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Voigtlander Ultramatic User manual
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Right Here is the most importont piece of odvice of this instruction h
booklef. We hove prepored it with o greot deol of core
r to show everything in ihe cleorest possible woy. So
pleose reod this booklei corefully before putting your first film in the comero! i
First of oll, moke yourself thorougNy fomilior with the
ULTRAMATIC ond proctise the vorious operotions with
the empty comero. Remember olso thot the ULTRAMATIC
is very robust, but nevertheless on opticol ond mecho-
nicol precision instrument. lt therefore requires gentle
ond sensible treotment. The comero will repoy coreful
hondling with beoutifully cleor ond shorp pictures for
mony yeors io come.
VOIGTLANDER A.G. BRAUN SCHWEIGView original page 3Page 6 · Read text
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C Distqnce ring @ Film speed scqle in DIN @ Film counter'
for focusing with odiustment @ Cqble releqse socket , button tor 20 or 36@ Distqnce scole @ Film speed scqle in ASA exposure cossettes with depth of field indicotor
@) Tripod bushO Control ring @ Lens cotch
for outomotic or monuol
opertUreI control
Digitally signed by mike
(f Synchroniser mike butkusDN: cn=mike butkus, for M or X flosh synchron- o=orphancameras, ou=29,
isotion, qnd self-timer V butkus email=mike@butkus.org,Date:-04'00'2019.07.07 13:05:28c=USO Flqsh socket
for plug from floshgun
€ R"u"rsing lever
for film rewind knob
e shutt"r ring
for setting the shutfer speed
@ R"l"or"
@ Filt"t fqctor disc
to compensote for filters
@ fih rewind knob
with film type indicotor
@ Film speed cqtch
for odiusting film speed scoles Fis. llView original page 6Page 7 · Read text
Loading the camera
You moy use ony type of film in your ULTRAMATIC comero.
The usuol doylight cossettes with perforoted 35-mm block-ond-
white or colour film yield 36 or 20 exposures of 24 x 36 mm
eoch. Colour film con be the reversol type for colour tronspo-
rencies, or colour negotive film for colour prints on poper.
Although the cossettes ore light-tight, it is better not to hondle
them in direct sunlight. Alwoys lood or unlood ihe comero in
be.the shode - even in your own shodow if need
The fitm type indicotor
is intended only to remind you of the type of film octuolly in
the comero. lt hos no effect whotsoever on the exposure.
To set it: press reversing lever (6) to the right, ond rewind
knob (10) will spring up. Turn the coloured disc until the sector
with the corresponding film symbol is situoted opposite ihe
engroved mork.
White = block-ond-white film
Blue = colour film for doylight
Yellow = colour film for ortificiol lightView original page 7Page 8 · Read text
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Setting the Film Speed 3200 1600 800 400 200 100 50 .2s 12. ASA
Moke it o rule to set the film speed
olwoys bef ore looding the comero,
becouse the outomotic exposure control
depends on this setting. You will find the
film speed morked in ASA or DIN on the
film corton or in the instruction leoflet
occomponying the film. To set the film speed, press cotch If,I
(11) ond turn the ring morked with
scoles (12) ond ('14) until ihe re-
quired ASA or DIN number is
opposite the red V index mork.
l0 ASA: I dot before 12 ASA
32 ASA' I dot ofter 25 ASA
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To open the comero: push reversing lever (6)
to the right; rewind knob (18) will then spring
up. Fully pull out the rewind knob (through
the intermediote stop position) ond the co-
mero bock con be opened (see Fig. lll).
Anchor the beginning of the film to the hook
of fhe toke-up spool by o perforotion hole.
Drow ihe cossette ocross the film irock, in-
sert it info the cossette chomber ond push Fig. lVthe rewind knob home. Ai the some time,
ensure thot the shoft of the rewind knob
engoges the film cosselte core correctly (see
Fis. lV).
Finolly turn the lower milled ring of ihe
toke- up spool until the full width of ihe
film lies tightly upon the sprocket wheel ond
two of its teeth engoge two film perforotions
(see Fig. V).
Close ihe comero bock by clicking inio the
locked position.
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Getting Ready for the First Exposure
The film counfer con be sei io one of iwo positions:
for o 36 or 2O-exposure cossette. Accordingly furn
film counter (16) to the left or right, ond the oppro-
prioie number (36 or 20) will oppeor in the window.
