work        ---..t*
of selecting o wide voriety of subiects.

EXPOSURE TABLE FOR AGFACOLOR NEGATIVE FILM

                              Agfocolor Negotive Film CN l7   Agfocolor Negotive Film CN l4
Aperture settings required from
Moy to August,2 hours ofter
sunrise until 2 hours before sun-   Bright  i  Slight    Overcost,    Bright    Slight  j Overcost,
set, shutter speed t/rr; sec.      sunshine ,  hoze         dull     sunshine   hoze I    dull
                           between I between   between   between   between   between
Beoch scenes, mountoins, snow   f.1l&16'f.8&ll     f.5.6&8   f.8&il    f.5.6&8   f.4&5.6
Well  lit streets ond buildings,
open londscopes with distont
bockgrou nd                   f.8& il    f.5.6&8   f.1& s.6   f.5.6&8    t.4 & 5.6   f.2.8&1
People, groups in the open,
londscopes with dork fore-
ground, street scenes         f.5.6&8 f.4&5.6                          f.  ,f & 5.6   t.2.8&1
Dork buildings,
people in the shode                               f.2.8 & 4             J.2.8&1

                 From September to April open lens operture one stop more.
Agfocolor Negotive Film. The universol film for colour or block ond white poper
prints ond enlorgements of ony size.
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IN POOR LIGHT-
                               TIME EXPOSURES
                                   For time exposures you should ploce
                                      your Agfo Reflex on o firm support or
                                     use o tripod. When the shutter speed
                                          ring is set to the "8" position the shut-
                                                ter will stoy open os long os you press
                                        the releose.  lt is normolly odvisoble to
                               use o coble releose which con be
                                 screwed into the shutter releose O.
                                                        lf, for instonce, you wish to photo-
                                    groph o fireworks disploy, the time ofThe porticulors contoined in the ex-                                     keeping the shutter open depends onposure tobles on the previous poges                              how long the firework burns.ore of course only intended os o guide;
it is better to moke quite sure by using   The best method is to set the widest
o photoelectric exposure meter. The    lens operture (f. 2.8), the "8" position
Agfo Lucimeter S exposure meter  is   on the shutter speed scole ond the in-
not only hondy ond ottroctively styled    finity sign (-,) ogoinst their qppro-
but olso very simple to use.              priote index morks. For photogrophs

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       of this kind you should definitely use   Agfolux, to the occessory shoe of o
     o tripod, preferobly with o boll ond   normol flosh brocket ond then secure
        socket or tilting heod. Such pictures   the brocket io the tripod bush of the
       ore speciolly rewording on Agfocolor   comero by the screw. The synchroniso-
          Film.                                    tion coble is then connected to the
                                                     flosh contoct @ ond the shutter speed
                                                     ring set to 1/go sec.
                                           The required lens operture con be seen
                                        from the toble for X synchronisotion
                                                   printed on every pocket of flosh bulbs.
                                      With on electronic floshgun you con
t                                     use ony shutter speed (i. e. foster
     FTASH PHOTOGRAPHY-       shutter speeds) with block ond white,
                 CHILD'S PLAY   doylight colour reversol ond colour
         In mony coses, for indoor photogrophy   negotive films. The correct lens oper-
I        in porticulor, the lock of light hos to   ture to use is obtoined from the flosh
      be mode good by using floshlight ond   foctor opplicoble to the porticulor
       your Agfo Reflex is fitted with o flosh    floshgun. For exomple, o flosh foctor
       contoct for this purpose. You ottoch   of 96 divided by 12 feet would give
       the floshgun, such os on Agfo KM or   the lens operture f. 8.

TECHNICAL SECTION



           OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION...
                You will probobly wont to know something more
                    qbout your Agfo Reflex, to leorn of the ossociotions
                    between shutter speed, operture ond depth of field,
                    obtoin some useful hints on technique, how to
                   choose the right film for the right occosion-in
                        short, how to toke good photogrophs. And so we
                      odvise you to reod through the poges of this "Tech-
                         nicol Section". The time token will be well spent.

