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11 Rewind declutchingbutton 26 Dog shoft of rewind knob
12 FinderHood(finderhoodviewfinderunit) 27 Chomber for toke-up spool or cossette
13 Front ponel of FinderHood 28 Toke-up spool
14 Shutter-speedsetting ring 29 Film tronsport sprocket
15 Rewindknob 30 Film gote
16 Film-typereminderring 31 Film guide roils
17 Shutterreleoseknob 32 Detochoble comero bock (with inter-
18 lens boyonetcotch clrongeoblefilm pressureplote)
19 Sofety cotch for shutter releoseknob 33 Rototing knurled ring for locking the
20 Hinged focusingmognifier comero bock
21 Grip for roising focusingmognifier 34 Tripod bush
22 Key for opening Finder Hood 35 Pento Prism
23 Cossettechomber for unexposedfilm 36 Eyepiececup for Pento Prism
24 Film guide plote 37 Friction coupling of shutter-tensioning
25 ldler roller lever
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The EXA I o 24 mm x 36 mm comero you con be certoin of olwoys toking success-
ful photogrophsond ovoiding domoge to
the mechonismof the comero. lt is prefer-
is now your property,ond we congrotufote oble to fold out the inside poges of the
you on your choice. This comero will give front cover of this monuol, so thot you con
you o greot deol of pleosure,for it is eosy keep the key to the voriouscontrols in front
to opercte, quickly set for oction ond is of your eyes whilst reoding the instructions.
speciollydesigned for keepingolwoysreody
for immediote use. Before you lood o film into your EXA I o,
first moke yourselfos fomilior os possible
You will olmost certoinly olreody be owore with the hondling of the empty comero.
of the principol odvontogesof the EXA I q. Proctice operoting the shutter, removing
It is,os you know,o single-1ensreflexcomero. ond replocing the bock, ond the use of the
Insidethe body there is o smollmirrorwhich Finder Hood or Pento Prism for locoting
reflectsthe imoge formed by the lens onto the subjectond focusingthe imoge. Hondle
the ground-glossscreen. Only in this woy the comero just os though it contoined o
is it possibleto obtoin o viewfinderimoge film. Finolly, moke yourself fomilior with
whichis olwoys identicolto the finol photo- the film-looding procedure; here it is od-
groph; you hove complete freedom from visoble to proctice with on old or olreody
porollox ond con composeond focus your exposedond developedfilm,
picture on the ground-gloss screen with
perfect confidence. And now we wish you every success with
your new EXA lo. lf you hove ony queries
Before octuolly toking ony photogrophswith concerningyour comero, we ore olwoys ot
your new comero, reod this instruction your disposolfor odviceond informotion.
monuol corefully. Once you hove proctised
the correct methodof operotiono few times,
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Removing qnd replocing
the comerq bock
T u r n t h e m i l l e d r i n g ( 3 3 ) i n t h e b o s e o f t h e
c o m e r o u n t i l t h e r e d d o t s o r e i n l i n e . G r o s p
the comero with both lronds, with the bock
(321 focing upwords ond the Finder Hood
( 1 2 ) o r t h e P e n t o P r i s m ( 3 5 ) p o i n t i n g t o w o r d s
your body. Slide the bock (SZ1 up from
b e n e o t h t h e c h r o m e -p l o t e d t o p c o p p i n g b y
p r e s s i n g g e n t l y o n i t w i t h b o t h t h u m b s ,
until the red dot obove the film gote (SO1
b e c o m e s r i s i b l e ( F i g . 1) . T h e n l i f t t h ; c o m e r o
bock (32) out of its grooves. Wlren replocing
the comero bock (32), check thot the r.ed
d o t s o n t h e m i l l e d r i n g ( 3 S 1 o r e o p p o s i t e
o n e o n o t h e r ; t h e n f i t t h e b o c k f r o m o b o v e
i n t o i t s g u i d i n g g r o o v e s o n e i t h e r s i d e o f
tlre comero body, so tlrot the upper edge
o f t l r e b o c k i s i n l i n e w i t h t h e r e d d o t ( j u s t
o s w h e n r e m o v i n g t h e b o c k ) . T h e n p u s h t h e
b o c k r i g h t h o m e o n d t u r n t l r e m i l l e d r i n g
( 3 3 ) u n t i l t l r e r e d d o t s o r e o f g O ' t o o n e
o n o t h e r .
