DITTO 99 35mm / Finetta 99 User manual

IMPORTANT
   Long life ond fouliless performonce con be guoronteed for the
   DITTO "99" with outomotic film odvonce only if the following
   notes, ond the booklet of instructions, ore most scrupulously
   ottended to.
G Remember thot too much force will overwind qny spring - even
   thot in your comero. So wind it gently up to the stop ond do
   not try to force it further.
O When winding up the clockwork the B.lever must not be set
   lo "8".

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a  Be speciolly coreful when looding the comero, thot the rewind-
    ing spindle is withdrown - thot is it must not protrude into the
     cosette. lf it does, there is o donger thot the outomotic film
    odvonce will be unneccessorily checked or even stopped olto-
     qether. (See instruction booklet)
'O   When using bulk film, be coreful only to use o correctly ossem-
    bled cosette, with spool ond cosing of the some moke.
O On no occount try to reod[ust your comero yourself. lf it does
    not work perfectly, return it to us. lt will be sent bock promptly
     in perfect order ofter hoving been serviced by relioble experts.

O  lf you nevertheless decide to toke your comero to pieces (in
   which cose our guorontee of perfect performonce no longer
   holds) we speciolly worn you ogoinst using force to undo the
  screw of the speed knob, os this con eosily domoge the delicote
   teeth of the driving mechonism. Press the knob down, hold  it
   very firmly, ond only then loosen the screw.
   For the rest (in cose you hove olreody gone so for) we need
   only soy thot if you use your lorgest poir of pliers, o giont
   screwdriver ond o sledgehommer, you con soy goodbye to oll
  your hopes of good photogrophs.

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Contenls:
                        Poge:                                Poge:
Opening the comero        4        Flosh photogrophs     15
Looding with film            516      DITTO outfit              16
Closing the comercr          7       DITTO 99 with occessories 17
Preporing to Shoot          8        Close up ond copying stond l8
Setting Exposure time        9         Enlorger ond Photoflood
Lens setting                   l0          reflectors            19
Toking the picture               il        Depth of field tobles    20
Rewinding the film        12t13      DITTO Synchronizotion 21122
Chonging the lenses        t4

References lo lllustrolions  :
  G Winding knob                                                     '     @ Lens holding buttons   @ Toke-up spool
                                   Quick-chonge lens     G  Film holding buttons @ Counte,      @
 @ Releose        @ Aperrure ring        @  Film pressure plote
 @ flostr contocts     @ Body lock        @ Film cortridge
 @ Shrtter speed knob   @ Rewind releose     @ Top plote
                                       6\i   Focussing sco le  . @ A..essory shoe    @ B-Lever
  @ Direct-vision finder   @ Synchro-flosh lever    @ Lens noich
  @ Rewind knob     @ Detochoble bose ond bod<

Opening ?he
         Comero:

Turn body lock @ to rhe right
in o clodwise direction ond
the bock @ will outomolicolly
move outwords ond con then
be completely removed.

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    of the film on to the holding pins. Loy film olong the film dronnel, insert film cortridge                                      @
    keeping the film tout, ond fold pressure plote @ bock over the film. When inserting o rG*
    film ensure thot the film is kept touf otherwise the perforotion of the film will nct hold on to
    the holding pins.
   Open fhe comero, toke out the cortridge ond relood with fresh film.
   Should the end of the film ieor off when the film is rewound ensure thot the remoins ore
   removed before o fresh film is inserted.
   The rewinding releose must be fully recessed in the knob @ when the comero is in use,
   or the outomotic movement of the film will be checked or stopped oltogether
   The shoft of the rewind knob will be in the correct position if the red worning line on the
   bross shoft points to the front when turned out.


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Closing
the Comero:

R:p oce'he ccrftrero ooct
'L:r'ring the  coov - ock
cJu'rier.c ockwise in the direc-
'ilrr  of tne woro "c cseci "  The
blt-k wi  then srnoofh v  ,.rrrd
e.e,r,   si' uncer Ine eoge of
+rte fcfl o,ofe of the COrlrero
oJC!  onc  ensure  cr osc ute
 ittr'-.igh. oOerelion.

