Exakta EXA 1 - model 63 (no cover) User manual

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The EXA | 24x36 mm comero           film ore both received through the toking
model 63                                       lens, therefore,  it con be understood thot the
                                       imoge on the screen is free from ony po-
                                                rollox error. ln short it meons thot ony-
                                            thing thot is focused ond con be seen on
 is now your property, ond we congrotulote   the ground-gloss screen will be recorded
you on the purchose of this comero. lt will   on the film.
bring you o greot deol of pleosure for not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  !_{                                        But in ony cose moke sure thot you reodonly it is simple to use but it is olso quick                                       the instruction book fully before ottempt-
ond eosy to operote. lt  is, therefore, q                                             ing to toke photogrophs. Provided thot the
comero thot is olwoys reody for use.                                    comero is operoted correctly you will ol-
You know, of course, thot the moin odvon-   woys to ke  successf ul  photog rophs ond
toge of the EXA I is thot it belongs to   ovoid upsetting the comero mechonism.
the fomily of single-lens reflex comeros.     It is best to turn the opposite poges oi
A smoll mirror is fitted inside the comero    this leoflet to the left so thot the generol
which reflects the imoge from the lens on    illustrotions indicoting the vorious ports of
to o ground-gloss screen. The viewed   the comero con be referred to whilst reo-
imoge ond the imoge recorded on the   ding the instruction book.            I

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Before looding o film into the EXA I moke    proctise using the comero with on old or
yourself thoroughly fomilior with  the   perhops olreody exposed ond developed
comero. Proctise operoting the shutter,          f ilm.
removing ond replocing the bock, using   And now we wish you every success with
the Finder Hood, finding the subject, ond   your EXA l!
focusing, Hondle the comero os though   For ony queries concerning your comero
 it were looded. Right ot the very end exer-  we ore ot your disposol with our odvice
cise the film looding. lt is o good ideo to   ond experience.

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Removol ond replocement
of the cqmerq bock



Turn the knurled ring (33) on the bose
of the comero with the thumb so thot
the red index mork moves from "2" to
"A". Toke the comero in both honds ond
withdrow the bock (32) for obout o quorter
of on inch to the red point with both
thumbs (Figure 1) ond then lift  it up out
of the guides.
When replocing insert the bock (32) -  with                                     fromthe knurled ring (33) set ot "A" -obove into the grooves on both sides of
the cose: upper edge of the comero bock
on red point (exoctly the some os when
removing the bock, see Figure 1). Now
push the bock fully home. Turn the ring (33)
from "A" to "7".

Opening ond closing the FinderHood    phrogm releose button of the lens (3)
                                          which in turn operotes the shutter releose.
                                       With the shutter releose sofety cotch (19)
To open the Finder Hood (12) press the    turned to the left (red dot visible) it is im-
button (22). To close the hood press the    possible to releose the shutter. This pre-
front (13) bockwords until it locks. To roise    vents occidentol releose of the shutter dur-
the focusing mognifier (20) press the grip    ing storoge or while the comero is being
(21) upwords; to lower the mognifier press    corried obout.
the grip downwords.                                       Film tronsport ond shutter-tensioning  is
There is more obout the use of the Finder    ochieved by turning the winding knob (9).
Hood on poge 13. The imoge is only
visible on the ground-gloss screen if the
shutter is tensioned. To tension the shutter      Fis.2
see next porogroph.