Fis. 1
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(17) or indirectly by depressing theOpening qnd closing knob
the Finder Hood releqse rocker (3) or releose l<nobon the lens.
When the sh utter- releo se sof ety cotch (1 9)
The Finder Hood (12) is opened by depressing is set verticolly (with the red dot visible),the
the key (22), ond closed by pushing bock shutter connot be releosed; this prevents it
ogoinst the front ponel (13) until it locks. from being releosed occidentolly whilst the
The focusing mognifier (20) is swung into its comero is pocked owoy or being corried.
working or rest position by meons of grip (21).
Further detoils on the use of the Finder Hood Fis. 2
w i l l b e f o u n d o n p o g e 13 . T h e r e fl e x i m o g e
i n t h e F i n d e r H o o d w i l l o n l y b e v i s i b l ew h e n
t h e s h u t t e r i s t e n s i o n e d ; f o r t e n s i o n i n g t h e
shutter, see the next porogroph.
Shutter tensioning ond film odvonce
o r e c o u p l e d ( e l i m i n o t i n g d o u b l e e x p o s u r e s
o n d b l o n k f r o m e s ) .W h e n t h e s h u t t e r - r e l e o s e
sofety cotch (19) is turned to the right (Fig.2),
the shutter releose con be operoted either
by pressing d irectly on the sh utter releose
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T h e s h u t t e r i s t e n s i o n e d o n d t h e f i l m o d - b e v o r e r e l e o s i n g t h e s h u t t e r ; t h e s h u t t e r
v o n c e d b y m e o n s o f t h e s h u t t e r - t e n s i o n i n g c o n n o t b e r e l e o s e d u n t i l t h e f i l m h o s b e e n
l e v e r ( 9 ) . A f t e r e v e r y e x p o s u r e t h i s l e v e r w o u n d o n b y o w l r o l e f r o m e o n d t h e s h u t t e r
s l r o u l d b e s w u n g r i g h t u p t o i t s s t o p i n o f u l l y t e n s i o n e d . N e v e r e m p l o y f o r c e i n o p e -
s i n g l e m o v e r n e n t ; t h e l e v e r w i l l s p r i n g b o c k r o t i n g t h e r o p i d - w i n d l e v e r .
o u t o m o t i c o l l yt o i t s i n i t i o l p o s i t i o n .l t i s i m - W h e n y o u h o v e f i n i s h e d t o k i n g p h o t o g r o p h s ,
p o s s i b l e t o o p e r o t e t h e r o p i d - w i n d l e v e r ( 9 ) set the shutter-releose sofety cotch (19) to
t h e v e r t i c o l p o s i t i o n ,w i t h t h e r e d d o t v i s i b l e .
Fis. 4 Operoting the shutter
Instontoneous exposures: turn the shutter-
s p e e d s e t t i n g r i n g ( 1 4 ) s o t h o t t h e d e s i r e d
speed setting is exoctly opposite tlre en-
g r o v e d t r i o n g l e ( F i g , 4 ) . T l r e r i n g c o n n o t b e
turned post tlre ,lns sec. ond B settings.
T h e n u m b e r s r e p r e s e n t f r o c t i o n so f s e c o n J r ,
e . 9 . 6 0 - 1 / 6 ss e c . I n t e r m e d i o t es p e e d sc o n -
n o t b e s e l e c t e d .A l l f o u r i n s t o n t o n e o u ss p e e d -
s e t t i n g s c o n s o f e l y b e u s e d t o r " h o n d - h e l d , '
e x p o s u r e s i, . e . w i t h o u t o t r i p o d . L o n g e r t i m e
exposu.resusing the B setting should only
b e m o d e f r o m o t r i p o d o r w i t h t h e c o m e r o
f i r m l y s u p p o r t e d . T h e t r i p o d b u s h ( 3 4 ) i s i n
tlre bose of the co mero.
