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Edixaflex User manual
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C o n t e n t s :
Poge Poge
3- 5 Introduction - 22-23 Flosh synchronizotion
24 Double exposures f 7 Descriptionof the comero body
25-27 The lensesfor the Edixoflex I Woist level viewfinder
27-31 Diophrogm systems
9 Pentoprism viewfinder 3l Infro-red indicotor mork
10 Split imoge rongefinder 32 Coble releose
11 the sround sloss 32-34 Double coble releqse
::::.l""rins 3*37 Extension rings
1l-13 Loodingthe film 38 Bellows extension
14,-15 Film tronsport 38-39 Microscope ottochment
15 Shutterreleose 4O-42 "Edilor" enlorger
42-43 "Edilor" copying unit 16 Rewindingthe film
'1f17 44 Selftimer "Autoknips" Shutterspeedsetting 44 Accessory shoe
l8-]9 Functionof lens 45 Survey of the Edixo system
20 Filmtype reminder 45 Ever-reody cose
20-22 Photogrophywith 45 Godget bog
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Dear EDTXAFLEXOwner,
Although we con ossumethot you ore fomilior with the Edixoflex,we think it will
help you if we review its feotures once ogoin. The EDIXAFLEXis o single-lens
reflex comerq which hos one lens thot serves for
viewing ond focusing,ond for recording the imoge
on film.
The occomponying diogrom illustrqteshow the light
roys reflected from the subiect to be photogrophed
enter the lens, ore then deflected by the mirror ond
ore directed on to the ground-gloss screen; where
they show o true imoge of the subiect. This picture
con then be focused shorply on the ground gloss
screen,ond you con orronge its composition.During
exposure the mirror moves upwords permitting fhe
beom of light to reoch the film directly through the
slit in the focol plone shutter ond thus expose the
fifm. The ground gloss screen is interchongeoble.
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In its ploce, speciol screensfor q voriety of purposes (e. g. split-imoge rongefinder) moy be used. For viewing the screen imoge you hove the choice of two removoble ond interchongeoble viewfinder systems: the wqist-level finder (light hood finder) or the eye-level pento-prism finder. The comero hos o focol plone shutter consisting of two rubberized curtoins, one- trovelling behind the other, in front of the film plone. The exposure time is deter- mined by the width of the slit between the two curtoins ond by the ropidity of their movement. According fo your choice, speeds from r/rooosec. to 1/zssec. ond B (time exposures)moy be set. A very speciol ond odvontogeous feoture of the EDIXAFLEXis thot it permits you to use o wide selection of lenses. Therefore, you con select the lens mosi suitoble for your purpose, ond interchongeit of ony time: (e. g.stondord, wide- ongle, telephoto, or other speciol lenses).Moreover, yoU con buy qnother Edixo comero body only, without o lens, ond without o finder, for use os q second comero, so thot you moy hove ot your disposol two comeros looded with block-ond- white film in one comero, ond with color film in the other. All Edixo viewfinders ond lenses con be removed ond interchonged of ony time, even when the comero is looded with film. In the poge to follow, we will exploin how to use the comero ond qccessories properly. lt is to your own interest to study this booklet before you shoot your first roll of pictures. 4View original page 5
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www.butkus.us The Waist Level Viewfinder To open the woist level finder, for viewing press button (o). The mqgnifying lens (a") is brought into position by moving lever (b) sidewoys. The finder con be folded down by f irst depres- sing the mognifier ond then the sides of the hood. Removol of the hood is occomplished by pressingthe two locking cotches outwords (13) on the comero body, using the thumbs of both hqnds(seeillustrotion).When re- inserting,core should be token thot the smoll lrg (.) on the f inder engoges the provided groove (l 4) first, ofter which the finder is pressed down until it snopsin with qn oudibleclick.View original page 8
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The EDIXAFLEXis o precision instrument.Treqt it with core! Keep the comero
in proper working condition by occosionolly dusting the inside with o very soft
comel's hoir brush, blowing the dust off of the some time. Lensesond ground-gloss
screens moy be cleoned with o lint-free soft cleon cloth dipped in olcohol.
Never touch the mirror with your fingers. You moy dust it however, with o soft
fine brush.
Should your EDIXAFLEXrequire servicing or repoir, pleose send y6ur cqmero'to
us. We will toke core of your comero properly. Our expert foctory troined
mechonicscon toke core of oll servicing ond repoir work promptly ond reliobly, ot
o moderote chorge.
C A M E R A W O R K S W I R G I N B R O S .
Wiesbqden/West-Germ q ny
In U. S. A. write to:
EDIXA CAMERA COMPANY
l0 South 2nd Avenue
Ml. Vernon, New York
ln Greqt Britoin write to:
PHOTOPIA tTD.
