Dacora / Dacora I User manual

c7\     g)*_Jeqr pholo qmqteur:
 B?loTe you srorr roking.piclures with your new DACoRA-co,,'".o
 which will grive you greor preosure, we request you ro peruse this
 leoflel' \Me sholl ocquoint you in the         of our instruclions
 only wilh the mosr imporlont technicol "o.rrr.dolq ond monipulotions
 so thol it will become o reql pleosure for vou ro toke photos wilhyour DACORA which will orwoys be your ielicble componion.
And now we wish you good luckl
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               Dcngelmaier & Co., ReullingreuWrirlt. (Germqny)
                            Cqmerqwerk



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The three DACORA types for the populqr formot O by 6 cm
(2114" x2rlq") wilh film spools 120 ond 620 ore equipped qs follows:
DAC O RA
with VARIO-shuller, shuller speeds r/ss, tly,,                                                                   rlzoo second, shorp
crnd coqled lens SUBITA l:6,3 with depth of Iocus ring.
DACORAI                -   €'
with VARIo-shuller, shutler speeds rlzs, rlr'n, r/roo second, qnd rhe
fqsier couted objeclive ENNAR or WESTAR l:4,5.
DACORA I
with PRONTO-shutter qnd built-in self-limer, shuiler speeds
tl"s, tlso,tlrco,'lzoo second ond superb ENNAR- or WESTAR-
ANASTIGMAT lens l:3,5 coqled, of course.

,   1. Front lens for focirssing
   2. Stotionory orrow for focussing
    3. Depth of focus scole
   4. Riner ior selecting the time of exposure
   5. Coble releose conneclion
.  6. Lever for lens cperlure qdjustment                                                       !
   7. Lever for the lension of shutter                                                                                                                                         I
   8. Body-releqse                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I
   9. Releose bulton for opening the ccrmercr
  10. Opticol view-finder
  11. Accessory shoe
  12. Film winding knob
  13. Fiosh conlqct (for strobe qs welll
  14. Bed brcrces
  15. Lock for opening crnd closrng ccrmercr.

Operqting Insiruclions
 l. Opening the ccrmerq lor inserling lilm.
   Pull oul slide of lock (15), swing bock open.
2. Locdins the film.
   Pull out the film winding knob (12), insert lhe empty film spool         j
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          !   in the swivel spool knob, reinsert the swivel spool knob in ihe
  upper chcmber, ond press the film windincr knob (12) bcrck. Put             1
  lhe spool with film in the lower chomber. Toke the end of lhe                       /                                                                     -                                                                                         t   Iilm (see opposile picture) qnd ihrecrd it into the wide slit of
   the empty spool,lurn lhe {ilm winding knob once or lwice ond shut
   the bock. Open ihe sofety window of the bock qnd turn lhe
   Iilm winding knob until the figure I oppeors in lhe windovr.
  Close sqfety of window between winds
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3. The built-in double exposure slop prevents q double exposure.


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The following depths of focus cqn be obloined:
shorl-rqnge - crpprox. - 6' - 13'
long-rqnge - qpprox. - 12' - q (infinily)
  d) Ftash contcrct: The llosh conlqci (13) ensures simullaneous
     releqse of {loshlisht ond shutter.
    Exposure speed of                           r/x S€cord is suggesled.
  e) Relecse of shutler: Tension the shuiter with lever (7). BV pressin€r
    the knob (body releose) the shutter is releosed. In cose of
    time exposures ring (4) must be set ct B. As soon os the
    pressure on the body releqse (B) is removed the shutter closes
    qgqin ofter ecrch exposure. Open the window qnd turn the
     Iilm 1o ihe next number.

                                                                               (B). ,  Wqrning! Never force the body-releose

I) Holding lhe ccmercr in shootinq position
    Steody holding of the ccrmerq is of course neeessory.
  g) View-Iinder: Keep it close lo the eye ond compose. (See
     picture on opposile page.)
  h) Wire releqse: The wire releqse is screwed inio the loper
    threod o{ the wire relectse connection  (5).
   A wire releose is only used in cose of long exposures or
   when using cr lripod.
            Shuttins of the DACORA
    Before shutting the cqmero focus lens for oo.




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Self-timer: The type DACORA  I equipped with shulter
   PRONTO which hos o buili-in sel{-limer. By pressing down lhe
     red knob on the left bottom side of the shutter the relecrse delcy
    movement  is tightened ond operctes by pressing down ihe bodY
     releose knob. The deloyed ociion is operoted obout l0 seconds.
   k) Removql oI the film: After toking lhe lcst pholo turn the film
    winding knob (12) until he end o{ the frlm slides by the film win-
    dow. Open bock. Detach film spool, if possible in the shqdow,
    from the opposile spool pivot by pullins out the film winding
    knob (12) ond toke ii out. Pcrste up lhe exposed Iilm spool
     qt once by meons of its gummed ]obel. Ploce empty spool
      in its proper position crnd press the {ilm winding knob properly.
    For close-ups supplemenlory lenses con be used.
               Dqngelmaier & Co., ReutlinsreuWiirtt. (Germqny)
                               Ccrmerqwerk
                          Prinled in Germony
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