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Time exposures: set the shutter-speed setting cribed obove together with on odditionol
ring (14) to B, The shutter will open when locking knob for the releose rocker. Further
the releose knob (17) or the releose me- d e t o i l s w i l l b e f o u n d i n t h e s e c t i o n sd e o l i n g
chonism of the lens is depressed, ond will with these lenses, poges 8 . . .12.
remoin open for os long os this pressure is
mointoined. lt is olso possible to improvise The B ond T settings ore porticulorly im- portont for night ond interior photogrophy.o "T" setting for very long time exposures:
set the shutter-speed setting ring (14) to B, When tol<ing time exposures (ond porticu-
open the shutter by depressing the shutter lorly with the B setting) it is odvisoble to
releose knob (17) or the releose control on use o coble releose with o long plunger;
this con be screwed either"into the shutterthe lens, ond then set the shutter-releose
sofety cotch (19) to the verticol position' releose knob (17) or into the releose me-
The shuter will then remoin open without chonism of the lens.
your touching the comerq until the sofety For oll time exposures the comero should
cotch (19) is once ogoin turned to the right. be ploced on o tripod or some other firm
This method provides ideol protection ogoinst support (toble, woll, etc.).
comero shoke, Lenses with fully outomotic
d i o p h r o g m s ( e . g . T 2 . 8 1 5 0 m m f r o m J e n o ) The shutter speed con be selected either
s h o u l d b e s e t f o r n o r m o l ( m o n u o l ) s t o p p i n g - before or ofter tensioning the shutter.
down, orotherwisethe diophrogm will re-open
premoturely. When using the Domiplon Deloyed oction releoses, obtoinoble from
2.8150mm lens for long time exposureseither photogrophic deolers,con either be ottoched
use the B-setting ond if necessory o coble to the coble releose or screwed directly into
releose with o long plunger ond locking the releose knob (17) or into the releose
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Operoting the lens
T h e l e n s ( 1 ) i s i n t e r c h o n g e o b t e : p r e s s t h e
boyonet cotch (18) inwoids, turn the lens
t o t h e l e f t ( F i g . 5 ) u n t i l t h e t w o r e d d o t s
( Z o n d 7 ) o r e o d j o c e n t , o n d t h e n l i f t o u t
t h e l e n s t o w o r d s t h e f r o n t . T o i n s e r t o l e n s ,
proceed in the reverse seq uence ; line u p
t h e r e d d o t s o n d t u r n t h e l e n s t o t h e r i g h t
u n t i l i t l o c l < si n t o p o s i t i o n .
A w i d e r o n g e o f s p e c i o f- p u r p o s e l e n s e sc o n
b e e m p l o y e d ( w i t h c e r t o i n r e s t r i c t i o n s o n
l o n g - f o c u s l e n s e s ; f o r f u r t l r e r d e t o i l s s e e
p o g e 3 5 ) .
Fie. 5
m o x i m u m d e i ' i n i t i o n ,t h e n t l r e e x o c t s u b j e c t
d i s t on c e i n f e e t o r m e t r e s w i l l b e o p p o s i t e
tlre red setting morl<. This distonce i, meo-
sured from tlre comero bock to tlre subject.
lf tlre comero is fitted with o Fresnel Lens
f o c u l i n g s c r e e n , t l r e m i c r o p r i s m f i e l d
c o r b e e m p l o y e d t o g i v e o d o u b i e o s s u r o n c e
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of focusing occurocy. Further detoils will be of the setting mork lies opposite or even
found on poge 18, beyond the infinity symbol ( - ), then the
depth-of-field zone extendsto infinity.