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," The Penta-PrismFinder
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; The prism finder is removed ond 're-inserted
in exqctly the some woy
. os the woist level finder. We strongly 'recommend
^'',lfinder, thot the woist level view-
which is port of the ston-
'dord equipment of the comero, be
J, supplementedr . by o prism finder.
'While the woist level viewfinder
is indispensoblefor close-ups ond
photomicrogrophy,the prism finder
is more suitoble for toking horizon-
tol pictures ond even more so for
sportsond oction photogrophy.An interestingond usefuloccessoryfor the prism
finder is o soft rubber eye-cupwith o rototoblemountfor correctionlenses.lf you
normollyweor glossesyour opticionwill fit this mountwith the glossescorresponding
to your eyeglossprescription.EDIXAphotogrophyis now even more of o pleosure
sinceyou con focus with the prism finder without weoring speciocles.Moreover,
the rubber eye-cup pressedogonist the eye sockei gives o support lo the comero
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The Split-imogeRongefinder As we hove olreody meniioned,the ground-glosscon be removedond interchonged wilh voriousspeciolfocusingglosses,one of which is the split-imogerongefinder gloss,lo permil fost focusing.In ihe center of ihe splii-imogerongefindergloss is o circlecontoiningtwo bright holf-circleprisms- the rongefindercomponents.The prismsdivide lhe imoge into two seporoteports when.thelens is out of focus.As lhe imoge is brought inlo shorp focus (when you turn the focusing ring), the two poris of lhe imoge ore brought inlo o siroight line. The following illustrotion demonstrotesthis point. The split-imogerongefinder is designedto be used with lenseshoving on operture otFf2.8 ond lorger (f/1.9etc.).Ai smolleropertures(f/4.5) port of the imoge moy becomeobscureddue to insufficienilight. l 0View original page 11
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lnlerchonging the Ground-glqss Screen
This con be done only ofter the finder
hos been removed. The unottochedend
of one or both of the then visible retqin-
ing springs(o) should b" gently pulled
inwords with the fingernoil of the
index finger. The screen-holdingfrome
(b) os well os the screen con now be
lifted eosily. Underneoththe screenore
o number of rectongulqrspocerswhich
must remoin in position or be corefully
reploced if they should foll out. Now
corefullylower the desiredground-gloss
into ploce so thqt the curved portion
is up. When re-insertingthe ground-
gloss screen or qny of the speciol screens,core should be tqken thot the retoining
springs of the screen-holdingfrome snop in when pressed down.
Looding the Film
Firstset the film type indicotor(21by pulling out fhe rewind knob (l) ond set the
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block orrow on the film type reminder disc so thot it is opposile the figure for lhe
speed of the film to be used. (see poge 2l for more on the film type reminder.)
Now lift upthe colch (3)for locking the comero ond open lhe comero bock. pull outthe
'ewind knob (1)ogoin ond ploce the looded film cossetteinto the empty spool chomber
(4).Pushfhe rewind knob ('l) bock ogoin ond moke sure thot the prongs of the corrier
bolt (22) engoge lhe core of the cossette correclly. Pull the film flot ocross lhe film
trock (5) ond secure it by folding
over the film Llr in. from the end
ond hooking the folded end into
the slit in the toke-up spool (6).
Moke sure thot the film trqns-
port sprockets (7) engoge the
perforotions of the film. The
comero bqck con now be closed
ond the locking cqtch (3) secu-
red. Since the piece of film pul.
led out of the cossettehos been
exposed to light, it is necessqry
to wind on the film so thqt un-
exposed film reoches the film
trock. For this purpose the filnr
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Film Tronsporl qnd Cocking the Shutter
The film tronsport lever (8) must be
wound fully until, upon releose, it
springsbock to its originol position.Por-
tiql winding, olthough not hormful,will
not cock the shutter nor restore the
mirror. Merely continue the movement
to completion if the lever is only
portiolly wound. Under no condition
should the lever be forced boci<
into its resting position.The lever must
spring bqck qutomqticolly.
However, if lhe lever stops holf-woy while winding the film, ond connot
be moved to o positive stop, lhen there is no more film left to be odvonced.
Only by rewindingthe film completely,or portly, con lhe lever be brought bock
into its initiol position.when this hos been done, it is ogoin possiblefor the lever
lo be swung through its full movemenlond to reiurn outomolicollyto its storting
point. Duringtheseoperolionsthe shuiterreleosebuttonshouldnot be depressed!
A glonceot the exposurecounler(.|0)will tell you when oll fromesof the film hove
been exposed.
