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Cosina CS-1 User manual
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I N S T R U TC I O N B O O K L E T
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MODE D'EMPLOI
L I B R E T T OD ' I S T R U IZO N I
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F:NCLISH
Welc o m e t o t h e e x c i t in g wo rld o f Co sin a . Yo u n e w ca mer a is one of a fam ily of pr ofessional
q u a li t y c a m e r a s d e s i g n e d with th e se rio u s p h o to g ra p h e r in m ind. And the nam e Cosina is your@ a s s u r a n c e o f s u p e r b l y cra fte d o p tics a n d o u tsta n d in g me ch anical per for m ance and r eliability.
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Benvenuti nel mondo eccitante della COSINA. La Vostra nuova macchina fotografica fa parte di
una famiglia di macchine di qualitd professionalestudiate tenendo presentele esigenzedel pii
serio fotografo. Ed il nome COSINA d I'assicurazionedi un'ottica superbamentecostruita,e dic prestazioni meccanicheeccezionali.
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@ Descriptionof Controls
1 . Exposure Counter Window
2. Film Advance Lever
3. Shutter Speed Index
4. Fif m Rewind Button
5 . G u i d e P i n
6. Shutter Speed Dial
7. Film SpeedASA Window
8. Hot Shoe
9. Film PlaneReference
10. Main Switch
1 1 . F i l m R e w i n d K n o b
1 2 . F i l m R e w i n d C r a n k
1 3. Lens F lange
14. Aperture Ring
1 5. Ape rturelDistanceScale Index Line
16. Depth of Field Scale
17 . FocusingR ing/D istanceScale
18. Inf rared Mark
19. Shutter ReleaseButton
20. Lens Mount ReleaseButton
21 . Sefftimer LED
22. Removable Door Hinge 31. Film AdvanceSprocket
23. Cable/Remote ReleaseSocket 32. Film Take-up Spool
24. Carrying Lugs 33. Film PressurePlate
25. " A" Cutlet 34. Film ReminderClip
26. "X" Sync PC Outlet 35. DIN/ASA ConversionChart
27. Film Chamber 36. Tripod Socket
28. Film Ape.rture 37 . Battery Compartment Cover
29. Viewfinder 38. Auto-winder Coupler
30. F ilm G uide Rails 39. Back CoverView original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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Your CS-1 is powered by two, 1 .5 volt silver
oxide batteries(Eveready5-76, Mallory MS 76,
G 1 3 o r e q u i v a l e n t ) .
Battery installation
1. Open the battery compartment by unscrew-
ing the battery compartment cover (37)
with a coin .
2. Insert the batteries with the positive (+)
s i d e sf a c i n gy o u . ( F i g . 1 )
3. Replacethe cover and tighten it firmly. Fis1
Testing batteries
Test the batteriesfor suff icient power levelsby
takingthe f ollowing procedure: FILM LOADING1. Wind the Film advanceLever 12) if previous-
ly not wound. Your CS-1 accepts 35mm, Black & White or
2. Turn the Main Switch Lever (10) to "ON" Color f ilm standardcassettes.
p o s t t t o n . To load the camera:
3. Depressthe ReleaseButton (19) slightly and 1. Pressthe releasebutton to clear the camera
look into the viewfinder. mechanism.
One of three LE D indicators (two arrows and 2. Fold out and lif t up on the F ilm Rewind
one dot) for metering located in the upper Crank n2l to open the cameraback. (Fig.2)
portion of viewing area (see Fig.5) will illumi- 3 . Insert the film cassettein the Film Chamber
nate if there is sufficient power. lf batteriesare Q7l, then push down the Film Rewind
below the operational voltage of the camera K n o b ( 1 1 ) a n d t u r n i t s l i g h t l y t o l o c k t h e
system, replacethem with a fresh set. cassettein place.
NOTE: Turn back the main switch lever to 4 . Pull film leader across the Film Aperture
"OF F" position when you are not taking (28) and insert the end of leaderinto one of
prctures. the slots in the f ilm take-upspool. (Fig.3)View original page 8Page 9 · Read text
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C, 5. W i t h t h e f i l m r e w i n d c r a n k i n t h e f o l d e d o u t SETTINGFILM SPEED
p o s i t i o n , r e w i n d t h e f i l m s l i g h t l y t o r e m o v e F o r p r o p e r l y e x p o s e d p h o t o g r a p h s , y o u r C S - 1 ' s
a n y s l a c k i n t h e f i l m c a s s e t t e . R e c h e c k t o e l e c t r o n i c a l l y c o n t r o l l e d m e t e r i n g s y s t e m m u s t
s e e t h a t t h e f i l m r e m a i n s s e c u r e d t o t h e b e s e t f o r t h e c o r r e c t A S A ( o r D I N - f o r D I N
t a k e - u p s p o o l a n d t h a t i t i s p r o p e r l y a l i g n e d e q u i v a l e n t s , r e f e r t o t h e D I N / A S A C o n v e r s i o n
w i t h t h e S p r o c k e t ( 3 1 ) . F o l d d o w n r e w i n d C h a r t ( 3 5 ) , l o c a t e d o n t h e b a c k o f y o u r
c r a n k . c a m e r a ) r a t i n g o f f i l m y o u a r e u s i n g .