Setting the diophrogm opening by meons
Three exomplesrof the operture setting ring (4): the numeri-
colf y-smoller operture volues, 2.8, 4, provide Distoncesetting oo (infinity),operturesetting
relotively lorge lens openings, permitting tlll: depth of field extendsfrom opprox.
short exposure times but giving shollow 26 feel (5 m) to infinity, see Fig.6.
depth of field. The numericolly-lorger oper-
ture volues, e.€t. 16, 22, give relotively smoll Distonce setting 26 feet (5 m)' operture
lens openings requiring longer exposure setting tle: depth of field from opprox.
times but providing o lorge depth of field. 10 feJt (3 m) to beyond 40 feet (12 m), see
Fis.7.
"Depth of field" meons the obility to produce Distonce setting 6112feet (2 m), operture
o shorp imoge of objects ot vorying diston- setting flS.6: depth of field from opprox.
ces from the comero. The precise extent of 5 fee[ (1.6m) to 8 feet (2.5m), see Fig.B'
this shorp zone is indicoted by the depth- When focusingby meonsof the refleximoge,
of-field scole (6) on the EXA lenses: on olwoys set th-e lens to its moximum dio'
either side of the red distonce-setting mork, phrogm opening (i. e. to the numericolly-
locote the operture volue you wish to use for imollest operturevolue) to obtoin the most
your picture ond note the distonce in feet brilliont imoge ond then stop down just
or metres which is opposite the two relevont before the eiposure. There is no need to
f/numbers on the scole. ln this woy you con toke thecomeroowoyfromthetokingposition
reod off the distonces ot which the depth provided thot the lens hos either o click-
of field (or "shorp zone") begins ond ends. stop diophrogm, pre-set diophrogm or o
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operture for focusing, ond then just before
pressing the shutter releose without
lowering the co mero tu rn the o pertu re
setting ring until it comes to o stop of the
pre-selectedf/No.
Fully-outomqtic pressure diqphrogm
on Domiplon 2.8/50 mm lens (see Fig. 8)
T h e f u l l y - o u t o m o t i c p r e s s u r e d i o p h r o g m i s
olwoys wide open for focusing ond observing
t h e r e f l e x i m o g e . T h e s m o l l e r o p e r t u r e d e s i -
red for toking the picture is pre-selected by
t u r n i n g t h e o p e r t u r e s e t t i n g r i n g r o u n d t h e
very f ront of the lens ; the o ppropriote
f/n u m ber m ust be set opposite the red tri-
o n g l e m o r k . I n t e r m e d i o t e v o l u e s b e t w e e n
two f/numbers con olso be selected. The
l e n s i s o u t o m o t i c o l l y s t o p p e d d o w n b y
pressing the releose rocker (3); wlaen thePre-set diophrogm rocker is releosed the diophrogm outontoti-on Meritor 2.9/50 mm lens (Fig. 7) c o l l y o p e n s u p o n c e o g o i n t o i t s m o x i m i r m
P r e s s t h e o p e r t u r e s e t t i n g r i n g b o c k t o w o r d s o p e n i n g . T h e p r e s s u r eo n t h e r e l e o s e r o c k e i '
t h e c o m e r o b o d y , t u r n i t u n t i l t h e r e d s e t t i n g should therefore not be reloxed until the
d o t i s o p p o s i t e t h e d e s i r e d f / N o o n d t h e n shutter hos closed. To toke time exposures
l e t t h e r i n g s p r i n g f o r w o r d o n c e o g o i n . t w o m e t h o d s m o y b e o d o p t e d : 1 ) u s e t h e
O p e n u p t h e d i o p h r o g m t o i t s m o x i m u m B-setting of the sh utter o nd screw o co ble
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r e l e o s e w i t h l o n g p l u n g e r o n d l o c k i n g d e -
,-,iceinto the releose rocker. pressure con
b e m o i n t o i n e d u p o n t h e r e l e o s e k n o b
t h r o u g h o u t t h e d u r o t i o n o f t h e e x p o s u r e
without hoving to keep the releose deprs55s6
w i t l r t h e h o n d ( t h u s o v o i d i n g c o m e r o s h c k e ) .