Setting: When the comero wos opened,
the counter outomoticolly returned to the
zero position f. Now operote the ropid wind-
ing lever ond the releose button (8) olter-
notely until ihe film counter indicotes No.36
or No.20 below the V mork in the window.
After eoch exposure the counter will show
the number of exposure still ovoiloble.
lf the ropid winder is locked lo stort with (when ihe
shutter is still cocked) first press the releose.
The Rapid Winder
cocks the shutter, odvonces the film by one frome
ond olso operotes the film counter. The ropid winder
must olwoys be pulled os for os it will go - only
then will it fly bock outomoticolly.
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Unloading the camera
When the lost exposure hos been mode, the film must be
rewound: Push reversing lever (6) to the right ond the rewind
knob will then spring up; turn the lotter in the direction of
the orrow until q definite resistonce is felt, sufficient to stop
the knob rototing. This ist the signol thot the exposed film
hos been wound bock into the film cosseiie.
Now you con open the comero bock by fully pulling out the
rewind knob, ond remove the cossette from the comero.
When trying to obtoin more thon 36 or 20 exposures on one roll of
film, it moy hoppen thol the ropid winder connot be swung completely
ond thot it blocks. In this cose do not opply force, otherwise you will
teortheperforoiion or moke thefilm end slip out of the cossefte. Proceed
os follows: push reversing lever (6) to the righl, ond the rewind knob will then spring up; furn the
ropid winding lever os for os it will go ond let it fly bock to its originol position. Unlood the
comero os described obove.
Changing Partly Exposed Films
Rewind the portly exposed film os described on poge '14. Remember to moke o note of the number
of the losi exposed frome, ond to re-set lhe fllm speed ond film type if necessory.
When relooding the originol film, first of oll ploce the block lens cop over the lens mount. Then
insert the film in the uiuol woy ond olternotely octuote the rcipjd winder ond the releose button
until the number of the frome you hod noted oppeors in the film counter window ('16). Advonce the
film once more ond you qre reody for further picture toking. Don't forget to remove lhe lens coplView original page 12Page 13 · Read text
The Technique of Picture Taking The ULTRAMATIC comerq hos o universolouto-
molic exposure device, i. e. you con either
use the "outomoficolly" correct lens operiure
with o pre-selected shutter speed, or you con
tronsfer the correct exposure volue "monuolly"
to o chosen operture. The lotter method hos
the odvontoge thot you con use the comero
under the most fovouroble bolonce of oper-
fure ond shulter speed for o porticulor picture.
We moy odd fo the obove odvontoges those
offered by the perfect single-lens reflex sy-
stem. With one look through the viewfinder:-
. you con see the subiect upright, righf-woy-
round, ond free from porollox, wilh preci-
sely the field of view covered by the film
f rome;
. you con occurolely focus with oll inter-
chongeoble lenses, either by meons of the
opiicol split-imoge rongefinder or on the
ground-gloss screen;
. you con reod off the outomoiic operture
indicotion;
. you con control the odiustment of ihe
shufter speed/operfure combinotion; equol-
ly, if, when using o filter, the relevont focior
hqs been compensoted for.
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For Automatic Gontrol The depth of field indicotor which rides over lhe distonce scole does not func-
With control ring (3) set ot ihe "A" position tion with the "A" setting. However the
the correct operture will be set outomoticolly. operture number indicoted by the
pointer in the viewfinder will serve os o
guide to the exlent of the depth of field.C Setting the shutter speed
Turn shutler ring (7) uniil the required But more obout depth of field on poge 17.
shutier speed clicks into position opposite
the red mork Y. The shutter speed should
be chosen occording lo subiect move-
meni ond prevoiling light conditions.
@ Serting the distonce (focusing)
os described on poge 14
@ ... and Toking the Picture
Look through the viewfinder ond frome
the subiect in the besf possible woy; if ihe
operture pointer lies in the white oreo -
iust press the releose ond the picture is
token.
Should this pointer be in one of the two red oreos
it is nol possible to toke o picture becouse of the
light conditions or becouse the preselected shutler
speed is too short. lf possible, select onother.longer
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Sometimes it is desiroble to disengoge the
outomotic exposure control in order io be
oble io set the shutter speed/operture combi-
notion personolly. This con hoppen with flosh
shots or when you wish to use "differentiol
focusing" for greoter picture impoct.
O Chonging lo "Monuol" conlrol
Turn control ring (3) from the "A" position
to the ronge of operture numbers. At the
some time the depth of field indicotor will
commence to operote ond the two ied
pointers will slide over the dislonce scole.
