DACORA DIGNETTE User manual

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With your new DACORA-dignette                                                                                                                                                   I
you hove purchosed o soundly mode               't.                                                                                                                                                            i                                       Viewfinder with high controstond ottroctively styled 35 mm minio-
turecomerowhich hos been designed          front lens, bright light frome ond
for quick ond eosy operotion.  lt will         center morking
toke first closs pictures in both colour         2. Shutter Releosc Buttonond block-ond-whithe.The modern DAORA-dignette with         3. Selftiner (outo releose)
ils up-to-dote technicol feotures ond          4. Shutter Speed Diol
top quolily lens belongs to the upper         5. Aperlure Setting Lever                                                                                                     I
                             The                     comeros.closs     of the minioture                                        this         6. Distonce Focusing Ring                           J            moderote                         price ofostonishingly
comero hos been mode possible by         7. Flosh Contoct                           {
                                                                                                      1thorough rotionolizotion of the pro-         8.  Lens.                                                                                                                                      t';duction, ond by the foct lhot this         9. Depth-of-Field Scole'comero is being monufoclured in         'r0.lorge series.                         Comero Lock.
We ore certoin thot your DACORA-        11. Ropid Film Advonce(Film Wind)
dignetfe will bring you much pleosure       12. Film-Speed Reminder Disc                          'l                         good                  you          we wish       ondond ioy,                             your       13. Accessory Shoe                     sholssucces     when                         wifh             toking
new comcrq,                                14. Exposure Counter  Disc
             Your                           15. Rewind Knob
  DACO RA- KAM E RAW E RK         16. Releose Button for Rewind
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                           Insertlng  the Film
Unwropping..ond, looding of o  fif m cortridge or cossette shouldoe oone In the shode, or in ony other dim spot.
    comero              is being                    opgngd                          by                                           bock                                                          button-r-[g(10) upword.           Then                  thJ                      rewi"d                                  pushingjiSi fr the"ilik;J                             l;6f,                                                ;;i-;;J'i[;cotch                                                                                            'r.cossette                                jr.r       dropped                     The                            rewiird'kno5*                                         prrn"a                     nloce.                                                               U"if.
thot rt engoges. w.ith the core of the cossette. Thefree enJ oi-t["tllm, is then pulled o.cross the firm trock ond inserrea inio tt"iiit9t the toke-up spog! so.rhor rhe little hook protrudinJ  i"to-r:tililowel port_o.f rh'e stir roker h;id i; on" or't[;i;;t"r;f  ;h;p;;:forotion of the film.
Before closing the comero, pteose moke sure thot
o) the toke-up spool hos token firm hold of the film,
b) lhe sprockets of the.film rronsport hove cought the perforo-tions of the film (see diogrom).
Only then the comero should be closed.

Film <rnd Film Speed Reminder Disc.   Exposure Counter.
ln order to ovoid possible mistokes in se-  After hoving looded the comero
lecting the correct stops ond shutter speeds  properly, the exposure counter
the type or speed of film used should be set  ihould be set to23with o20exposure
on the indicotor disc on top of the rewind  cossette or to "A" with o35 exPosure
knob (.|2).                                     cortridge. This con be done by turn-
NT (yellow)  :  Doylight Negotive Color Film     ing the counter disc counterclock-
NK (red) :   Artifiiiol Light Negotive Color Film  wiie. The counter diol indicotes the
K  (red) :  Artificiol Light Reversol Color Film  number of exposures remoining  in                              Color Film                        Reversol              DoylightI  (yellow) :                                             Film     the cossette.                :                               Reversol              Block-ond-WithePos..(Ulock)
Neg. (block) :  Block-ond-Withe Negotive Film

Exposure and Focusing Controls.
The lens is focused by rototing the focusing ring (.6) until the ,distonce                *Ui6.t tq qitoken lieJ. osoinsi the diomond-shoped                                   shutter. Thelhutter speed is set by t-he                          the"iih;";;1";iili;";k;rir6J ironi plbt" oi                         ogoiiii'l4j'."itr"l"rip.n.t. fhe      settins of the shutter is usedfor                                 shutter will remoin op.e.n.so long os the re-Uiief iih"          ;;e-theid"il t'rtton-iin"to"*potriu A"bressed. The comero should hove.firm !Ypportit-ri"oJf *6"n it"-;g"-iJtting  is used. The operture setting. (stops) is con-
i}JilJj'Uv'in" ir"lt-lever (Siwhich is visible'on top of the lens mountins.