2) A locking knob (ovoirobrJos on occessory)
con be screwed into the releose rocker,ond
by lifting the lower port of the rocl<erwirl
d i s e n g o g e _t h e o u t o m o t i c d i o p h r o g m m e _
cho n ism. The lens is then stopped io*n to
o s m o l l e r o p e r t u r e b y t u r n i n g i n u o p e r t u r e
setting ring. The dioplrrog''' *Ill then remoin
stopped-down to the operture setting se_
l e c t e d ,o n d i t i s t h e r e t h e r e f o r eo l s o p o i r i b r e
to use the T-setting of the shutter.
In order to check tlre depth of field whilst
f o c u s i n g , t h e r e l e o s e r o . [ u r s h o u f d b e d e _
just. for enough to stop down tlre.pressed.
l e n s t o t h e s e l e c t e do p u i t u r e w i t h o u t r e fe o s i n g
t h e s h u t t e r .
Fulfy-qutomotic spring diophrogm
of T 2.gl10 mm lens fiom Jenq if ig. 9l :
i s p e r f o r m e d b y t u r n i n g t h e f r o n if g . . r s i n g
( d i s t o n c e - s e t t i n g )r i n g .
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d.esiredf/number but without releosingthe is in f ine with the red dot either on the right
shutter. or left of the normol red distonce-setting
Focusing for infrq-red photogrophy mork. The object of this is to ensure tho-t the imoge produced by the invisible infro-
When using infro-red film, first of oll focus red roys, which is formed ot o slightiy greoter
the imoge on the ground-gloss screen. distonce from the lens thon on imog" pro- Then note the indicoied sublect distonce by visible light, is focused u[on'the {.uced (in metres, or feet, or infinity) ond n e turn the f i l m p l o o f t h e c o m e r o o n d s o w i l l o p p e o r
focusing ring until the indicoted distonce shorp in the negotive.
Using the Finder Hood nifier (20). This mognifier springs up into
the operotionol position when ihe Finder
Hood is opened, but con be folded down
In the Finder Hood (12) of the EXA t o witl into its rest position by meons of grip (21);
be seen o brilliont, upright, ond mognified see olso poge 4. For detoils on using- the
reflex.imoge. This con be used for sighting Fresnel Lens screen, see poge 18.
the subject, composing the picture onC olso Normolly, the EXA lq is held ot chest or
for focusing ond (by experimentolly stcpping- shoulder height (Fi9. 10). The method of hol-
down the lens) for odjusting the depth of ding the comero when using both focus-
field. For generol observotion of the imoge in-g mognifiers is shown in Figs. 11 ond 12.
the mognifying ground-gloss screen c,f the When toking verticol-formot pictures with
Finder Hood will generolly prc'ride c Iorge the Finder Hood, the photogropher con
enough imoge, bui for criticol focusing it-is rlqn{ ot right ongles to the subject (Fig.12):
odvisoble to use the hinged focusing mog- this is porticulorly useful for working unob-
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F r s 1 3 F i s . 1 4 F i s 1 5
t l r e l r e o d ( F i g , 1 4 ) . T h i s i s o n i d e o l w o y f o r i n g t h e P e n t o P r i s m ( 3 5 ) t o b e f i t t e d i n i t s
t o k i n g p i c t u r e so v e rw o l l s ,h e o d s o f c r o w d s , e t c . p l o c e w l r e n r e q u i r e d . T o r e m o v e t l r e F i r r c j e r
T l r e E X A I o i s m u l t ip l e - s y s t e m c o m e r o : H o o d ( 1 2 ) i t s l r o u l d f i r s t b e c l o s e d , o r r d
t h e F i n d e r H o o d i s i n t e r c h o n g e o b l eo, l i o w - t h e n l i f t e d o u t b y p u l l i n g s t r o i g h t u p w o r d s
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is virtuolly indispensoble for toking pictures is best held in the right hond, using the
of sports events ond other moving subjects. right thumb ond forefinger for focusing.
