ENSIGN SELFIX 16-20 MODEL II User manual

SELFIX 16-20
                                          rlCAMERA MoDEL
                Made in England
          INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

BARNET ENSIGN ROSS LTD., LONDON, E.l7

LOADINIG TTIE CAMERA WITH FILM
Opening the Camera Back           outwards the hinged camera back
                                                                    1).  Slide the catch 1 in the direction    (trie.
i ndicated by the arrow and swing                                         Inserting the Film
             Fie. l.                                       Roll filnrs of the type ?0 (120i) tlr
                              62 (620) are used which are arran-
                                ged to give sixteen pictures 2I x  I i
                                                                                                                           i nches.
                               The camera is provided with two
                                    ernpty take-up spools, one in each
                                    of the 20 and 62 film sizes. Before
                                   placing the  f ull spool of film in
                                      position make sure that the appro-
                                        priate take-up spool in used. This
                            can be determined by comparing
                                the flange of the  f ull spool with
                                  the flange of the empty spool.
                                                      If an empty spool is not already
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the camera. it should be fitted as   ting the spool. Place the full spool
follows : press the spool pin from    in the chamber, taking care that the
inside the chamber until the knob   tapered end of the paper leader is
protrudes sufficiently for the latter   pointing towards the take-up spool
to be turned until the sPool is   chamber containing the empty spool
locked in its open position. The  on which the exposed film is being
take-up spool is then positioned by  wound. Disengage the spool pin
allowing the slotted end to engage   by turning the knob slightly, thus
the key of the winder knob 2, while   allowing the pin to engage the
the opposite end of the spool must    spool.
engage the spool pin which ls     Detatch the gummed label whichreleased from its locked position by                                     holds the paper leader in place, pulla slight turn of the knob.                               the latter across the rollers and
 To insert the full spool in the   insert the end in the wide slot of
feed or loading chamber, the spring   the empty spool (Fig. 2).
spool pin situated on the side of the    Give the film winding knob 2 a
chamber should be depressed until  few turns in the direction of the
the knob protrudes on the outside  arrow to draw the paper taut.
of the camera. Turn the knob until    (Fig. 3). In doing this, see that the
the spool pin is locked in its open   paper leader is central between the
position to give clearance for inser-   spool flanges, as any crookedness of

the backing paper must be put right  make sure that it is securelv lockerl
before proceeding further.            by means of the catch.
  Close the back of the camera and    Turn the winding knob 2 until,
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Iirst, 'd warning hanel, and then the  window by means of the slide"
figure 1 appear in the ruby observa-   (Important when using panchro-
tion window. (Fie. 4)"  Ctrose the   matie film")

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MAKING THE EXPOSURE
Opening the Camera Front              is estimated to be from the qlmera
  Pressure on the button 3 (Fig. 5)   should be set agai4st the pin situated
will cause the camera and view-  on the side of the shutter frontfinder to spring automatically  in-    plate.to working position, (the camerashould be tilted in a slightly down-   Depth of Focus Scale
wards position).                                 The depth of focus for the various
Lens Aperture                         stops can be read from the scales 14                                                                 distances at          t  The required aperture of the lens  and 15 (Fig. 7). The
is obtained by setting the aperture   which the lens can be focused arecursor 4 to the "f" number on the   marked on the rotating ring 14. On
                                                                 second              i1scale plate 5 (Fig. 6). A higher   the plate 15 will be found a                                                                     termin-                                        scale                                                  certain                                                          divisions                                       with                                   a                      denotes                scalenumber      on the                                                   aperture                                                                figure                                          the                                  ated                                                          of the     J                               by                 needs                          longer ex-smaller aperture,                 aposure time, and increases the depth   lens, e.g., when the rotating front
of field, e.g., t15.6 is smaller than   lens cell is set at lZft., using a lens                                                                  andf13.5, etc.                           aperture of  flll,  the nearest                                      farthest points which will be ln
Focusing                             focus are ascertained by setting the
  The scale of focusing distances   corresponding distance on the rotat-
is given on the rotating lens cell 6   ing ring 14 against the centre index
(Fig. 6). The figure corresponding   mark on plate 15. In this particular
                                        be seen from the scaloto the distance at which the www.butkus.ussubject   case it will