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       The diophrdgm of o lens controls the  When setting shutter speeds, use only
       omounf of light reoching the film. Un-   the click settings for the vorious ex-
       der good lighting conditions you con   posure times; do not attempt to set in-
         use o smoll operture, such os  f .16 or 22,   termediate aalues!
         operture, such os f. 2.8 or 4, is nec-I      whereos in poor light o lorge lens
          essory.
 I                                        The operture ond shutter speed deter-
      As the diophrogm opens continuously   mine the exposure of the film. Both fqc-
            it is olso possible to set intermediote    tors qre reloted to eoch other. lt is thus
       volues between ony two operture   possible to combine o short shutter
        numbers.                          speed with o lorge operture ond o
                                           smoll operture with q long shutterI      The shutter of your Agfo Reflex offers   speed. The only importont point to
                    meqns                                          remember                            of controlling                                                                                     is thot                                                                         shutter                                                                      speeds                                                                               longer
                            possingI      theyou omountthe secondof light                                      through   thqn                                                             1/oo sec.                                                           should                                                               not                                                       be used                                                                                        for
        lhe lens. Short shutter speeds, such qs   photogrophs holding the comer<l in
           1/25s s€c., for exomple, ollow much less  your honds; the qbsolute limit is
         light to reoch the film thon longer    1/s6 sec. if comerq shoke is to be
         speeds, such os 1/ro second.               ovoided.