The left hond con be used to provide oddi-
The Pentq Prism (35) is ottoched ond remo- tionol support, whilst the shutter is releosed
ved from the comero in just the some woy with the left-hond forefinger (Figs. 16 ond
os the Finder Hood. The comero is olwoys 17). The comero con olso be held upside
held ot eye level for toking pictures with down for toking horizontol-formot pictures:
the Pento Prism. The viewfinder eyepiece the bock of the EXA lo con then be pressed
con be held to either the left or the right ogoinst the foreheod to give odded pro-
eye. With both verticol ond horizontol pic- tection ogoinst cornero shoke (Fig. 1S).
tures, the reflex imoge is olwoys upright
Users who normolly weor spectocles shouldond loterolly correct (i. e. the right woy
use their distqnce glosses for focusing withround); this is o po.rticulorly useful feoture
the Pento Prism. For detoils on using thewhen photogrophing moving subjects, since Fresnel Lens, see poge 18.they oppeor to move ocross the viewfinder
in the some direction os they ore in fqct. A most importont occessory is the flexible
When the subject is moving very fost, e. g. Eyepiece Cup (36); this is fitted over the
with rocing cors, the comero moy be "pon- eyepiece of the Pento Prism (35) ond ex-
ned" by swinging it slowly in the direction cludes distrocting sidelight. lt con olso be
of motion of the subject. used by spectocle-weorers,ond it is possible
to fit vision-correction lenses (obtoined from
When toking normol upright ond horizontol your opticion) in its mount. lt will then.be
pictures with the Pentq Prism (3S),the EXA lo possible to focus without spectocles.
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F i s . 1 9
Exchonging the focusing screen ond Remove the viewfinder unit from the comero,
use of the Fresnel Lens screen g r o s p t h e f o c u s i n g s c r e e n b y t h e e d g e s o f i t s l o n g e r s i d e so n d l i f t i t o u t o f t h e v i e w fi n d e r .
W h e n r e p l o c i n g t h e s c r e e n ,o n c e o g o i n g r i p
it by the long sides (ovoid touching the
T h e m o g n i f y i n g g r o u n d - c l o s ss c r e e n i n t h e motted su rfoce) o nd press it home between
v i e w f i n d e r u n i t s f o r t l r e E X A l o i s i n t e r - t h e c l o m p i n g s p r i n g s o n t h e v i e w fi n d e r u n i t .
c h o n g e o b l e . B e f o r e r e m o v i n g t l r e f o c u s i n g (Witlr the Finder Hood, first close the hood
screen from tlre Finder Hood, close the hood. i t s e l f. )
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Insteod of using the ground-gloss screen the micropiism, incorrect focusing will re-
in the viewfinder units (with t6e exception sult in on imoge which is blurred tJo greoter
of the stereo-viewfinder) the fresnel screen degree, Therefore,focusing is eosier, foster,
with microprism field (Fig. 19) moy be used. ond more occurote. The lens will be cor-
When focusing on this screen, porticulor rectly focused when the imoge in the micro-
use con be mode of the potterned ring, prism is ot its shorpest. lt is, however, ob-
the centre of which is mode up of o micr5- solutely essentiol to focus ot full operture;
prism surfoce in order to increose the occu- with opertures of f 5.6 ond smolier, the
ro.cy.of focusing. The extro brilliont imoge imoge in the microprism field will oppeor
which is visible in this centrol circulor fie'id relotively shorp even with on incorrecily fo-
serves for focusing in the some woy os the cused lens, ond this will obviously leod to
imoge on o ground-gloss screen, but with u nsotisfoctory results.