Film tronsport qnd shutter tensioning
ore coupled (no double exposures ond no
blonk film).
With the shutter releose sofety cotch (19)
roised (Figure 2) it is possible to releose
the shutter either by directly pressing the
shutter releose (17) or by pressing the dio-

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Alwoys turn this knob ofter operoting the   Operotion of the shuttershutter clockwise ond os fqr os possible.
This is importont for the operotion of the
exposure counter ond for the full tronsport
of the film,   lt is impossible to turn the    Instontoneous exposures: Turn the shutter-knob (9) before the shutter hos been re-    speed ring (14) until the required speed is
leosed.                                   exoctly opposite the engroved triongle
                                                                                           theWhen you hove finished toking photo-    (Figure 3).  lt  is impossible to turn                                       speed setting ring post 11175 or "B" be-grophs remember to set the shutter releose                                                                                           vo-sofety cotch (19) to the left.               couse there is o stop limit on these                                         lues. The numbers on the shutter speed
                                          ring signify froctions of o second, e. g.
Fis.3                                        60 :  1160 th second.  lt  is impossible to
                                                 select shutter speeds between those shown
                                   on the ring (14).
                                     The comero con be "hond held" with oll
                                             four instontoneous exposure times. Longer
                                          exposures using the "B" setting ore pos-
                                                 sible only with comero mounted on o tri-
                                   pod or supported firmly. The tripod bush
                                           (34) in on the bose of the comero.
                                         Time exposures: Set the shutter speed ring
                                                   (14) to "8". The shutter will open when the
                                              shutter releose (17) or the diophrogm re-
                                          leose button (3) is pressed ond it will re-

moin open os long os either button is held   (17) or os olreody stoted into the dio-
depressed. However, for very long expo-   phrogm releose button (3) on the lens.
sures it is convenient to be oble to leove
the comero with the shutter open. Set the     It is most importont thot the comero should
shutter speed ring (1a) to "8", open the   be firmly supported during time exposures.
shutter by pressing the shutter releose but-ton (17) or the diophrogm releose button   The ideol woy, of course, is with o tripod,(3) ond then set the sofety cotch (19) by   but o toble or woll will sometimes suffice.                                                              It  is possible to olter the shutter speedturning it to the left. The shutter will nowremoin open until the sofety cotch is roi-    before or ofter tensioning the shutter.
sed. This method of time exposure is ideol                                      Morketoble outomotic releoses con befor very prolonged exposures. When the                                          ottoched to the coble releose or screwedcomero is fitted with o Domiplon f 2'8                                                  into the shutter releoses (17 or 3).50 mm lens it  is impossible to use the
method given obove becouse ofter the
sofety cotch is set the diophrogm re-opens.                                   Operotion of the lensFor prolonged exposures with this lens  it
is odvisoble to use o coble releose whichincorporotes o locking device' For further   To remove the lens (1) press the boyonet                              I'Br                       ond "T"   cotch (18) towords the lens. Turn the lensinformotion see poge 10.                                                                                             redseettings ore most importont for night ond    counter-clockwise (Figure 4) until the                                        dots (2 ond 7) ore opposite eoch other,indoor photogrophy.                                         then lift out the lens. To reploce the lens
When moking time exposures  it is o good    reverse the se'quence of operotions.  Insert
ideo to use o coble releose porticulorly   the lens, moking sure thot the red dots
                                                                                            oson the "8" setting. The coble releose will   ore odjocent. Turn the lens clockwise
screw into either the shutter releose button    for os the stop.

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 There ore speciol lenses ovoiloble but   Depth of field: The lens focuses most
 there ore some restrictions when using    shorply those ports of the subject which
 long focol length lenses. For further de-   ore exoctly the distonce ot which the lens
 toils see poge 31.                            is focused. However, this optimum shorp-
 Focusing is ochieved by turning the focu-
sing ring (5) which is morked in either
 metres or feet. Inspect the imoge on the
ground-gloss screen of Finder Hood or
Pentoprism ond turn the focusing ring (5)
 until the subject oppeors to be shorp. The
distonce of the subject con be oscertoined
by noting the distonce shown on the red
scole. These distonces ore meosured from
the bock of the comero to the subject.
Set the diophrogm with the lens operture
odjustment ring (4), A low number, for
exomple I 2.8, f 4, meons thot the dio-
phrogm is set for o wide opening which
in turn meons thot o fost shutter speed
will probobly be used. But o high number,
for exomple f 16, f 22, indicotes thot the
diophrogm is set to o smoll opening which
necessitotes the use of o slower shutter
speed, However, o smoll operture gives on
improved depth of field.