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SOME GENERAL HINTS         or other suitoble obiect. A chonge in
 FOR YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS    the comero position olso relieves the                                  monotony. Try out oblique "bird's-
A very striking effect is obtoined by   eye" or "worm's-eye" views.
photogrophing your subiect in oblique   Clouds, porticulorly the cumulus type,
sunlight. Of course you con olso hove   moke o world of difference to o sub-
the sun behind you but then you must    iect. By using o yellow filter they conbe coreful to keep your own shodow   be brought out very well.
out of the picture.                            It is olso on eosy motter to explore
Photogrophs ogoinst the lig.ht coll for   the wonders of ihe minioture world
some experience becouse the roys of   with your Agfo Reflex. All you need  is
the sun should not foll directly on the   the Agfo Close-Up Altochmenl cover-
lens. lt is best to loke odvontoge of   ing o ronge of l5-32 in. (38-80 cm.).
the shodow of o tree or house ond   The monner in which the toking ond
use the lens hood too.                viewing lenses ore orronged close
Photogrophy without sunshine is olso   together one obove the other elimi-
possible. With on overcost sky controst    notes viewfinder porollox even of short
con be heightened by using o medium     ro nges.
yellow filter, with block ond white film.   Moving oblects such os processions
Views from o mountoin peok or tower   ond similor events ore eosier to pho-
ore olso well worth while, if possible   togroph if you work out the most suit-
including foreground interest of some   oble distonce beforehond, set the
kind. Think of the foreground in your   focusing ring to this figure ond let the
londscope photos too, ond enliven   procession or obiect enter this shorp
them by including o person, poth, fence   zone. This leoves you free to concen-
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trote on the picture in the viewfinder  TH: RIGHT FILM
ond to press the shutter releose of the     FOR EVERY OCCASIONmoment when the light circulor portion
of the rongefinder gives on unbrokenimoge, indicoting thot the subiect is in   Before looding the comero with film,                                        here ore o few suggestions to help youfocus.                                              in choosing the rilEt film.
CARE OF YOUR CAMERA                                  Only 35 mm. minioture films ore used
To obtoin long life from your Agfo Re-    in ihe Agfo Reflex. The size of the pic- flex it is odvisoble to protect  it ogoinst    ture obtoined with them is 24 x36 mm.the effecis of the weother with the
 procticol ever-reody cose mode spe-   These films ore wound on o spool en-ciolly for the comero.                    closed in o light-tight cossette,'ond ore It is olso o good plon to moke sure   supplied in two different lengths tothot ihe inside of the comero ond the   give 36 ond 20 exposures respectively.lens ore free from dust or dirt of ony
kind before looding the comero with   Minioture films ore obtoinoble in vor-
film.                                   ious speeds so thot you con choose
                                                                               theCAMERA NUMBER              the type of film best suited to                                   seoson of the yeor ond weother. In
Your Agfo Reflex beors o seriql num-   generol low-speed films possess q finer
ber engroved obove the ropid trons-   groin thon high-speed films. lf you
port lever. We odvise you to moke o   know in odvonce thot you will be hov-
note of this number immediqtely ofter   ing big enlorgements mode from your
purchosing ihe comero.                 photogrophs it is therefore best to use
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                                                                           od-l30 Agfo lsopon FF, l30 DIN/l6 ASA.      ond definition it offers the                                         vontoge of of leost one extro lens
                                                                                shutterl7o The speed roting of Agfo lsopon F        speed.opertureAdviceor equivolenton how to expose     is l7o DIN/40 ASA. lt hqs fine                                            this film is contoined in eoch     groin, good contour shorpness                                                   corton.    ond wide exposure lotitude. This
       is therefore the film to use qs o                                The world of colour is open to you
     normol-speed  film.                with Agfocolor film, o fovourite for
                                    over 20 yeors becouse of the noturol2lo In poor light Agfo lsopon lSS,  woy in which it reproduces postel ond    2lo DIN/.l00 ASA, is the right   bright colours qlike. The high speed
     film becouse it is twice os fost   of these films hos mode oction photo-
     os lsopon F.                      grophy in colour o reolity!
25o For very unfovouroble  lighting   For colour tronsporencies: Agfocolor  '   conditions use Agfo lsopon Ullro,   Reversol Film CTlS; for colour prints
    25o DIN/250 ASA. With subiects  on poper: Agfocolor Negotive Film.
    of normol controst you con use
   one shutter speed foster thon   The lotter type of film is supplied  in     with lSS.                  two speeds, 14o DIN/20 ASA ond                                   170 DtN/40 ASA.    As o lost resort, where even the
     speed of Agfo lsopon Ultro is not   The correct woy to loqd your comercr
     enough,Agfo lsopon Record goes   with film is described on the next two
    one step further. With equol groin    poges.
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HOW TO LOAD THE CAMERA
First set ihe film fype indicotor (To be corried out in subdued
by turning the milled 1i1O unli! light or in the shodow of your    required            symbolthe                                                                                                      ,                   oppeors in  ;:,.oooY'lthe    wiridow,            oi              follows.
Block ond white morkings          :  Block-ond-white film
CN :  Negotive colour film for
        dovliqht ond ortif. lioht CK : 6o1o;r reversol film,-
 A     ortificiol light type CF : Colour reversol  film,
 F     ortificiol floshlight fypeCT : Colour reversol film,
DAY  doylight type
      Y

                                A
                                                  Drow out the rewind knob with
                                                                   the left hond os for os it will go
                                                    ond insert the film cossetle.
                                                           Push bock the rewind knob.
                   A
                        Open the comero bock by slid-
                                 ing cotch in direction of orrow.

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                                      Insert the film in the slit so thol
                              the lug engoges in the second
                                      film oerforotion.
                    V                Close the bock of the comero by
                                                                   pressing it until it snops home.
                                                      As the film is wound on to lhe
                                                                                           first exposure (see poge 72) the
                                                            rewind knob @ will turn-indi-
                                                                       coting thot the film hos been in-
                                                                    serted in the correct woy.


Drow out enough film for the
norrow tongue to reoch the wind-
ing spool eosily. Then turn the
spool by its milled ring until the
brood slit ond smoll film per-       A
forotion lug ore uppermost.    Now turn the winding spool in
                             the direction shown by the or-
                         row until obout rrrrd. inch full
                             width of film projects from the
                                         cossette.