Depth-of-Field'
onthedorkringontheshutter(9)youwi||frndodepth-or-!e!asco|e.                                                                     scole                                            The use of theTh; ;;rl;r,  yo-, idLJ ttr"ie or"'dplrture,volues.                                                                                o                                                                            d  i s t                                          n;     rff                                            gi                                                          1 :"                                                                          ii)+ il',i n ;lii        1i*[.? 1 I h 5:* "'1""?? ?li'ir' r& of-fiefd is extending trom obout / to't'l teet'

Taklng the Plcture.
After the lens hos been correctly focused, the shutter speed set ond
the correct operture chosen, the subiect to be token is viewed through
lhe viewfinder. Hold the comero firmly with both honds ond then gently
depress the shutter releose button (2) with the forefinger of your right
hond. The onotomicolly correctly locoted button ensured vibrotionless
releose ond, therefore, shorp picture without blur.
The center morking of the viewfinder will be of help with sports ond
other oction shots.
The viewfinder hos porollox correction. When toking shofs of close
ronge -less thon 4 feet- the field between the two short lines below
the top line of the bright light frome ond the bottom lines shows whot
you will octuolly get on your picture. After the exposure bos been mode,
f he film wind lever should be operoted immediotely so thot the comero
is of once reody for onother exposure. The lever should olwoys be
moved firmly ond smoothly to the end of its trovel. This meons thot
with one movement l. the film is tronsported one frome,2. the shutter
is cocked, 3. the double exposure ond loose georing prevention device
is ret, ond 4. lhe exposure counter diol is moved one notch.
Snapshot Settings.
On on overoge sunny doy the comero con be set so thot it is reody
for use ot oll times without further odiustment. The operture should
                                                               1/so                                                                     1/oo sec. At o distonce setbe set of f.  I I ond the shutter rpeed to                                           -ot 14 feet (4 m) you will see thot the depth-of--field extends fromobout 7 feet (2,5 m) to ififinity. Thus the DACORA-dignette con be
used os o snopshot comero with striking results.

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 Taklng out the Fllm.
When you hove exposed oll the 20 or 36 fromes of the film  it
 must be complelelv rewound into the cossette before lhe comero
 bock is opened. Thc film is rewound by depressing the rewind
 releose biltton ('16) in the bose plote of lhe comero ond ollhe
                                                                  (1 5) in o clockwise direction some time turning'the rewind knob
 os shown by the-orrow, Rewinding should be continued with the
 rewind releose button held depressed until the film pulls owov
 from the tokc-up spool with o slight rending noise; there will olso
 some resistonce'bd felt ot this point. When the film hos been
 completely rewound, fhe comero con be opened ond the ex-
 posed cossette be token out.

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Selftlmer.
The DACORA-dignette models with Pronto ond prontor SVS
shutters ore equipped with q selftimer.
The Pronto model hos o smoll red lever on the underside of the
shutter (3). After cocking this lever ond depressing the shutter
releose button, there will be o deloyed oction device operoting
which releoses the shutter ofter obout 7 secondr. With the prontor
SVS model, the smoll synchro lever ot the side of the shutter
is to be set to "V" green ofter the film wind hos been operoted.
After releosing, this shutter will work in the some woy os described
obove.

Flash Shots.
All regulor flosh guns con be fitted into the occessory shoe (13) on the
top of the comero. The synchronizing leod of the flosh gun is connected
to the flosh contoct (7) ot the bose of the lens ponel. Moke sure thot
lhe connecter is firmly pushed home before using the comero forflosh
shots.
The Vorio ond Pronto shutters hove "X" synchronizotion. This meons
thot electronic flosh units moy be used oi ony shutter speeds. The shutter
speed when using flosh guns with expendoble flosh bulbs should be
set of 1/zs or liso sec.
The Prontor SVS shutter hqs qn qdditionol "M" synchronizotion, which
meons thot M-type flosh bulbs con be used ot this setiing.
Accessory Shoe.
To ottoch occessorieg like flosh guns, exposure meiers, rongefinders etc.
to the comero use the occessory shoe (13).

Fllters and Close'uP Lenses
                                                           'using We wonl to direct your ottention to the foct thot by        vorious
 types of filters, close-up lenres ond sunshodes' the quolily of your
 shots con be voried ond improved on q brood ronge'
 We orc certoin thot your photo deoler will help you with your problems'





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