Looding the film lutely essentiol to use only foultless film
cossettes. Doylight-loodingspools should
only be insertedin cossettesl-Lellsmode by
Size of film: perforoted 35 mm minioture the some monufocturer.
fi!m, in lengths of 1.6 metres (5r/2 feet), Removethe comero bock (32) os desciibed
giving 36 exposures 24 mm x 36 mmln size. eorlier in this monuol, insert the cossette
To ensure correct film tronsport it is obso- contoining the unexposedfilm in the film
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chomber (23) (Fig. 20) ond if necessoryturn t h e r e w i n d k n o b ( 1 5 ) s l i g h t l y t o e n s u r e t l r o t t h e d o g s l r o f t ( 2 6 ) e n g o g e s w i t h t h e b o r i n t h e cossettecore. The slot in the cossettethrough w h i c h t h e b " g i n n i n g o f t h e f i l m p r o t r u d e s m u s t l i e o g o i n s t t h e g u i d e p l o t e ( 2 4 ) . R e - move the tolce-up spool (28) from the oppo- s i t e f i l m c h o m b e r ( 2 7 ) o n d p u s h t h e b e g i n - n i n g o f t h e f i l m b e n e o t h t h e r e t o i n i n g s p r i n g o n t h e s p o o l ( F i g . 2 1 ) ; t h e n w i n d t h e f i l m round the core of the spool by holf o turn. R . p l o c e t h e t o l < e - u p s p o o l ( 2 8 ) i n t h e f i l m cho m ber (27) o nd tu rn it sl ig htly i n the to ke- u p d i r e c t i o n t o e n s u r e t h o t t h e f r i c t i o n c o u p - l i n g ( S Z 1o f t h e s h u t t e r - t e n s i o n i n gl e v e r ( 9 ) i s g r i p p i n g t h e b o r o c r o s s t h e e n d o f t h e spool o nd thot the spool is pushed rig ht h o m e i n t o t h e f i l m c h om b e r . Now swing the shutter-tensioning lever (9) right up to its stop (if necessory first releo- s i n g t h e s h u t t e r ) , t h u s d r o w i n g t h e f i l m o u t of the full cossette,over the idler roller (25) o n d o c r o s s t h e f i l r g u i d e r o i l s ( 3 t 1 ; t h e f i l m s h o u l d b e p u l l e d o s t o u t o s p o s s i b l e o v e r the film tronsport sprocket (29) ond on to the toke-up spool (28). The teeth of the film Fre.20 20View original page 27
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fn ploce of the toke-up spool (28), it is olso cossette, proceed os follows: secure the be-
p o s s i b l e t o i n s e r t o n e m p t y s t o n d o r d { i l m g i n n i n g o f t l r e f i l m t o t h e c o r e o f t h e c o s -
cossette in the toke-up chomber (27). lt is sette so thot it winds on f rom the left (i. e.
m o s t i m p o r t o n t t o e n s u r e t l - r o ts u c h t o k e - u p from tlre opposite direction to the normol
c o s s e t t e so r e i n g o o d c o n d i t i o n : t h e c o s s e t t e method of looding o cossette with unex-
c o r e m u s t m o v e e o s i l y w i t h i n t h e s h e l l o n d posed f ilm). Then fit the spool into the cos-
n o t j o m o t o n y p o i n t ( i f n e c e s s o r yt h e f r i c - sette shell o nd insert the cossette into the
tion points of the core moy be rubbed witlr comero so tlrot the friction coupling (37) of
o l i t t l e p o r o f f i n w o x ) . W h e n u s i n g o t o k e - u p t h e s h u t t e r - t e n s i o n i n gl e v e r ( 9 ) g r i p s t h e
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bo r ocross the end of the co ssette core o nd tern, either the stondord holf-width tongue
the film is stretched tout from one cossette or, even better, o stroight cut ocross the full
t o t h e o t h e r o c r o s s t h e s l i g h t l yr e c e s s e df i l m w i d t h o f t h e f i l m ( o s w h e n u s i n g b u l k r o l l s ) .
tro ck ( Fig . 24) . Wlren employing o toke-upcossette,however,
t h e b " g i n n i n g o f t l r e f i l m m u s t b e c u t s o
It is not necessory to cut the b"ginning of os to f it into the core of the cossette (for
t h e f i l m t o o n y s p e c i o l p o t t e r n . T h e t o k e u p method of trim m ing see Fig. 25).
