Edixa Prismat / Edixa Prismaflex User manual

Conqrotulotions!You ore now     single lens reflex comeros.Prologue      the froud owner of the Edixo     Your Edixo will give you o
                      comero. The Edixo is o precision   lifetime of pleosure,ond Edixo
                        instrument, monufoctured in       pictureswill top onything you've
                   Germony in the finest trodition    ever done before! Edixo owners
                            of Germon comero crqfts-      who reod Germon ore invited
                     monship. The elegonce ond        to osk for the ,,EDIXA POST",
                      beouty of the Edixo design .  .  .    the mooozine for Edixo owners.
                       the uniquesignificontfeotures...  The ,,EDlXAPOST" is published
                        the unusuolopticol quolities       in Germon, opproximotely four
                            of its opfics . .  . ossure you thot   times o yeor.
                     you hove the ultimote in 35 mm   Should you, ot ony time, find



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thotyour comero is not operotino  Pleose reqd the instructions
properly, or  if  it should require"   which follow, corefully, before
servicing,it is suggestedthot     ottempting to operote your
you send it fo us for checking    comero.
ond exominotion,ond for ony
odiustmentsthot moy be
required.                  C A M E R A W O R K S
You will not be chorged for    W I R G I N  B R O S .
work during the Guorontee     WIESBADEN, WEST.GERMANY
period.At other times, oll repoir
ond odiustmentwork will be
chorgedon q nominol bosis.

Releoseknob

 Pento-prismviewfinder

 Rewind knob
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 Corrying-sfrop eyelets



 M-flosh contoct

 Lens (interchongeoble)
X-flosh contoct




Tripod screw
Rewind button

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Rewind knob with film reminder scole


  Distoncesefting ring

  Automotic depth-of-fieldscole

  Aperture seiting ring                    F
  A + M setting symbolsfor fully
  outomotic pre-setdiophrogm                                                                           aC


   Setting lever for
   shutter speeds r/s sec. to  I sec.

  Setting knob for
   shutter speeds r/rooo-1/rosec.
  Frome counter
  Ropid-windlever



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Loadrng tne film





Looding the film
Pushthe lotch for the bock upwords;              Insertthe b"ginning of the film in
open comero bock.                              the slit of the toke-upspool;
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                                        The film-typeindicotorscolehelpsto remind
                                           you whot type of film is in the.
 rotote spool 1t/z turns in the d irection           comero. lt con be set for DIN ond ASA
 of the orrow.                                   speeds,..goylightor ortificiol light
 The teeth of the f ilm tronsport sprocket           colour T t l m .
 will then engoge the perforotion            O rTl€ons:comero not looded.
 holesof the f ilm.                            To set the scole,
 Pull up the rewind knob. And set the             ploce your finger under the pulled-outknob:
 film-type indicotor scole.                         there will be o slight click.Then
 Then insertthe film cortridqe ond push'    down       simply turn the rewind knob until the desired
 rewind knob. The cortridgJ must                                                       figule, or "Cgl T" (doylight)or "Col K"
 lie stroight,but move to ond fro eosily.              (ortificiol light) oppeqrs-in the window.
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Rapid-wind lever





                                                lmportont: Observe thot of some time the
Close the bock ond press lotch downwo rds.     rewind knob must be turning. lf  it isn't, your
Turn ropid-windlever f ully. This o lso cocks        film is not properly engoged in toke-up
the shutter.                                     spool. Therefore repeot film-looding
                                              operotions.
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Release knob         Frame counter disc





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Pressthe shutter releose knob.
Repeotoperotions6 ond 7 once ogoin.
Turn frome-counterdisc to 1 (in                Note: Alongside the releose knob you
direction of orrow).                                    will see "sofety cotch".
Your EDIXA is now reody to toke                This locksthe shutterreleoseknob.
your first picture.                        And hoW:
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Flewlndlng  the film       Shutter speeds





When the frome-counterscole indicotes"36"
 (or "20" with 20-exposure
cortridges),you con toke one lost picture;
then the film is completelyexposed.            Fost speeds
Depressthe knob in the comero bose ond                  f rom 1/tosec. to 1/rooosec./ o lso aBu (with                                                          ttBttof the some time turn the rewind                     setting the shutter remoinsopen qs long
knob until o sudden resistonce,followed by       os pressureis mointoinedon the releose
o snop ond the freeing of the knob              knob). Lift speed-settingknob ond set desired
indicotesthot rewinding is completed.           shutter speed opposite the index
The film must then be rewound in               mork; Allow setting knob to click bock into
the cqmero, fronr the toke-up spool bock          position.Window of                                                                        nO".into the cossette.Open the comero ond          slow-speedlever must indicote
toke out the film cort,'idge.                   Mod. Prismqflex:speeds 1/30-1/5oosec ond B.
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Intentional double exposures





Slow Speeds
from lle to  I sec. (not on Mod. Prismoflex)
Set speed-settingknob to 1/ros€c.
Then turn slow-speedlever so thot its
window is over the desired shutter
speed.lllustrotionshows setting for 1/+sec.
lmportont!
Sh utter speeds co n be set both
before ond ofler operoting the ropid-wind
lever.The comero con be left tensioned
for os long os you like.
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The lenses of the Edixa


