Agfa Solinette II User manual

Releose Button

  Accessory Shoe



   Locking Lever



         Viewfinder
           Eyepiece

    Rewind Button
  ond Film Counter

 Film Tronsport Knob

Lock for Comero Bock
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OPENING
AND LOADING
THE CAMERA
To open the bock of the Solinette, move the smoll proiecting lotch in
    jirection of the crrrow (fig. a). The bock then' springs open ond conthe
be swung out completely by the ledge'

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Next, set the film counter disc. This
        is numbered I to 36 ond the num-
      bers 1 8 o nd the mo rk for 20 pic-
       tures for short films CIre morked in
       red. On the rig ht ho nd side of the
       viewfinder window you will see  CI
       button which op'erotes the cou nter
       disc q nd which, qs we shq ll see
        loter, qlso serves for iewinding. A
I-{      locking lever on the left prevents
 \     the counter from being moved in-
       odvertently. First pu ll this locking
       lever to the left in the direction of
       the orrow (fig.6) ond keep operoting                                                                      FIG.5
      the cou nter button u ntil the cou nter
       disc is in the storting position  " A",                                www.butkus.us      morked in red.                                                                                   7
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The film cqn now be  looded, preferobly  in subdued light. Fully pull
out the rewind knob  (fig. Z) o nd insert the new cossette   , with the stort
                                                 of the film towords the
                                      empty spool. Slightly
                                                turn the rewind knob
                                       ond push bock into the
                                                    cossette spool.





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Next, insert the nqrrow end of
the film into the slot of the
toke-up spool dovrn to the se-
cond perforotion so thqt the
smoll toke-up tooth 'of the spool
hooks into the perforotion. Turn
fhe toke-up spool by the milled
ring u ntil the  fi lm is to ut (fig. B).
About sla in. (l cm.) of 'the fwll
width of the  fif m should ot this
stoge protrude from the ccrs-
sette,



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When you hove sotisfied
yourself thqt the film runs
smoothly over the film
trock, close the bock by
moving it upwords until
                                                                                                    !it snops shut (fig. 9).





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The fogged end of the    .
film must then be to-
ken up until the film
cou nter d isc is of the
division bef ore the "1 ".
For this you hove to
mqke two blqnk ex-
posures os follows:

Open the comero boseboord by pressing the locking button (fig. 2), ten-
sion the shutter lever (fig. 10)
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Advonce the film by one frome (fig. l2)
by turning the film tronsport knob
next to the releose button, in the
direction of the orrow until it locks.
This procedure is repeoted once rnore,



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THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE LOCK
The Solinette contoins q clever locking mechqnism which prevents double
exposures ond blonk fromes. After every exposure the releose button is
locked, ond on'ly works ogoin ofter the film hos been odvonced by one
f rq me by meo ns of the  fi lm tro nsport knob.
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THE SHUTTER
Before you toke o photogroph you must firsf set the shutter to the
exposure time chosen ond then wind the shutter. The shutter is set by
turning the outer milled ring
(fig.  I 3) co rrying the fig u res
1 , 2,5,  I 0, 25, 50,  I 00 o nd 300.
These fig u res ind icote  f rqc-
tions of o second: thus 2 -
Vz second, 50 _ rlso second
ond so on. Set the desired
number opposite the blqck
triongulor mork in the centre
of the shutter (tlzs second in


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our picture). For time exposures on o tripod, set the shutter lo "8".
        With this setting the shutter stoys open os long os the releose button  is
         depressed.
         In oddition, the shutter incorporotes o self-timer which enobles you to
        oppeor in your own picture. After tensioning the shutter, push the smoll
FI      red lever underneoth the shutter towords the left. On pressing the releose
         button, the selftimer will outomoticolly releose the shutter ofter opproxi-
N     motely seven seconds. Moke sure, however, thot the synchronizing
         lever (fig. 14) is in the position "X".
      The Prontor SV shutter of the Solinette is speed-synchronized ond is
       equipped with o flosh socket for connection to the flosh gun; it olso
         corries the synchronizing lever which moy be set lo "X" or "M" (fig. 1a).
        This ollows you to use oll types of flosh bulbs even with the fostest
         shutter speeds. For full detoils see the section "Speed-Synchronizotion"
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APERTURE   SHUTTER SPEED  DEPTH OF FIELD               -
To set the operiure, move the operture lever (fig. 14) over ihe scole
 which corries the operture numbers:                                              ,l
                    3.5            5.6               il     16     22.                  tAPERTU RES. Before choosing the right operture we hove to go into
o little more detoil obout the woy it works. The roys coming frlm the
subiect first meet the lens operture which ot o lorge opening lets through
o lot, ond qt o smoll opening o little, of the light folling on it. The
omount of light tronsmitted is, however, olwoys only o froction of thot
reoching the lens.                                 .T
The figures on the operture scole os listed obove ore so orronged ihot,                                                       Ibeginning with fhe full opening f13.5, eoch succeeding number holves the
effeciive light possed.

