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Exakta ANOTHER User manual
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EXAIfiA
The 35 mm Miniature Camera
with two alternative iocusing systems:
Reilex Finder-hood
and eyeJevel Penta Prism
'lnstruction
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Alimportant parts olthe EXAKTAVX
I : button for opening camera-bad< (see also Fig.4)
2 : camera-badr lod< (operated by botton No. 1)
3 : shutter release knob
3 a movable shutter release guard
4 : ned<-strap eyelets
5 -- exposure counter
5 a knob for setting exposure counter
6 : film transport and shutter winding lever
7 - press button lor rewinding medranism
8 fast speed linob lor rf2s- 1/rooo sec., "T" and "8" - 9 : Viewfinder Hood and Penta Prism release
ll : rellex Viewlinder Hood
12: cover of hinged focusing magnifier
13 : magnifier for critical focusing (folded down)
74 : button to operate No. 1B
15 : bad< wall of Finder Hood rvith
sportfinder bad< opening
16 : Finder Hood catdr 2
17 : slow speccl (rls- 12sec.) and
delayed - action (rls - 6 see. with
delaying time) knob
18 : film-speed indicator
19 : revolving control disc for lilm
transport
1 19 a removable pin of camera-bad<
hinge
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20 : "M'o contact sodrets for regular llashbulbs
21 : red mark guide on camera body for changing lenses
22 : depht of lield scale
23 : distance setting ring with scale
24 : stop setting ring with scale
25 : camera lens
26 : red mark guide on lens (see No.2l)
27 : lever to catdr and release the lens bayonet mount
f$ - '()(" electronic flash contact sodrets
29 : take-up spool lor exposed lilm
30 : Iilm dramber lor take-up spool or cassette
31 : film transport sprockets
31a cassette holder
32 : film trad<s
33 : film gate
34: knife for cutting oi partly exposed film
35: knife releasing screw
36 : fork of lilm rewinding linob
37 : film rewinding medranism
38 : middle part oi lilm rewinding medranism (push in to
engage spool)
39 : film dramber lor feeder cartridge {unexposed film)
40 : hinged camera-badr
41 : film pressure plate
42: tripod sod<et
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www.butkus.us To open and Io& the camera-badr Pull out button (1) and turn it either to the left or the right until it snaps into position. Open camera-back (40). When closing the camera, press ba& (a0) lightly towards camera body. Turn button (1) clockwise or anticlockwise until it lodrs in its neutral position. II the badr is to be separated from the camera, extract the pin (19a) and the badt (40) will become disengaged. To open and close the waist-level Finder-Hood Press catdr (16) and the hood opens automatically into position. - In order to close the hood (11), Iold down the side-walls, the back-wall (15) and finally the front cover. Press until it clicks in. When ihe Finder Hood is closed, the shutter cannot be released! Shulter and lilm lransporl are coupled so that there is no danger o[ unintended double exposures. Winding the lever (6) winds up shutter and transport iilms. Swing the shutter release guard aside. The shutter is released by pressing the release knob (3). Always wind lever (6) as Iar as it will go and let it spring ba& slowly. II lever (6) is not wound Iully, then it cannot return to its neutral position and it is impossible to release ! The image is visible on rellex groundglass only alter shutter has been wound. Do not push badr the lilm transport lever (6) by using force, otherwise the medranism will be danraged. Catch the lever (6) in its bad<ward rotation with your thumb. Between exposures swing shuiter release guard (3a) over shutter release knob. To set the shutter speeds Fast speeds fuom rf2s to Lltwsec.: Lilt knob (8) either betore or alter windind the shutter, turn it in the direction ol the arrow so that the exposure time required comes to be opposite 6View original page 8
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the index mark on the knob center, and let knob (8) drop
badr. The engraved figures indicate lractions of seconds.
so e. g. 25 means 1/25 sec. etc.
Time exposures.. Set buiton (8) on "T" or "B". - "1',' : Shutter will open upon pressure of release knob (B) and
by seeond pressure it closes again. - "8": Shutter lvill
remain open as long as release knob (B) is presserl.
SIow speeds lrom rf ssec. lo 72 sec.: Wind shutter and set last
speed knob (8) on "T" or "I1". Now wind slow speed
knob (17) clodtwise as far as it will go (winding up slor,v speecl
medranism). Lilt outer rim ol slow speed knob (12), turn it
until the required speed marh in black is opposite the
i'dex mark on the knob center, and let outer rim drop back.
Delayed-action release (sel|-ti mer) :
a) SIow shutter speeds lrom rf 5 sec. to 6 sec... proceed as
described above, but bring required speed mark in red
opposite index mark.
b) Fasl shutter speeds lrom.tf25 to llrcoosec... Set fast speed
knob (8) to the speed required (e. g. r/roo ihen
wind slow speed knob (17) as describeC above,"ec.). and,
lilting it, turn it any speed in red against inclex marli.
lVo/e: Bladi ligures of the slorv speed knob (12) will give
immediate exposure, on the red ones exposure
'f i';- takes place aiter a delay ol about 12sec. (self-timer).
