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Exakta EDIXA Electronica booklet Product booklet
Product booklet for Exakta EDIXA Electronica booklet. 8 pages in English. Read the original PDF, download or print a copy without registration.
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- Exakta
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- Exakta EDIXA Electronica booklet
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- English
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The full-time outomotic
exposure control of the
Edixq electronico
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provides o completcly new ond simplified method
of setiing the lens stop ond shutter speed
outomoticolly in single lens reflex comcros. The EDIXA electronico- virtuolly thinks for itself ond ouiomoticolly (by itself) selects ond sets -
ihe precise diophrogm stop ond shutter speed
setting for shooting o specific picturel lt is both interesting- ond omozing when ycu press the
electric-eye control lever ond heor the quiet
hum of the selector thot ossures vou thot the
f ull-time electric-eye computer is'working for
you properly perfectly dependobly ir cr sensotionol- ond -responsive rlonneT- vzhile- it moves the lens diophrogm ond the shutter- speecj
by itself to the ideol exposurel
You con sight your subiect, set the exposure ond
shoot wiihout toking the comero from your eye.
Allowonces con be mode for every voriotion in
lighting by o further pressure on the electric-eye
control-lever. In oddition, ihe coupling selector
ollows you to choose onother speed/operture
combinotion instontly, whenever you wont to use o
different shutter speed, or operture siop.
lhe outomotic exposure control mechonism of the
EDIXA electronico covers the entire setting
ronge of the Synchro-Compur shutter, from the
lorgest diophrogm opening to the smollest
(with oll lenses) ond from the slowest to the fostest
shutier speed.
Whot's more, you con switch instonily from
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The operolionol Controls of the EDIXA eleclronico
ore conveniently ond cleorly orronged. Errors in exposures ore virtuolly
impossible to moke. One movement of the film odvonce lever moves film frome
to next exposure ond cocks shutter simultoneously focus the imoge in the reflex prism viewfinder push the exposure control- lever ond press shutter releose button to toke the- picture! -
The shutter releose button moy be locked io prevent unintentionol ond double
exposures. The film speed diol is importont for selecting exposure volues. Film of
oll ASA ond DIN speeds moy be used wiih the EDIXA electronico
The Compur-Synchro-Shutter occepts interchongeoble lenses ond con be set for
speeds from I second to l/500 sec. The B setting moy be used for very slow
exposures. In combinotion with ihe diophrogm openings, the shutter outomoticolly
provides for l6 different full light volues.
In oddition, it olso indicotes time-exposure periods of up to 250 seconds.
The exposure time is reod off the shutter-speed ring, ond ihe shutter is held open
for the required period by counting or timing with o stopwotch; for this it
is preferoble to use o coble releose with o locking disc.
Film Frome
Rewind Knob Counter
Lens Releose Knob
Digitally signed by Mike Butkus
Mike Butkus DN:ou=Butkus.org,email=mike@butkus.org,cn=Mike Butkus, o, c=US
Date: 2025.01.16 19:37:31 -05'00'
Push Button for
Film Speed Viewfinder the Automotic Operotion
Setting Ring Window Ropid
Lever
Monuol Window for observing
Control Knob Automotic Operotion
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The split-imoge rongefinder
is o voluoble device to focilitote focusing, especioliy
in close-up work. Focusing on the ground.glo.sq
olso provides o smooth, eosy meons of obtoining
o very shorp picture with voiious subiects. When
usinq'the rondefinder, vou know the subiect is in
"sho-rp focus"-when two holves of the circle
ore lined up c:curotely.
The illustrolions show
imoge unfocused o) shorp- diffuse focused imoge b)
The coupling selector
The correct exposure is setoutomoticolly by pressing
the control lcver. You moy, if you like, vory the
stop or shutter speed settings or preselect one of
bofh occording to your own choosing.
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The monuol-control knob
The EDIXA electronico con of course olso be
operoted monuolly, i. e. without outomotic exposure
cilntrol. lf the botteries run down ond replocements
ore not immediotely ovoiloble, then the exposures
moy be odiusted by meons of the "monuol-control"
knob.
When using filters, the monuol-control knob serves
to correct t-he operture or shutier-speed setting
occording to thd filter foctor. lntentionol chonges
in the ex-posure volue (i. e. for deliberote over-
exposure) con olso be mode with the "monue{-
control" knob.
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The releose butlon of the EDIXA electronico is conveniently situoted to ossure quick, smooth vibrotion-free exposures.The releose knob hos o soft, gentle touch ond is threoded to toke o coble releose. - The shutter releose moy bg locked by turning the knurled ring surrounding the button io"Z';turning the ring bock to "A" releoses the lock. The boltery drive Five long-life monocells (1.35 volts eoch) ore ploced in o bottery chomber of the bottom of the comero- These botteries provide the electricol energy for powering the control-mechonism motor. The cells con be exchonged eosily. One set of botteries will lost for obout 100, 36-exposure films, or 150, 20-exposure rolls of film. The lenses of the EDTXA electronico ore oll provided wiih boyonet mounts, ond cqn be quickly ond eosily irrterchonged in seconds! The flosh synchronizolion of the EDIXA electronico Synchro-Compur shutter permits fully-synchronized exposures with both electric floslr units ond with oll floshbulbs on ollshutter speeds, from I second to l/500 sec.View original page 7
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Deluxe Evereody Cose
For protecting your EDIXA electronico ogoinst dust,
moisture, sond, efc., we recommend o smort
deluxe evereody cose. ln it, your EDIXA electronico
is olwoys reody for instont use.
Corry-oll Cose
lf you own o number of occessories for your
EDIXA electronico, yoU should hove this ottroctive
ond spocious corry-oll cose which will hold your
complete outfif for with it you will hove full protbction ogoinst- rough hondling, dirt, sond,
moisture, etc., ond the cose will keep every item
instontly ovoiloble ot hond.
We con supply Your comero deoler will be glod to give you further
informotion. Filrers in oll colors
ond sizes, lens hoods,
soft-focus lenses,
polorising filiers ond
o sel of supplementory
lenses for close-ups.
Pleose osk for our complete
price list.
Wiroin Komerowerk reserves
tte righr lo moke chonges
t; ^ut onv' time pricc,withoutmoteriols,notice in
specificotionr ond models.
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