6 . C l o s e t h e B a c k C o v e r ( 3 9 ) u n t i l y o u h e a r a n
a u d i b l e c l i c k , w h i c h i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e c o v e r To set the film speed:
i s l o c k e d i n t h e c l o s e d p o s i t i o n . A d v a n c e t h e 1 . L i f t t h e c o l l a r o n t h e S h u t t e r S p e e d D i a l
f i l m b y a l t e r n a t e l y w i n d i n g t h e a d v a n c e ( 6 ) .
lever and pressing the shutter release button 2 . Turn the collar until the ASA rating for
u n t i f t h e n u m b e r " l " a p p e a r s i n t h e F i l m your film appears in the ASA Window.
Counte r Window ( 1 ) . As the advance lever is ( F i g . 4 )
w o u n d , t h e f i l m r e w i n d k n o b s h o u l d r o t a t e , 3 . Release the collar to lock the setting in
i n d i c a t i n g t h a t t h e f i l m i s a d v a n c i n g p r o - place.
p e r l y . 4 . Insert tab from the end of film box in the
film reminderclip, and that remindsyou the
type of fllm you are using.
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The CS-1 has a shutter speed range of 4 seconds
t o 1 / 1 ' 0 0 0 s e c o n d , p l u s " 8 " ( B u l b ) f o r T i m e
E x p o s u r e s . T o s e t t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d , t u r n t h e
s h u t t e r s p e e d d i a l u n t i l t h e d e s i r e d s h u t t e r
s p e e d i s a l i g n e d w i t h t h e S h u t t e r S p e e d I n d e x
( 3 ) . W h e n u s i n g s h u t t e r s p e e d s b e l o w 1 l 3 O o f a
s e c o n d , i t i s a d v i s a b l e t o u s e a t r i p o d a n d a
c a b l e r e l e a s e o r t h e e x c l u s i v e r e m o t e c o n t r o l l e r
t o e l i m i n a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f v i b r a t i o n d u e t o Fis5 t h e c a m e r a m o v e m e n t . T h e C S - 1 i s e q u i p p e d
w i t h a t h r e a d e d C a b l e R e l e a s e S o c k e t ( 2 3 ) a n d
Tripod Socket (36) for use with these acces- FOCUSINGTHE CAMERA
s o n e s . Y o u r C S - 1 ' s f o c u s i n g s c r e e n i n c l u d e s a c e n t r a l
h o r i z o n t a l s p l i t - i m a g e r a n g e f i n d e r , w h i c h i s
TIME EXPOSURES s u r r o u n d e d b y a m i c r o p r i s m c o l l a r . ( F i g . 5 )
W h e n m a k i n g t i m e e x p o s u r e p h o t o Q r a p h s , y o u r To focus .lccurately:
camera should always be tripod-mounted and 1 . C e n t e r t h e s p l i t - i m a g e r a n g e f i n d e r o n y o u r
u s e d w i t h a l o c k i n g c a b l e r e l e a s e . T h e C S - 1 ' s k e y s u b j e c t a n d t u r n t h e F o c u s i n g R i n g ( 1 7 )
electronic shutter is capable of time exposures u n t i l t h e u p p e r a n d l o w e r p o r t i o n s o f y o u r
of up to 4 seconds. subject become one, clear vertical image
2 . T h e s u r r o u n d i n g m i c r o p r i s m c o l l a r w i l l a )
For the time exposures of over 4 seconds in appear f ragmented when the image is
duration: e n t i r e l y o u t o f f o c u s , b ) a p p e a r s h i m m e r i n g
1 . A l i g n " 8 " s e t t i n g o n s h u t t e r s p e e d d i a l w i t h but viewable when image is nearly in focus
t h e s h u t t e r s p e e d i n d e x . and c) appears clear when your subject is in
2 . A d v a n c e t h e f i l m a n d p r e s s i n o n t i p o f focus. lt is especially useful when there are
cable release to open the shutter. Turn the no pronounced vertical lines on your sub-
c a b l e r e l e a s e l o c k t o h o l d s h u t t e r o p e n . j e c t , m a k i n g t h e u s e o f t h e h o r i z o n t a l , s p l i t