front of the shutter (Fie. 6) repre-   screwed in socket 10. After thesent fractions of a second, while the   shutter lever t  has been set bY
letters B and T stand for " Brief "   sliding it along in its groove, the
and " Time " respectively.              shutter is operated by the wire re-                                        lease as follows:-  For instantaneous exposures turn
the speed setting ring 8 so that the      (a) To open the shutter, press in
red index mark is brought opposite         the head of the wire release,the required speed. Set the shutter      .   then remove the pressure.
by pulling over the lever 9 until it                                         (b) Immediately the required ex-stops. The shutter is released by                                     posure has been given themeans of the knob 12, which must                                             shutter is closed by a furtherbe pressed right down until the                                           pressure on the head of theshutter operation is completed.                                         wire release.
  For short time exposures bring
the red index mark opposite the                                      Simplified Exposure andletter B and pull over the setting
lever 9. The shutter opens by     Distance Setting
pressing the knob 12 and closes as    For the purpose of making thesoon as the pressure ceases.                                camera readv for use in the mini-
  When long-time exposures are re-  nlum of time, and to assist you
quired turn the ring 8 until the red   until you are fully acquainted with
index mark is brought opposite the   the refinements and capabilities of
letter T. The flexible wire release   the Selfix 16-20, the camera is alsosupplied with the camera is then   fitted with a two-point focusing                        www.butkus.us
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system which is operated in this   table on page 16.way :-    Lens aperture :  Set the aper-   Special Note
   ture cursor at the red spot situated   The particular design of  this  on the scale plate between tlll                               camera makes it necessary to pay  and f/16.                           'close                                         attention to the following
    Focu5 setting : The lens mount    points.
   is rotated until the red spot is in                                The shutter is coupled to the film  line with the focus setting indi.                                    winding mechanism in such a man-   cator.                                    ner that the release knob 12 cannot
  The above setting will be suffi.   be actuated unless the film has been
cient for the great majority of sub-   wound on to the next picture. This
jects under reasonable conditions of   obviates the risk of making double
lighting when using the popular    exposures.
medium speed films, and all subjects                             The visible indicator 13 situatedfrom infinity to approximately 12ft.                                 near the rvinding key serves as awill be rendered reasonably sharp.   warning when the film has not beenObjects nearer than 12 feei shouid   wound on to the next section. When
not be incorporated when using the   the shutter has been released, thetwo-point system.                                         indicator becomes red automatically,
  The shutter speed must be decided  and remains this colour until the
entirely by prevailing lighting con-   film is wound on to the next frame
ditions and the sensitized material  when the indicator changes to
in use, as indicated by the exposure   white.

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The body release knob 12 incor-       If the shutter has not been set
porates a pin the purpose of which   and pressure is applied to the re-
is to warn you when attempting to   lease knob, the pin will protrude at
operate the shutter without  it  an early stage and give a physicai
hal'ing been previously set.          warning. On no account must you
                                    apply additional pressure when you              Fig. 8.                                           feel the pin against your finger, but
                                   simply renove the pressure and set
                               the shutter lever 9. The releasc
                                knob will then function as intended.

                             The View Finder
                            The camera is provided with a
                                   special collapsible finder of  the
                                  albada typc which shows a briglrt
                           and easily discernible field. Thc
                                     boundaries of the picture are seen
                              as white lines. When taking, the
                                          picture, see that the horizontal and
                                      vertical lines of the subject run
                                         parallel to the sides of the finder.
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Holding the Carnera When          be held firmly and without vibration
  Taking the Picture                 of any kind, as movement will spoil
   It is impossible to give hard and   the sharpness of the pictures. Two
fast rules for holding the camera.    favourite methods are illustrated bv
                                                                    10.The important point is that it must   Figs. 9 and
              Fig. 9.                             Fie. 10.

For short-time exposures and ex-   top exposures the baseboard leg rs
posures of long duration a firm   brought into position.
stand or rigid tripod should be
used. The camera is bushed for                                    Closing the Carnerascrewing it to a tripod. For table                              The camera is closed by pressing
                               on the upper arms of the struts and             Fig.  I l.                                   at the same time raising the base-
                                  board (Fig. ll).

                       TAKING OUT THE FILM
                            When the last exposure has been
                                 made, wind off the whole length of
                                  the film. By looking through the
                                       observation window it will be seen
                              when the paper is completely wound
                            on to the take-up spool.
                                       Slide the catch 1 and open the
                                 camera back"
                                  Fasten the end of the exposed
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FILM SPEEDS CONVERSION TABTE
    Reprinted fiom Johnson Wellcome Photographic Year'Book, 1950.
                     TABLE X

B.S. Exposure Index
Scheiner (British and Conti-
   nental)                           20"
A.S.A. Exposure Index            6      12
H. & D. (British)                250    500
Ilford Group  .  .              B
Wellcome Exposure Factor ..

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ROLL FILVT
Ensign roll film is at present
available either in Ultrachrome
     fast highly orthochromatic-afilm which adds greatly to the
scope and speed of all your
picture making-or Fine Grain Panchromati filnr to give
you correct rendering of all subjects in monochrome. Ensign
Panchromatic films always give splendid enlargements because of
their extremely fine grain. Ensign roll films are made in sizes tcr
fit all the popular roll film canleras.