A cable release can be screwed into the shutter r.elcase
knob (3).
Lenses and locusing
The camera lenses (25) are interciangeable: press lens
cat& (27) (F-ig. a) towards lens, turn lens to ihe left until the
red marks on camera and lens (21 and 26) come to lie
opposite eadr other, and the lens can be liiied lrom the lr
camera body. - To instal a lens, the procedure is reversed.
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www.butkus.us Iiocu_sing is eflected by turning the distance ring (28). The diaphrag^m^ by turning the Loou stop ,i"! (Z+j. r_s -adlusted (212,813,5): large : apertuie shori tirrr", fisuleq but little depth of field - high figures (Z2t 16): "*p6",rr"small aperiure ; lolqer exposure time. but great depht oi field. The depth oi,field scale, engraved on the lens mount has the aperture values on either side oI ihe distance indicator. The dlstance figures lying against the aperture required indicate the extent of sharpness to the for-eground ancl to the background. The stop ring_ of pre-se/ diaphragm lenses has adjustable clidi stops. With most lenses the milled ring behind the cliaphragm stop scqle has to be pushed towards the camera and _the stop ring turned until the aperture ligure requirecl lor the exposure comes to lie opposite the red dot. Then let the milled ring spring bad<. No."v it is possible to view and locus s1 f,ull aperture. Immediately belore releasing - and without rhanging the taking position of the -turn the stop ring as far as it will go, i. e. up to the"urn"ru"preset diaphragm" stop. Whcn using other types ol lenses, 8View original page 10
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there may be a slight difference in operating the ,,dia-
phrag_m pre-setting device". - please reier to thJcorresnorr_
ding Instruction Bodrlet ior details with regard to opuru'iirrg
the lenses equipped with the automatic diaphragm Jt"ppi"g
device.
The Viewfinder Hood for eye-level focusing
'Ihe rellected_ image is .magnified by the ground_glass, a planoconvex lens. In order to use the built-in -us"-ili".in, (13) (Fig. critical f oc-using 3,), slvin-g it into position b"y pushing
up the release button (14). To bring migniiier (18)'back io
its neutral (vertical)position, the procedrrrels reversed. When
gsing themagnilier(13), hold the camera close to yo.,, _
Control rf gro_und-glass image_is also possible *h; t*'"i"g"y".
_camera up-side down and looking up into the Finder Hood.
vertical pictures may be taken at righi angles io the -The Finder Hood can _b^e adjustea to d" used .s""ull"i.i-iolr,_finder: lift magnilier (1_B) as- before, open cover (12)'and
look through at eye-level-(1b). - Beiore interchangi";ll;J;;"
make sure hood that Then press dowi."'i""r"l-gt ir "l-ql:4. closed theand lilt finder the camera [11) from body. _ Wh;,
replacing the finder care must be taken that it i" i""uriua
perpendicularly into th9 e,orresponding opening in the
cam-era's_to_p plate. Press finder gently towarcis lrur"until it clicks, but do not use lorce- ""ni"tu
The Penta Prism Viewiinder
with the p_rism viewiinder the camera is held at eye-level
and provides a laterally correct, upright imagi f;; ;;th
vertical and horizontal shots, and therefore it"is icleal io,
fa-stsport and speed photography. As the direction of -o"u_ thement in linder is the same-as-that of the subject, it is easy
to follow moving subjects by moving the cameri in the same
direction, even in cases of extreme speuds (-otor*ur;;;).
The Penta Prism is installed inkr and .e-orr"d J;-ift
camera the same way as the Finder Hood, but it ao",
possess a shutter-lod<ing lever t101. A Special eyepiece"otisavailable lor it as an accessory.View original page 11Page 12 · Read text
www.butkus.us To load the eamera The EXAKTAVX takes standard 35mm lilm in cartridges oi 36 and 20 exposures. Open camera badr and pull out rewinding knob [37). Insert the cartridge with iresh film into Iilm dramber [39). Push badr rqwinding knob [37J by pressing its rim towards camera and turning it at the same time. Care must be taken that the central part (38J [Fig. ) ol rewinding knob is not pushed in ! Make sure that the iilm runs parallel along the lilm tracks [32] to the take-up spool (29) in the iilm chamber (30), with the emulsion side towards the lens, and push leader of Iilm underneath ihe spring tongue ol the take-up spool (29J. ft is also possible to remove the take-up spool [29J from the camera in order to lix the lilm to it. When replacing take-up spool (29J care must be taken that the fork of the film transport lever (6) engages the recessed end of the center ol the spool. The perloration of the lilm should engage properly the teeth ol the lilm spro&ets (31). Close camera badr. Now two blind exposures must be made: wind Iilm transport lever (6) as lar as it will go and release shutter (First blind shot). Wind lever (6) again and release again (Second blind shot). Wind lever (6) a third time and the first unexposed lrame is brought into position into the iilm gate (33). The exposure counter (5) is set by turning the knob (5 a) with the index-linger in tho direciion ol the arrow until the siroke preceding "1'o comes to be opposite the indicator. (The exposure counter disc advances after the exposure t) The camera is ready now lor picture taking. - lnstead ol the take-up spool (29) a take-up cassette (an empty cartridge) may be inserted into the film dramber(30). Fix lilm leader to 10View original page 12
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the spool and insert cassette so that the iork oI the lilm
transport lever(6) engages the with recessed end ol the centertl of the spool. The iitm must be wound with the emulsion
side inwards. The control disc (1g) permits to observe whether
the film is transported properly. It turns as long as the spool
oI the feeder cartridge rotates. _ With ttre titm_.i""d
indicator (18) you record the type oI film the camera
is loaded with: BW: bladr-and-white
black C : color, outdoors
red C: color, indoors
By turning the ring (18) the respective letter is set against
the film speed number engraved on camera top plate.