Preporing to Shoot:
The comero is mode reody for use by
winding up lhe spring    in the direclion
of lhe orrow, releosing the releose kncb
twice ond se'ltinE the fllm counler     to
zero by turning it to the left.
Worning: when winding up the sprirrg do
nof use force. l0 to l2 turns (to o defl nite
stop) ore sufflcienl io expose l0-12 e<po-
sures, one ofter the other.
The comero moy be sofely put oside wrih
the spring fully wound but shoulC nol be
repeotedly used when the spring is fully
wound ond no film hos been inserieC.
l0 to l2 exposures moy not be obtoined  if
l. onv oorlion of lhe rewind releose mokes
  ony contoci with the  fl lm cortridge or
   cosetle (see sketch'on poge l3)
2. if the film ioms in the cosette or is dif-
   flcull to puil 16o6 cortridgel
3. if ihe spring is not fully wound.
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  Toking the Picture:
  Once ihe erpcsure tirne, the operture
  onC the iocussing hove been set ond
   he sub ject viewed through the flnder
   the shulter is ocluoled by pressing the
    re eose    ond  the  firsl  piclure   is
   nrode. On releosing the releose the
      fi m moves on crutomolicolly oncj the
t   shutte'is  cocked ot  the some  tlrre.
I   Furlher pictures up 'o l2 in obout 5 se       ,:"f   crncls, one  ofler  the other, cc)n be
   'oken irnrrrediole,
   Fcr use of wire re eose unscrew fop of
   body releose ond lurn in wire releose.
    r/r/hen tokinq the licture  keep ccrrnero
   obso,utelv  sti I  in order 10 crvold  cr
   b urrecj imcrge.

Rewinding fhe Film:
On completely turning out the rewind releose
@  to the left ond giving it o quorter turn
the film tronsport lod is freed. Turn rewind
knob      fully to the right, then press it in  @ond continue to turn it  till  it engoges in lhe
film cortridge. Rewind the film by turning to
the right. When is fully rewound, pull out
knob     while furning it to the right ond    66let it eYgoge; then turn it to the left fill fhe
wheel is fully recessed in the knob. Turn re-
wind releose @ in ogoin.


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Open lhe comero, loke out the cortridge ond
relood with fresh film (See poge 5)
Should the end of the film teor off when lhe
film is rewound ensure thot lhe remolns ore
removed before o fresh film is inserted.
The rewinding releose must be fully recessed
in the knob @ when lhe comero is in use, or
the outomotic movement of the film will be  correctcheded or stopped oltogefher.
The shoft of the rg\/ind knob will be In the
correct position  if lhe red worning line on the
bross shoft points to the front when turned out.


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Chonging the Lenses:
                     To use lenses of other focol length the siondord lens @  is
                           releosed by pressing the two holding knobs '!) on the lens
                          ponel inwords (towords the lens). The interchongeoble lens
                                is inserted by Press-
                                ing it  f irmly in, with lhe
                               notch 'Q on lens or
                           focussing heod uP-
                        words. To Prevent
using o wrong finder with  the vorious odditionol
lenses, eoch is fitted with o folding frome finder.
For Close-up work ond use with the Neor Focussing
Heod ond the Intermediote Rings releose stondord
lens by unscrewing lens fro m lens mount ond insert
in Focussing Heod or Intermediote Rings respectively'

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Flosh photogrophs:
The reody-for-use DITTO contoct floshgun Model S tholding 2
Americon slondord botteries of 1,5 Volt eoch) or model CS
(B/C) is pushed into the occessory shoe @ ond is reody. Foroll other floshguns o leod with 3 mm nipple to fit the contoct
bush @ is required.The synchro lever    hos to be set lo X for electronic flosh;       @for oll other floshes the 'oppropriote deloy time hos to be
selected by selting the lever lo one of the six click positons.
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A Compoct Outfit

               After hoving token the flosh
                  picture with the D I TTO Con-
               toct-gun the reflector is re-
                trocted ond the gun inserted
                   into the neot Duplo Ever Reodv
                 cose.
              Cornero ond floshgun toge-
               ther in their hondsome cose
            form lhe ideoi  ollpurpose                t:i
               photogrophic outfit.





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