ness slowly folls off in front of ond be-   the operture set of f 11, then the depth
 hind the focused distonce. But there is o   of field reoches from just over 15 feet to
zone in which everything is occeptobly    infinity (see Figure 5).
 shorp. This zone is known os the "depth   With the focus ring set to 15 feet ond
of field". The EXA I hos o depth of field   the operture set ot f B, then the depth of
scole.which indicotes the limits of the   field reoches from opproximotely 10 feet
                                                                                                    6).zone of occeptoble shorpness. On either   to 50 feet (see Figure                                    With the focus ring set to obout 6 feetside of the red focusing index is engroved                                 ond the operture set ot  f 5.6, then thethe sequence of operture numbers. Note                                      depth of field reoches from obout 5 feetthe operture to which the diophrogm hos                                         to 8 feet (see Figure 7),been set. Now with this operture number                                 The lenses ore  f itted with one of three
in mind, see whot distonces ore indicoted   operture systems -  click stops, pre-set oropposite the operture number on either   outomotic. When focusing olwoys set the
side of the red index mork. Anything thot   diophrogm ot its widest operture (bright
lies between these distonces will be within   imoge on the ground-gloss screen) ond
the zone of occeptoble shorpness. lt  will   only shut down the diophrogm just before
be seen thot the smoller the operture   moking on exposure, There is no need to
number the more will be occeptobly shorp   move the comero from the toking position
ond thot if the operture number to the   with ony of these systems.
right of the index mork is opposite infinity
(oo), then the depth of field will extend to                                                    Click stops of the Jeno T f 2.8 50 mm lensinf in ity.
                                               (Figure 5|
Here ore three exomples:              As the lens operture scole is turned o
With the focus ring set to oo (infinity) ond    series of clicks ore oudible, Eoch click

Fully outomotic diophrogm of the lens
                                        Domipfon  I 2.8 50 mm (Figure 7)
                                   The outomotic diophrogm is olwoys fully
                                        open to focus ond to view the reflex imoge'
                                              Pre-set the required operture by turning
                                       the lens operture odjustment ring (ot the
                                             very front); the f-number must be opposite
                                     the red indicotor triongle.  Intermediote
                                            volues between two f-numbers con olso be
                                                selected. By pressing the diophrogm rele-
                                     ose button (3) it is outomoticolly stopped
                                down. When the shutter is releosed the
                                      diophrogm outomoticolly re-opens to the
                                          widest operture. Do not releose the pres-
                                         sure on the button until the shutter hos
                                       completed its cycle of operotion.  lf time
                                         exposures ore necessory when using this
                                              lens fit o coble releose which incorporotesFis.7                               o locking device. Set the shutter speed
bock to its originol position. To focus: open    ring to "B", press the coble releose ond
the diophrogm fully ond only just before   lock it in the depressed position. ln this
releosing the shutter turn the lens oper-   woy pressure is mointoined on the dio-
ture ring os for os possible without moving   phrogm releose button during the expo-
the comero from the toking position' The   sure period without the necessity of hoving
operture ring will stop ot the pre-selected   to hold the releose by hond. lt is olso on
o pertu re.                            odded sofeguord ogoinst comero shoke'