To unload the camera
Even after exposing 86 frames one or two more exposures
can be made, until the film transport lever (6) cannot be
wound any more. When using the take_up spool (2g). it is
necessary to rewind the exposed film into the cartridge: liit
reversing lever (Z), push in central part (Bg) of rewinding
medranism (37) press button (7) and hold it down, and turn
outer rim oi (BZ) clockwise. As long as the film is being
rewound the control disc (1g) and the srotted axle of the
film transport lever (6) will rotate. with rewinding iinished
the slotted axle (6) stops turning. Button (Z) springs badr
to its original position when pressure is relaxed, *ho"upon
the camera is ready for advancing the next section oI iilm.
Now open camera, pull rewinding knob (87) outwards and
remove the cartridge with the exposed iilm. push back
rewinding knob (37) by pressing iis rim towards the camera. -
Should the lilm transport lever (6) stop midway and refuse
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to move further, as there is no lilm lelt in the cartridge,
press button (7) - as described - and complete winding
film transport lever (6) until it stops and let it go back to
its normal position.
When using a take-up cassette there is need lor rewinding.
As soon as all the lilm is used up, the lilm transport lever (G)
will refuse to operate. Now cut oil the lilm with the built-in
Iilm cutting knile (34): unscrew milled knob (35) and pull rt
out as far as it will go (about 7rl2in.'). Then push knob (35)
back and screw it in again. Before opening the camera, make
two blind exposures so that the tail of the lilm will go into the
take-up cassette. - The procedure is the same when partly
exposed film has to be removed from the camera in a
take-up cassette.
Flash contact sodrels
The EXAKTA VX is iully syndrronized for regular flashbulbs
and electnrnic ilash.
An EXAKTA Flashgun using Ilashbulbs is available. Instrue-
tion booklet is enclosed with the gun. When using regular
flashbulbs (OSRAM, PF.IILIPS, SYLVANIA) the flashgun
connecting cord is plugged into the "M" pair oI contact
so&ets (20) on the left hand lront wall ol the camera (below
slow speed knob 17). Attention, the shutter must be
wound up ! Details when "X" contact sochets (28) must be
used, will be found in a special leaflet. - Electronic flash-
tubes can be released with speeds oi 1/56sec. ormore.In this
case the connecting cort must be plugged in into the "X"
pair ol contact sodiets (28) on the right hand side of the
camera lront wall, below the iast speed knob (8).
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Useful EXAKTA Aceessories
EXAKTA Genuine leather eveready case
EXAKTA Penta Prism eye-level prismatic viewlinder
EXAKTA wide-angle and telephoto renses, from Bbto 500mm
EXAKTA Flashgun
EXAKTA Set ol extension tubes with adapters
EXAKTA Microscope adapters - Models I and II
Special locusing glasses for the waist_levcl reilex
viewlinder and the Penta Prism eye-level vierv_f inder:
Ground glasses with clear spot, and all_clear glasses,
with center cross.
HXAKTA Lens Magnilier
EXAKTA Distance Meter
(Focusing glass with split-image finder in thc centerf
EXAKTA Ste1e9 picture aceessories (in preparation):
Model I - for close-ups up to 2 --"t"r. Model II - ranging lrom 2 meters to infinitv
Sterellex (Stereo viewlinder)
EXAKTA vielzwe& - the vielzwed< is a combination of acces-
sories used individually or collectively (assembled)
ior, duplicating transparencies, macrbphotography
and photomicrography.
EXAKTA Adapters for medical instruments, Ior example:
Cystoscope,- endoscope, gastroseope, ophthuirno_
. 9_cope (lor- observalion or picture faking)EXAKTA Kolpofot for medical work- (photographing cavities
of the human and animal body)
BXAKTA Filters, soft focus discs, Eyepiece for penta prism
Viewlinder, Giant Release i(nob
Descriptive booklets:
1) The Exakta Camera
2) Macrophotography - photomicrography 3) llash Tedrnique
4) The Vielzrvedr
5) The Lens Magnifier
6) The Distance l\4eter
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