@ Setting the distqnce (focusing)
os described on poge 14.
@ Determining lhe depth of field
Set the operture ring to thoi operture
number which shows the desired depth of
field on the distonce scole.
The exomple in the illustrotion shows thot ot
the operture f111, ot o distonce of l6 feet, the
depih of field olreody begins ot l0 feet ond
extends io 67 feet.
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@ ... qnd Toking the Picture
Look through the viewfinder ond turn the
shulter ring till ihe needle (in the white oreo)
poinis to the some operture number to which
you hove olreody set the control ring . . . ond
then toke the picture.
The white figures on the shutter ring (1/500 -
1/30 second) ore shutter speeds which, under
normol conditions, moy sofely be used for
hond-held shots.With the yellow figuresl/15-
I second the comero should be firmly sup-
ported on o iripod, tree trunk, etc., fo ovoid
unshorpness through comero movement during
exposure.
At "8" the shutter remoins open os long os
releose (8) is pressed. Here, too, o iripod is
necessory, os well os o coble releose which
con be screwed into coble releqse socket (13).
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moy be done in two woys: o In the splii-imoge rongefinder verficol lines of the subiect ore disploced to the left or right (with ihe comero held horizontol) or upwords or downwords (wiih the comero held upright) os you turn the di- stonce ring (see exomple l). The lens is occurotely focused when ihe two ports of the imoge register precisely ocross the split circle (see exomple ll). r The ground-gloss screen is most suitoble for focusing subiects without prominentverticol or horizontol lines. In this cose turn the distonce ring until the subiecl oppeors shorp on the ground.-gloss screen, which is orronged oround the centrol split-imoge oreo.View original page 17
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For on exposure we recommend thot you hold the
comero os shown in the iwo illustrotions. The eye
should be os neor io the eyepiece of. ihe view-
finder thot the eniire imoge oreo con be seen in
comfort.
Alwoys press the releose button os smoothly
os possible - never ierk it! The imoge in the
viewfinder disoppeors of the instont of ex-
posure ond re-oppeors immediotely ofter-
words, so thot ih'e subiect con be woiched
viriuolly withoui interruption.
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Interchangeable Lenses -lnsertion and Removal A full ronge of Voigtlcinder high-performonce onostig- mot lenses, of differenl focol lengths ond opertures, ore ovoiloble for the ULTRAMATIC comero. These lenses enoble you to toke ony subiect in the most effective woy. All interchongeoble lenses ore fitted in o quick-chonge boyonet mouni ond ore occurotely focused with the two-woy rongefinder. As the ioking lens it of the some time qlso the viewfinder lens, you olwoys see lhe correct view in the finder irrespective of lhe subiect distonce or ihe focol length of the lens used. When inserting o lehs, moke sure thot the red ,l't dot on the lens mount is opposite the red dot on ihe operture control ring (see illustrotion). Then turn the ring slightly to the right until it clicks into position ond it will be firmly mounted'in the comero. To r e m o v e the lens, press cotch (15), turn the lens to the left qnd pull it out of the shutter (see illustrotion). 16View original page 19
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The depth of field covers thot port of the subiect, in Aperture and Depth of Field
fronl of ond behind the focused distonce, which is re-
scole
shorply
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Flash!
With flosh you con toke the most delightful indoor pic-
iures of the fomily circle or of festive occosions; you 3fr
con olso give your outdoor portroits o beoufiful sunny
effect on o cloudy doy, or moke heovy shodows in
"ogoinst-the-light" pictures iusi thot little lighter.
Wiih block-ond-withe film the flosh con be used on its
own, or equolly well combined with doylight or ortificiol
light sources, such os tungsten lomps. For flosh shots with
doylight type or oriificiol light type colour film refer to
the oppropriote instruciion leoflets. ln cose of doubt your
Deoler will be glod to odvise you.
Mounting the Flashgun on the Camera
The floshgun or the flosh tube of on electronic unit is
usuolly fitted to the side of the comero by meons of o ffi speciol brocket. A seporote occessory shoe con olso be
clomped behind the viewfinder eyepiece mounl; you conk then fit the floshgun on the top of the comero os well.
The illustrotion shows the Voigtlcinder Floshgun in position.
The flosh coble completes the electric circuit between the
flosh unit ond the comero shutter. Push the plug of the
flosh coble into the flosh socket (5).