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The operture setting will remoin closed   releosed the  diophrogm outomoticolly
regordless of shutter operotion (importont   opens to the widest operture of the lens.
for long exposures). The operture control     It is importont not to releose the dio-
is continuously vorioble so thot operture   phrogm releose button (3) until the shutter
settings between those morked on the scole   hos completed its cycle of operotion.  lt is
con be used if necessory. The setting  o good ideo to use monuol operotion of
required is merely set ogoinst the red in-   the diophrogm when long time exposures
dex mork,                              ore involved. A coble releose con be
                                          screwed into the diophrogm releose button.The diophrogm releose button con be od-
justed to moke sure thot it operotes the   To check the depth of field while focu-
shutter releose correctly. Adjustment is by    sing, but with the diophrogm releose set
meons of o screw on the bottom of the   on outomotic, press the diophrogm rele-
diophrogm releose which con be odjusted   ose button (3) until the diophrogm closes
with o screwdriver os ne'cessory.               to the pre-selected f-number. Do not press                I
                                       ony further or the shutter will be releosed.When using the outomotic diophrogm de-
vice the diophrogm is ot the widest oper-    Focusing for infrq-red photogrophy
ture for criticol focusing ond composition      lf the comero is looded with infro-red film
of the picture. The diophrogm is closed   the focusing procedure is b little different                        !
when the diophrogm releose button (3) is   from normol. First of  oll focus on the
pressed, The exposing operture ot which    ground-gloss screen in the normol woy. Note
ihe picture is token must be set on the   the distonce indicoted opposite the red
operture setting ring before focusing. The   index mork. Turn the focusing ring until
pressure opplied to the diophrogm releose   the indicoted distonce is opposite the
button (3) closes first the diophrogm to   smoll red dot which is on the right or left
the pre-selected operture, ond then ope-   of the red index mork. By this meons the
rotes the shutter. When the pressure  is   imoge produced by the infro-red light is

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           criticolly focused.  lt is necessory to re-od-
          just the focusing ring becouse the infro-
        tgd light produces o shorp imoge behind
        the film plone when the focus is correct
         for white li9ht. The slight odjustment of
        the focus thus brings the infro-red imoge
         into criticol focus ond, therefore, renders
      o shorp negotive on the infro-red film.

       Operotion of the Finder Hood
     A bright, upright ond mognified imoge
        oppeors on the ground-gloss screen visible
         in the Finder Hood (lZ) of the EXA l.    lt
         focilitotes composition ond focusing, os
        well os enobling the depth of field io be
        determined when the exposing operture is
         set. Normolly the picture is composed by
        using the mognifying ground-gloss screen
      ond then focused criticolly wiih the help
        of the hinged focusing mognifier (20). The
        mognifier is in the focusing position when
       the Finder Hood is opened, but  it con
      be locked in the rest position with the
        grip (21), see olso poge 4.
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Fis. 9                                         Fis. 10                                         Fis. t 1

In the normol woy the EXA I is held ot   wonts to remoin unobserved (Figure 12).
chest or shoulder height (Figure 9). Figu-   The Pentoprism, however, enobles you to
res 10 ond 11 show the position of the   toke verticol photogrophs stonding in o
comero when using the focusing mogni-    normol position ond the visible imoge  is
fier.  For verticol shots with the Finder   not only upright but loterolly correct os
Hood the photogropher stonds ot  right   well (see next porogroph). lt is possible
ongles to the subject (Figure 11). This  is   to focus the imoge while holding the
porticulorly useful when the photogropher   comero with the Finder Hood obove the

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Frs.  t 5                                         Fis. 16                                        Fis. 17


Use of the Pentoprism                  prism is fitted to, ond removed from, the                                    comero in exoctly the some woy os the
The Pentoprism (35) is on importont ottoch-    Finder Hood. For both verticol ond hori-
ment for the EXA I ond  it  is supplied    zontol pictures the imoge is upright ond
seporotely os on occessory. lt is porticu-    loterolly correct. This is porticulorly impor-
lorly useful for sport ond other fost-mo-    tont when toking pictures of fost moving
ving subjects.                                 subjects, becouse ony movement ocross
Once the Pentoprism is fitted the comero   the screen is in the some direction os in
is olwoys held ot eye level. The Pento-    reolity, This simplifies smooth ponning of

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Insteod of the ground-gloss screen it  is    ditions of poor visibility or bod light, When
possible to fit, both to the Finder Hood   the subject is correctly focused the two
ond the Pentoprism, o scre'en which in-   holves of the subject within the centrol
corporotes o   split - imoge rongefinder   ponel coincide. Do not use on operture
(Figure 18). lt is porticulorly useful in con-    smoller thon f 5,6 for focusing.