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EX POS U R E TIM E. The omount of light required to reproduce o
      given subiect on the film is fixed. The exposure time ond operture qre
       therefore dependont on eoch other. In choosing the operture ond shutter
t.    speed we hove to preserve this relotionship:
I    ondHighlowopertureoperturenumbersnumberscollneedfor slowfost shutterspeeds speeds(short iimes).(long exposure times)
      For instonce, yoUr exposure toble moy indicote on exposure of rlzs second
      of operture B. lf, however you wont to use 1/so second to qvoid comerq
      shoke, the operture must let more light through to the lens to com-
       pensote for the shortened exposure time. Therefore set it to the lower
     number 5.6.
     DE PTH OF F lE LD. In oddition to the exposure, the operture olso'I
       determines the zone of shorpness in front of, ond behind, the focused
       distonce. Smoll opertures www.butkus.us(stopping down) oppreciobly increose this

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Aperture Lever


Flosh Socket

Focusing Ring


Synchronizing  Lever X-M

Morking for
Depth of Field Scole



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                   THE EXPOSURE
                                Before foking the first photogroph,
                                odvonce the film once more by mok-
                                ing o further blonk exposure with
                              the comero open, os described on
                           poge 11-12, so thot now the film
                                   counter disc indicotes "l".
                                  Ascerioin thot operture ond shutter
                                       setting ore correct ond focus on the
                                       subiect distonce by turning the lorge
 nrilled ring (fig. 14)so thot the required distonce is opposite the triongulor
morl<. Now tension the shutter (see poge '11).
Bring the viewfinder eyepiece close io the eye so thot you con cleorly
see the whole field of view right into the corners.
For Horizontal Pictwres hold the cornero with both honds os shown.
Steodily ond smoothly press the releose button right home with the

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index finger or second finger of the
         right hond. lt is importont here to toke
tI      ud o firm stonce ond to hold the comero  {I        reolly horizontolly.

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  I    THE PARALLAX ERROR
      The finder shows q reduced imoge oft        the subiect os it will oppeor on the film.
    i      With ciose-ups, however, the view of
       the finder does not correspond exoctly
        with the film imoge, becouse the finder
         is situoted obove the cqmero lens. In
         proctice this is only noticeoble with sub-
         iects between 3 <rnd 6 feets owoy. To
       compensote for the error, point the co-
      mero sliqhtlv up for horizontol shots,
      ond turri it ilightly in the direction of
       the finder for verticol pictures.                                         F rG. 16       The best method of holdinq the comerq
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CLOS IN G
THE SOLINETTE
Evenly press down the two
strut levers (fi9. 17)to fold
up the struts, ond move
up the boseboord until  it
snops shut. However, re-
move ony filters or lens
hoods before closing the
comero.

UNLOADING THE CAMERA
     When the film counter disc indicotes
       "36" the film is in position for the lqst
        picture. Before unlooding the comero,
      toke it out of the ever-reody cose by
       unscrewing the screw of the bottom.
       After the lost exposure the film must
      be rewound. To do this, pull the upper        'lockinq                lever in the illustrotion towqrds
       the rewind knob, ond lei go while the
        left thumb pushes the 'rewind button
      downwords. Keep this button depress-
Jp    ed durinq the rewinding. Then turn
      i      rewind kilob with the rig-ht hond until
     lI      thefilm is completely rewound  (fig. 18).
      Rewinding is complete when the film
       leoves the toke-up spool. This con be
lt       felt qfter o little while by o smoll re-
       sistonce. Corefully continue rewind-
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you con turn the rewind knob when you releose the rewind button. lf
you con turn the knob, stop winding of this point. pleose remember
 thot your deoler will hove to process your film, so do not ollow the
stort of the film to slip into the cossette.
The comero bqck con now be opened os described on poge 5. Fully
 pull out the rewind button to remove the cossette. Wrop it up light-tight
 immediotely ond morked oppropriotely os exposed.

SPEED SYNCH RON IZATION
The different flosh lomps ovoiloble vory in the following chorocteristics:     '1.      Their flosh durotion,
   2. Their light outpur,
   3. The time token from the moment of firing until they light up.
The speed synchronized shutter ollows for these chorocteristics.
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X-SYNCHRONIZATION
     Where the synchronizotion is preset, the flosh lights up of the moment
     when the shutter blodes ore fully open. This synchronisotion, known os
       X-synchronizotion, works, however, only with the slower shutter speeds,
        e. g. rlzs or rlso second.
                                                                     second       ln oddition to this setting, speed-synchronized  shutters hove o
       one, known os M-synchronizotion.
    M-SYNCH RON IZAT ION
      While the X-synchronizotion  is preset, M-synchronizotion  deloys the open-?       ing of the shutter blodes by severol milliseconds, ond thus ollows the use
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  I       oiflosh with the fostest shutter speeds. This technique uses powerful flosh

   I   I      bulbs which require o certoin firing deloy before they reoch their peok
{       brightness. When set to M, the shutter mqkes the necessory ollowonce
        for this deloy, ond ensures thot the full light of the flosh folls within the



      I      I      period when the shutter is fullywww.butkus.usopen even ot the fostest shutter speeds.
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Inslruclion, fo, use Agfo Solinette  !l
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Two points focussing is the eosiest ond most simple
woy of procticolly exploiting the depth of field of the
lens. The lever of the lris diophrogm is put to the red
mork between stops 8 ond ll. Then moke o note of
the following items:.

   Stop                 Focussing on: Depth of field:
  On red mork            '10 ft (neor)    7 ft to 22ft
  between 8 ond  11   35ft (for)     l5ft to infinity