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ore interchongeoble.
They ore provided with o screw threod ond
ore screwed in by turning them
clockwiseond removed b-yturning in the
opposite direction.
 For single-lens reflex comeros, such os the EDIXA, the
 iris-diophrogm ond  its type of mechonism ploy qn im-
 portont role. The owner of o single-lens reflex comero
needs o bright ond cleor groun6-gloss imoge in order
 to focus correctly ond conveniently, thot is-to soy, he
needs o  lorge operture, since stopping down the' lens
 results in o consideroble loss of  light- ond this mokes
focusing difficult.
T h e  i n t e r n o l o u t o m o t i c s p r i n g m e c h o n i s mi s t o p e r o t e d
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Operating the lens     Warning signal


                           -Distonce setting
                               ring
                         *Automof ic depth
                                  of  f ield scole
                           *Aperture setting
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                                                        III            I Chonge-overlever
                                   l f o r A  - Automolicor M - monuel
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 Distonce-settingond focusing:
 To focus the lehs, turn the distonce-settingv
  J'ing.whileobservingthe imoge formed
 by the toking lens ond refleCtedon to the
 ground-gloss screen by the ref lex mirror.
  Depth-of-field scole:
  the'lens depicts o qhorp imoge of obiects
  withino zone porollel to the Tilm plone,
  this zone is deeper the further it' is from
  the comero,ond the smoller the lens
  operture.This effect con be observed on
  the focusingscreen.
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Instant return mlrror    Eyeplece uup





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                                               This soft-rubbereyepiececup screensthe
                                                  finder imoge from stroy light ond eliminotes
                                                   distroctingreflections.Vision-correcting
                                              lensescon be fitted in the mount to focilitote
                                               focusingwithout spectocles;these lensescon
  You do not hove to tension the spring          be suppliedby the Edixo Komerowerkon
  diophrogmbefore releose.                      specificotionof d ioptric strengthrequired.
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Extension Rings for close-up Photography





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                                          you try your hond of toking photogrophsof
The superiorityof the focusing mechonism       smoll obiects.Flowersond smoll plonts,
of the EDIXA is proved beyond                 insectsond other smoll onimols,postoge
doubt by the ground-glossscreenimoge         stompsond innumerobleother things ore
which shows the exoct field of view,            reword ing subiects.Copying f rom books,
definitionond ovoilobledepth of field,
evenof the shortestcomero subiectdistonce.
For toking close-Ups,it is only necessoryto
increosethe d istqnce between the subiect
ond the focol plone, by using extension
rings.A set of extensionrings providesyou
with vo rious possibi I ities f or co mero
extension.Thd scope of your photogrophic
ombitionswill be widened consideroblyif
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Cable release         Edixa Bellows  Extenslon





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                                           The EDIXA Bellows Extension
                                                                 is by no meons o substitutefor extension
                                                            ringi. lts own greot merits    porticulo.rly,
                                                                  its itobility -  [ove mode it o inuch volued
  For use when toking picturesfrom o tripod       instrumentfor the ombitious omoteur
   or other rig id su pport.
   Porticulorlyfor sidw shutterspeeds.ond time
  exposures'("B").The EDIXA speciol
  coble releqsehos o clomping nut, which
  con be screwed over the threoded
  releoseknob. A locking disc on the coble
  releosemokes it possibleto moke long time
  exposure(ot on "T" setting).                 upon request.
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Microscope Adapter





                                                     Eye of on insect, cross section
                                                              Photomicrogrophy,lens            x 7
                                                            oculo r                           x 1 2
                                                           Enlorgementon negotive-                         { r u   3 0
                                                              F i n o l e n l o r g e m e n t            x - 150
                                                          Exposuretime                                  I sec.
The Microscope Adopter
is on occessorywith o strong hinge by
which the cqmero cqn be otiqched to the
microscope.lts top po rt is screwed into the
comero os if  it were o lens.Then the
oculor of the microscopeshould be removed       the oculor is reploced.The micro-qdopter
ond the cqmera/micro-odoptercombinotion          is then fixed oround the oculor tube bV
slippedover the oculor tube, ofter which            tighteningthe milled screw of the odoft"r.
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What will not agree with your Edixa Prismat

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  Your comero will give you moximum              well os oufside with o soft brush. Keep oll
  performonce if you use it properly.              lens surfocesond gloss componentscleor.
  Keep your cqmero in o leother cose when      Use o soft, often-woshedlinen cloth.
   possible.This will protect it from knocks.        Buy o copy of the "Edixo-Reflex-Guide"by
  Avoid keeping the comerq in strong sunlight    W. D. Enicinuel;it is obtoinoble from photo
  ond obove oll, keep it protected on the          deolers ond bookshops.You will find in
  beqch.                                                                         it oll you need to know obout using your
  Be sure to dust oll occessibleports inside os       comero.
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