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Size of film: perforoted 35 mm film (DlN
4535/4536). There ore 36 exposures 24x36
mm on o film length of 5 ft 5 in. (1,60 m).
Remove the bock (32) os described eorlier,
Insert the cortridge of unexposed film into
the chomber (23) from below (Figure 19)
ond if necessory turn the rewind knob (15)
 slightly until the rewind knob shoft (26)
engoges with the cortridge film spool. The
 lips of the cortridge must be in such o
position thot the leoding edge of the film
 is on the guide plote (24). Remove the
toke-up spool (28) from the toke-up chom-
 ber (27). Insert the end of the film bet-
ween the securing spring of the toke-up
spool (Figure 20), give the spool holf o
 turn to stort the film winding. Put the      Fis. l9

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ter shows ofter eoch exposure how mony    cortridge the opposite woy to normol so
more exposures con be mode on the film.    thot the toke-up knob shoft will engoge
                                           with the film spool. Fit the spool in the
ln ploce of the tol<e-up spool (28) on    cortridge ond the cortridge in the comero
empty film cortridge con be ploced in the    so thot the spool is correctly engoged with
toke-up chomber (27). Attoch the end of   the winding knob shoft. Moke sure thot
the film to the centre spool of the cort-   the film is tout from cortridge to cortridge
ridge. The spool must be fitted in the    (Figure 23).


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Any of the stondord shopes con be used   When the film is being wound on in the
with the EXA I toke-up spool. The toke-up   normol woy the rewind knob (15) turns
spool will olso occept the strcight edge    together with the incorporoted film speed
if you ore looding the comero from bulk    indicotor (16).
rolls of film. When using o toke-up cort-
ridge the film must be cut to  fit  the    lmmediotely ofter looding the comero set
centre of the spool (film trimming see   the film speed indicotor os o reminder of
Figure 24).                              the type of film in the comero. Turn the


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      Removing the fifm




?      When using o toke-up spool one or two
       more exposures possibly con be mode
         ofter the 36th photogroph. The film  is
         finished when the winding knob (9) con-
        not be turned fully ond resistonce is felt
         before the shutter hos been fully tensio-
        ned. To rewind the film toke the comero
         in the left hond ond press the rewinding
         button (11). Turn the rewind knob (15) in
         the direction of the orrow (Figure 29) until
              it  is noticeoble thot the turning of the
        knob is much eosier. The film is now com-
         pletely rewound. Check thot the winding
        knob (9) hos been turned os for os possi-
        ble so thot the shutter is fully tensioned.
       Remove the comero bock (32) ond remove
       the cortridge of exposed film from the
         comero,
                                                             Fts.29

lf o toke-up cortridge is used the proce-
dure is slightly different. After the lost
exposure wind on once more ond releose
the shutter. Wind on ogoin if possible to
moke sure the 36th or 20th exposure  is
well inside the toke-up cortridge. Remove
the bock of the comero ond cut or teor
off the film. Remove the toke-up cortridge
from the comero ond wind the film end
into the cortridge.
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                                                     Fig.31
Flqsh photogrophy                                                                                                                                                                                                      trdl.lJlll
                                                                                                                                                                                                  lci.  ,1i
The EXA I hos o flosh connection (8) with                                                                         rB:1.:                                                                                                                                                               iisymbol indicotion of the oppropriote shut-
ter speeds intended for flosh photogrophy.
For F-type (short burning) flosh bulbs turn
the shutter-speed odjustment ring (14) so
thot the flosh bulb symbol  ( G ) is oppo-
site the red dot (Figure 30). The shutter  is
thereby set {or 1/30 th second.
lf other flosh bulbs with longer flosh duro-
tions ore used, the shutter must be set

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