3. After the desired exposure time in seconds i m a g e r a n g e f i n d e r d i f f i c u l t .
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@ 3. The entire focusing screen may be used for f ull range, change the shutter speed to either
both focus and composition of your photo- slower or faster one according to "+" or
graph. The h uman eye tends to ignore m ino r " - " m a r k s i n t h e a r r o w s s o t h e g r e e n L E D
differencesin sharpness.Therefore,the hori- i f l u m i n a t e s . T h e s h u t t e r s p e e d i s i n d i c a t e d i n
zontal split image rangefinder and/or the v i e w f i n d e r . ( F i g . B )
microprism collar should always be used for W h e n a c e r t a i n a p e r t u r e s i z e ( F - s t o p n u m b e r ) i s
critical focus when possible. desired because of the depth of f ield ef fect
(refer to the next paragraph), set the desired
METERINGSYSTEM tFh-es tgorpe ef inr sLt EaDn di ltl uu rmn i nt ah tee ss h. u t t e r s p e e d d i a l u n t i l
Your CS-1 has the open-aperture,TTL center- N O T E : W h e n b o t h r e d L E D s i l l u m i n a t e , y o u
weighted average,match LE D metering system. have gone beyond the cameras metenng range
Setting the exposure: a n d s h o u l d , i f p o s s i b l e a l t e r t h e a p e r t u r e s o t h a t
1. Advancethe film. a different speed can be used.
2 . S e t t h e M a i n S w i t c h ( 1 0 ) t o " O N " . ( F i g . 6 )
3. Select a desired shutter speed by rotating
the shutter speeddial.
4. Depress the shutter release button quite Fis6 slightly so that one of the LED indicatorsin
v i e w fi n d e r i l l u m i n a t e s(.F i g . 7 )
5 . The LED indicators will tell you whether
the present setting is over, under or correct
exposure.
6 . When one of the red arrows illuminates,
rotate the Aperture Ring n4l of the lens
untif the green LED between the arrows
illuminate, you then have correct exposure.
The arrows indicate the direction in which
the aperture ring should be rotated.
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The aperture setting determines the near and The selftimer delays the tripping of the shutter
far areas in which items other than your key mechanism for approximately 10 seconds,
subject will remain acceptably sharp. This a l l o w i n g y o u t o i n c l u d e y o u r s e l f i n t h e p h o t o -
"zone of focus" is refered to as depth of f ield. graph when desired. The timed delay f unction
Y o u r l e n s f e a t u r e s a d e p t h o f F i e l d S c a l e ( 1 6 ) , i s f u l l y e l e c t r o n i c , w i t h a s e l f t i m e r L E D d i s p l a y -
which allows you to select the zone of focus ing the lapsed time. The camera should be
w h i c h w i l l a p e a r i n t h e f i n a l p h o t o g r a p h . tripod-mounted or placed on a firm support
( Fi s . 9 ) when this feature is used.
U n d e r n o r m a l l i g h t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , s e l e c t i n g a To activate the selftimer:
l a r g e r a p e r t u r e o p e n i n g ( e g : F 2 . B o r F 4 l w i l l 1. Focus and compose photograph.
a l l o w y o u t o k e e p y o u r k e y s u b j e c t i n s h a r p 2. Adjust controls for correct exposure dis-
f o c u s w h i l e p u t t i n g d i s t r a c t i n g e l e m e n t s i n o u t p l a y . ( g r e e n L E D )
of focus the foreground or background of your 3 . T u r n t h e m a i n s w i t c h l e v e r t o " S E L F "
p h o t o g r a p h . U n d e r s a m e c o n d i t i o n s , s e l e c t i n g a p o s i t i o n . ( F i g . 1 2 l
s m a l l e r a p e r t u r e o p e n i n g ( e g : F 1 1 o r F 1 6 ) w i l l 4. Press the shutter release button.
b r i n g b o t h n e a r a n d d i s t a n t o b j e c t s i n f o c u s . 5. Position yourself in photograph area within
( F i s . 1 0 &1 1 ) 1 0 s e c o n d s .
'trin1'Y ' O\'' NOTE: lf you decide not to use the selftimer after setting it, turn back the lever to the
o r i g i n a l p o s i t i o n . A l s o a f t e r p h o t o g r a p h i n g w i t h
selftimer, turn back the lever to "ON" or
E . . ^ 1 " O F F " p o s i t i o n u n l e s s y o u i n d e n d t o t a k e t h e
r l g I "I n e x t o n e w i t h s e l f t i m e r .
Mount the eyepiece cover (inserted in hot shoe)
on the eyepiece whenever you photograph
w i t h o u t l o o k i n g t h r o u g h t h e v i e w f i n d e r .