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Since,however,films ore often longer,it is usuollypossiblelo moke 1 or 2 more
exposures,despile the foct thot the exposurecounler indicotesthe end of the film.
ShutterReleose
The film lronsport lever olso operotes the cocking of the shutter.The shutter is
releosedby depressingthe shutterreleosebuiton (9).
Theshutterreleoseis blocked,however,if lhe tronsportlever ist not completelywound.
On the other hond, it is impossibleto wind on the film twice in successionif no expo-
sure hos been mode.The comero hos been fitted with o double exposureprevention
device so thot the some frome of
the film connot be exposed twice.
In order to prevent the shutter from
being releosed unintentionolly,the
releose button is provided with o
lock wh ich is octivoted by moving
the slide (18)in the direction of the
releose button (to the right).
A red dot on the slide indicotesthot
the releose is inoperotive.
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Rewinding the Film
Under no circumstoncesshould the
bock of the comerq be opened unless
the exposed film hos been completely
rewound into its originol cossette.Turn
the rewind knob (1)in o clockwisedirec-
tion (to the right) with your right hcrnd,
of the sqme time pressingdown knob
(o) in the boseplotewith your left hond.
As soon os you stop feeling o slight
resistonce,the f ilm hos been rewound
completely.Give it o few more turns to
be obsolutelysure before you open the comero bqck. Then open it, pull out the
rewindknob (l) ond removeihe film cossette.
Setlinglhe ExposureTime (shutterspeed)
The EDIXAFLEXis equippedwith o focol ploneshutterwith speedsup to 1/i000sec
ond B.
Theshulterspeedcon be sel or chongedbeforeor ofter lhe shulterhos beencocked.
Whot's more,the shutlercon remoincocked,mokingthe comeroolwoys reody for'
instontoneoususe.
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The double exposurepreventionlock hos olreody been describedunder,,lnserting
f h e F i l m " .
Speed setting
The shutterspeed setting knob should be lifted ond rototed uniil the required speed
figure coincideswith the red dot on the indicotor disc.Toke cqre thot the setting knob
snopsin ogoin. "B" is olso set in ihe woy iustdescribed.
When set to "B",lhe shutterremoinsopen os long os the releosebutton is depressed.
When toking time exposuresof long durotion,the use of o tripod qnd o coble releose
is strongly recommended.ln this connectionwe drow ottention to the socket of the
shutter releose button (9), which is provided with o threod to occept the coble
releose. This threod corresponds to thot of the Leico cqble releose with fixing
screw cop.
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T E N S E S o) Dislonce setting ond focusing. Generolly, the distonce between comero ond subiect is either iudged or meqsured in order to obtoin the highest degree of definition. With ihe EDIXAFLEXthis vitol funcfion is performed by the ground-gloss screen. The imoge, formed by the toking lens ond deflected on to the ground-glossscreen vio the mirror, is brought into shorp focus by turning the distonce setting ring on the lens mount. Since the correct odiustment of the ground-glossscreen is mode in the foctory it will render o shorp imoge no mqtter which type of finder or lens is used. The "through- the-lens focusing" is done of full operture becouse the finder imoge is then of its brightest. ln this connection we should olso mention the "depth of field". The lens forms o shorp imoge of oll obiectswhich con be thought of os lying in zones porollel to the focol plone. These zones become deeper the further their distonce from thc comero or the more the lens is stopped down. This con eosily be studied on the ground-gloss screen. Estoblishingor meosuring the extent of the depth of field is done by meons of the depth of field scole engroved on every lens mount. However, very interestingphotogrophic effects con be obtoined by intentionolly creoting zones of unshorp definition os, for inslonce, in portroiture, where it is often desiroble to hove the foce stonding out shorply ogoinst blurred bockground. The imoge on the ground-gloss screen is viewed either with the unqided eye or 1 8View original page 19
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through the mognifier of the woist level finder which will give o 4x mognificolion of
thol section of the imoge visible in lhe mognifier. When using the prism finder lhe
entire imoge field will oppeor mognified.
b) Selting lhe Aperlure
For setting lhe operture use the operfure setting ring on which ore engroved the
individuol f/numbers (stops).The effect of
opening ond closing the operture con be
studied on the ground-glossscreen which
will show the imoge ot moximum bright-
ness when the operture is fully open but
on stoppingdown will show on oppreciqble
dorkening.While studying the effect of
stopping-down,the depth-of-field ronge
olso becomesqppqrentto o certoinextenl.
The use of lenseswith either pre-sel dio-
phrogms or outomotic spring diophrogms
moke operture settings much eqsier. The
exoct functions of these lenses ore des-
cribed in the chopter on "lens systems".