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Flosh-bulbs ond electronic flosh uniis differ
in their chorocteristics such os the firing de-
loy ond light output. To ensure thot the peok
brightness of the flosh coincides with the
instont when the shutter is fully open, there
ore two types of synchronisotion: M ond X.
According to the type of flosh-bulb or eleclronic
flosh, the synchroniser (4) is either left ot the "X"
posilion or moved to "M" (post o smoll locking
powl).
You will find oll the necessory informotion on "X"
ond "M" os well os on suiloble shuiter speeds;
with the flosh-bulbs ond with the floshgun or elec-
ironic flosh unit itself.
For flosh shots with the self-limer (synchroniser sei
to "V"), use only the shutter speeds intended for
ihe "X" position (see olso poge 20).
The lens operture required for correcl exposure
con be obtoined from the so-colled guide number.
This is usuolly quoted on the flosh-bulb pocking
or in the leofleis issued with fhe bulb or electronic
I flosh unit. To find the correct operlure divide the
I opproprioie. guide number by the distonce in feel
between the subiect ond ihe comero; lherefore: -
I
'aI qperlure - guide nunrber -i distonce,View original page 22Page 23 · Read text
Shots with the Self-timer
The Synchro-Compur shutter con olso be releosed
through o deloying device (self-timer) with the con-
trol ring set lo Automotic or to ony of the monuol
setti ngs.
It is very simple indeed:-
Put the comero on o firm bose, preferobly screwed
on o tripod, ond move synchroniser (4) to "V". lf
you now press the releose you will hove time lo
move to your positioni ofter o deloy of obout l0 se-
conds ihe shutter will be reosed outomoticolly. The
synchroniser then returns itself from the "V" to the
"X" position.
Do not use lhe self-timer with the shulter sel to "8".
The synchroniser, once sel lo "V" csnnol be pushed
bqck to the X or M positions by hqnd.
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Voigtliinder Focar lenses
ore obtoinoble in different powers for oll inter-
chongeoble lenses from 40 mm focol length,
from 0.25 io 6.5 diopters; they moy be combined
to o moximum power of '10 diopters, which will
'l : .|.85.qllow o scole of reproduction of
Simply screw the Focor lenses on the comero
lens mounf . Focus with ihe rongef inder or
ground-gloss screen. The finder of the some time
shows the correct field of view, in full brillionce
right into the corners. The imoge is the right
woy round ond free from ony porollox error.
To moke sure of odequole depth of f ield for such
close-ups, slop down lo ot leosl t/5.6 of f/8. When
copying documents ond similor originols on operture of
Jl1l or f/15 is odvisoble. The use of Focor lenses does
nol offect the exposure. lf filters ore to be used, screw A detoiled Focusing Tqble for oll Focor
lhe filter in front of the Focor lens. When using more lenses ond interchongeoble lenses, in-
lhon one Focor lens, ploce the one with the highest power cluding doto on scoles of reproduclion,
(engroved with the lorgest number of diopters) immedi- depth of field, etc. is ovoiloble from
otely in front of ihe comero lens. your Deoler.
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Voigtlilnder Filters
ore lrord-coqted ond do not impoir the lens performonce in ony woy. The
yellow, green ond oronge one con/ of course, only be used with block-ond-
white films - ultrq-violet, sky-light ond polorising filters ore s.u.itoble for
colour f ilm os well. $t''l&a'6 6'9 Filter t"v*u'iu ' Foclo r
Yellow fiher G 1.5 x Slight filtering effect for outdoor shots such os sports ond r o.iion subieEis 1.5 -2
Yellow filter G3x Universol filter for londscopes ond ofher outdoor subiecis; iniirpuniobLe for snow piclures 3
Green filter GR 4 Liohtens qreen tones in londscopes. Recommended for orti- fic"iol ligh"t portroiture ond for copying of coloured originols 3-4
Oronge filter OR 5 x Stronolv culs blue liqht for dromoiic effects. Reduces otmo- spheric'hoze in disioni views . 5
Ultrq-violet filter UV Cuis out uliro-violet rodiotion in high mountoins or neor the seo. Eliminotes unpleosont blue costs in colour shots.
Reouires no exposure increose
f i lter ond o weok conversion Sky-light filter SF A combinotion of the u. v. filter; it compleiely eliminotes the ultro-violet port of the
soecrrum
Polorising filter POI Reduces or cuts out disturbing reflections from shiny sur- see rpeciol foces (spectocles, polished oreos, woler) other thon mefoi inrtrucfionr
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