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@ FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY INTERCHANGINGLENSES
The CS-1 is synchronized for electronic Any wide-angle or telephoto, interchangeable
flash photography by using either the hot shoe lens with K type bayonet mount can be
(8) or the "X" Sync PC Outlet (26). With either mounted on your CS-1 camerabody.
connection,the shutter should be set at the red To take off the lens: 1/60 second marking on the shutter speeddial. 1. Push the Lens Mount ReleaseButton (20). When photographingunder lighting conditions
that require the use of supplementary f lash 2. Hold the cameraand lens body steadily,and
illumination, use an electronic flash unit for rotate the lens body counter-clockwise.
consistencyof results. 3. Rotating approx. 65 degreesthe lens will
then become free.
AUTOMATICEXPOSURECONTROL To mount the lens:
Your Cosina CS-1 is designedfor conversionto 1. Join the red index marks both on the
aperture-preferedautomatic operation with the cameraand lens.
addition of the Cosina AEC adapter. The AEC 2. Rotate the lens body clockwise until it
couples directly to the camera's metering snaps"
system. In use, the lens is set at the desired
aperture, the fi lm advance lever is wound, and REMOVINGFILM
the LE D metering system is activated by When you have finished exposing the last frame
depressingthe shutter release button halfway. in your film cassette 112, 20, 24 and 36-
Operated by its own, independent power exposuresettingsare coded in red on your film
supply (a single,6-volt silveroxide battery), the counter dial), remove the cassette.
Cosina AEC adapter respondsimmediately to
the LED metering system'scommand signalby To rewind the film:
1 . Push in the F ilm Rewind Button l4l . setting the correct shutter speed. Now, focus ( F i s . 13 ) and shoot!
( S e e " I N S T R U C T I O N O F C O S I N A A C C E S - 2. Fold out the f ilm rewind crank and turn in
SORIES" for more details.) direction of arrow.
3 . When the crank turns freely (without ten-
sion or "drag"), pull up on the crank to li
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o p e n t h e c a m e r a b a c k . T h e f i l m c o u n t e r w i l l CARINGFOR YOURwww.butkus.usCAMERA @ automatically reset to zero. 1. Never f orce any camera operation. Consult4. Remove the exposed cassette for processgO. this instruction manual if any questions Insert a f resh roll of film while the Cfmera occur. b a c k i s s t i l l o p e n , o r c l o s e t h e b a c k f o r 2. Remove batteries when storing camera. storage. Batteries can leak as they dg€, causing
N O T E : D o n o t l o a d o r u n l o a d y o u r c a m e r a damage to your camera. Always inspect the
u n d e r d i r e c t s u n l i g h t . batteries for signs of leakagebefore install-
ing them in your camera.
3. Keep the lens cap on when not taking
photographs. The cap protects your lens
from dust or dirt particles.
4. Clean your camera's interior. Periodically
remove any dust or film particles from the
f if m chamber, rear lens element, tdke-up
spool area or film pressureplate with an air
blower. Inspect film pressure plate for
accumulated deposits from film backing,
Fisl3 and clean with lens cleaner and tissue if
required.
5 . Keep your camera and film away from
direct sunlight or heat. Never store your
camera or film on the rear window deck,
glove compartment or other hot areas in
your car.
6. Protect your camera from moisture. Do not
store your camera in a moisture-retaining
enclosure or environment. In areas of high
humidity, extra care should be taken to
insure that your camera is kept in a com-
parativelycool, dry location.
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e sPEcrFrcArroNs
Camera Type: 35mm electronic single lens reflex camera with TTL, open-aperture,
exposure balancesystem
Film Format: 24mm x 36mm
Lens Mount: K type bayonet mount
Flange back focus distance: 45.44mm
Shutter: Magnetically controlled cloth curtain focal plane shutter with shutter speed
trom 4 to 111000sec.and B (Bulb) Flash (X) synchronisationat 1/60 sec.
Electrically controlled selftimer of 1O-secondduration with flickering
l a m p
Viewfinder: Fixed pentaprism type
Magnification: 1 X (with f=55mm lens)
Dioptre: -0.9
Field of view: 93% for both horizontaland vertical Focusingwith horizontal
split-imagecenter with surroundingmicroprismcol lar on matt fresnelscreen
Informations: Optimum, over and underexposuresand relative shutter speed
MeteringSystem: TTL, open-aperture, match LED metering system. (aperture prefered when
used with AEC adapter) Avegage metering (centerweighted)with two CdS
cell metering range: EV2 - EV19 (ASA 100)
Film Speed range: ASA 25 - 3200
Film Advance: 135o rotation of wind lever with standoff angle of 30"
Shutter Releae: Electrically controlled solenoid switch
Film Counter: Progressivetype
Automatically resetswhen camera back is opened.
PowerSource: 2 X 5-76 (or MS 76 or G 13) 1.S-Voltsilveroxide battery
Battery test with LEDs in viewf inder
Reir Cover: Removable hinge type
D i m e n s i o n s t ' 1 3 6 . 5 x 8 3 . 2 x 5 1 m m
Weight: 530 gm.
Attachable accessories:Cosina AEC adapter, Cosinaauto-winder
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