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Film Type Reminder
The type of film looded cqn be
recorded by meons of the film
type reminder,o disc found on the
modelswithout o built-inexposure
meter. The DIN or ASA numbers
printed on the film box should be
set on the film type reminder disc
so thot the relevontf igure is oppo-
site the blqck triongle engroved on
the plote. When using severol
ccriirerosof the some time or when the comero is used by vorious people, you will
find the film type reminder o useful oid. lf the comero is empty, the block triongle
shouldbe set to the block diomond.
Photogrophywith the EDIXAFLEX
Providedyou hovefollowed ond undersloodour inslructionsfor loodingihe comero
with film, shorpfocusing,seltingthe shutterspeeds,etc.,you shouldnow be reodylo
toke photogrophswith your EDIXAFLEX.We hove olreody mentionedwhen des-
cribing focusingwith the woist-levelfinder hood ond the eye-levelprism finder,
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thot the toking posifion of the comero depends on lhe type of finder used. When
fitted with the woist level finder, the comero is held ot obout chest-level so thot you
hove o good view of the imoge on ihe ground gloss screen.According to your eye-
sight,the comero should be held ot o level permittingyou to criticollyfocus the imoge
on the screen.When using the mognifier, which mokes fine focusing much easie.r,the
comero is held close to the eye. Both woys of holding the comero ore suitoble for
toking upright pictures,o method by which you shoot, so to speok,"round the corner".
This is excellent for condid shots,especiolly since your subiect,deceived by your not
looking in his direction, often provides you with the most lively ond unposed
pictures.You con olso hold your EDIXAFLEXhigh obove your heod focusing on the
screen from below, when you wont to toke pictures qcross obstocles, such os the
crowd of sporting events, etc.
The pento-prism viewfinder, the speciol uses ond odvontoges of which we hove
olreody pointed out, permits holding the comero in "snopshot" position of eye-level
ond is on essentiolprerequisitefor ropid-sequenceoction shots ond sports pictures.
When toking horizontol or verticol pictures one eye is used to look into the prism
finder while the other moy either be closed or opened for wotching the subiect. For
toking horizontol photos, the comerq con olso be used in on inverted position so thot
the smooth comero bock gives odditionol support when it is pressed ogoinst the
foreheod (to prevent comero shoke). - Whotever type of viewfinder is used, the
comero should be held comfortobly ond without stroin. lt is entirely up to you which
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finger you use for releosingthe shutler,winding the filffi,or for settingthe diophrqgm
or distonce. For toking ropid sequence pictures,
however, we recommend operoting the shutter re-
leose button with the forefinger ond the film trons-
port with the thumb of your right hond, without
removing the comero from the eye.
FlashSynchronizolion
Flosh bu lbs of oll types con be used, os well os
electronic flosh lomps (with the exception of lhose
operoled on woll currenl only). The oppropriotc
floshcontoclsore on lhe front of the comeroond morked"M" for flssh bulbsond,,X,,
for electronicflosh. ln both cosesihe shuftershouldbe set to vzssec.(seetoble).One
feotureof flosh photogrophyshouldbe borne in mind: it is nof the shufterspeedbur
the durotionof the floshwhichdeterminesthe exposuretime.The durotionof on elec-
tronic flosh is opproximolelyt/toosec.ond opproximotelyr/:oosec.wittffloshbulbs.Flosh
equipmentof foreignorigin con, of course,olso be used.The flosh is qtiochedto lhe
tripod bushing(21)but we would stronglyrecommendthe use of on EDIXAflosh
brocketor the useof the Edixo occessoryshoefor the prismviewfinder(seepoge 44).
By the woy; never use on electronicflosh with the flosh contoctsel fo ,,M,,.
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Double Exposures We publish here o smoll toble
giving the opproximote equi-
With the Edixoflex double exposures con eosily be rotings,volents ofsincevoriouslhis informotionfilm speed
mode os follows: will be of greot importonce lo
you with regord to flosh photo-
After picture toking the shutter con be cocked without grophy ond when working with
moving the tronsport lever (8) ond the mirror con be on exposure meter. _
brought into toking position os follows:
The shutterspeed setting knob hos to be turned clock-
wise until it stops. After hoving pressed the shutter
releose button (9) the desired double exposure hos been
mode. This operotion con be repeotedos desired.
How to releose a blocked comero
Should q block in the comero ond the film tronsport
occure due to folse hondling it con eosily be removed
by turning the shutter speed knob clockwise until it
stops (iust os is done for double exposures.)Afier this
the shuttercon be releosedond the film tronsport lever
con ogoin be moved.
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