spool of the EXA I o will occept films with After toking obout 6 exposures, the rewind
t h e b " g i n n i n g o f t h e l e o d e r c u t t o o n y p o t - k n o b ( 1 5 ) w i l l o l s o r o t o t e w h e n t h e f i l m i s
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o d vo n ced co rrectly. ted in ASA speedsi the white letters ore for
d o y l i g h t - t y p ec o l o u r f i l m s ( C - r e v e r s o lf i l m ,
l m m e d i o t e l yo f t e r l o o d i n g t h e f i l m , t h e f i l r n - N C : n e g o t i v e f i l m ) , w h i l s t t h e r e d l e t t e r s
t y p e r e m i n d e r r i n g ( 1 6 ) s h t u l d b e s e t s o t h o t o r e f o r o r t i f i c i o l - l i g h t c o l o u r f i l m s ( C - r e -
y o u d o n o t h o v e t o k e e p r e m e mb e r i n g w h o t v e r s o l f i l m , N C : n e g o t i v e f i l m ) . H e r e o r e
t y p e o f f i l m i s i n t h e c o m e r o . T u r n t h e r i n g f o u r e x o m p l e s : 1 B D I N ( b l o c k - o n d - w h i t e
i n e i t h e r d i r e c t i o n u n t i l t h e o p p r o p r i o t e film), Fig.26i 200 ASA (block-ond-white
m o r l < i n g so r e o p p o s i t e t h e r e d d o t . T h e n u m - f i fm , F t g . 2 7 ; d o y l i g h t - t y p e c o l o u r n e g o t i v e
bers f rom 12 to 30 ore for block-ond-wlrite f i l m , F i g . 2 8 ; r e v e r s o l c o l o u r f i l m f o r o r t i -
f i l m s r o t e d i n D I N i n d i c e s ,t h e n u m b e r s f r o m f i c i o f l i g h t , F i g . 2 9 .
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Removing the film
W l r e n u s i n g t l - r es t o n d o r d t o k e - u p s p o o l i t i s
g e n e r o l l y p o s s i b l e t o t o k e o n e o r t w o p i c -
tures oftei' tlre 36th exposure,before the film
c o n n o t b e o d v o n c e d o n y m o r e . l f t h e s h u t t e r -
tensioning lever (9) stops before it reoches
t h e e r r d o f i t s s w i n g , t h e n i t i s n e c e s s o r yt o
d e p r e s s t h e r e w i n d d e c l u t c hi n g b u t t o n ( 1 1)
o r r d t l i e n s w i n g t h e t e n s i o n i n g l e v e r ( 9 )
r i g h t u p t o i t s e n d s t o p o n d o l l o w . i t t o s p r i n g
b o c k i n t o i t s r e s t p o s i t i o n . T h e f i l m s h o u l d
n o w b e r e w o u n d : h o l d t l r e E X A I o i n y o u r
l e f t l r o n d , m o i n t o i n o s t e o d y p r e s s u r e o n
t l r e r e w i r r d d e c l u t c h i n g b u t t o n ( 1 1 ) , t h e n
p u l l o u t t h e r e w i n d k n o b ( 1 5 ) o n d t u r n i t
i n t l r e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e o r r o w ( F i g . 3 0 ) u n t i l
y o u c o n c l i s t i n c t l yf e e l t h e l < n o bt u r n i n q m o r e
c o s i l y , w l r i c h r n e o n s t l ' r o t t h e f i l m h o i b e e n
r c v / o u n d c o m p l e t e l y . T h e n p r e s s t h e r e w i n d
l < n o b ( 1 5 ) b o c l < i n t o t h e c o m e r o b o d y . R e -
m o v e t l r e c o m e r o b o c k ( 3 2 ) o n d l i f t t h e
c o s s e t t e c o n t o i r r i r r gt h e e x p o s e d f i l r n o u t o f
the film clromber (23),
Fis. 3o
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