Exakta VX-IIa Automatic booklet Product booklet

Finder Hood

Open the Finder Hood by pressing the button.
Shut it by pressing back the Finder Hood front,
‘which snaps into position.

When opening the Finder Hood, the hinged-on
magnifying glass moves in operating position.
Atits metallic mount the gloss can be pressed
downwards. It snaps in when in rest position
‘ot the back wall of the Finder Hood. Shutting
‘and opening the Finder Hood in rapid succes-
slon leads the glass back again in operating
position at once

Pulling out and inserting the Finder Hood, as
described in the instruction of us

The new Finder Hood calls for no changes in
photographic technique, but it can no longer
be used of o direct vision frome finder. At on
colternative to the frame finder, hows
Penta Prism can be recommended, which is
much more versatile and fully free from parallax.

The ground glass screen of the Finder Hood
Is interchangeable. Before removing it, one
presses the hinged-on magnifying lens of the
‘opened Finder Hood downwards a: described

cond shuts it. Then, when exchanging the ground
glass, the hinged-on focusing magnifier lens
lies at the Finder Hood front. One grasps the
ground glass at the longitudinal sides and lifts
Wout of the insert. Instead of it the Distance
Meter is opplicable which operates on the split,
image principle. This is of particular usefulness
in unfavourable lighting conditions or where
‘eyesight Is a little weak. (Partial Images in the

Id, if focused correctly, must
merge precisely in vertical or longitudinal di
rection. Do not employ for focusing on aperture
smoller thon 5.6.) All the other special glasses
too, which are used for extrome close-ups and
mmicro-photos in the Penta Prism or the Lons
Magnifier of the EXAKTA Varex, are opplicable
In the new Finder Hood.

New Lenses

Domiron 2/50 with Fully Automatic Dia-
phragm

For critical focusing, rotate the broad and bright
distance focusing ring. After the usual ground
‘glass focusing the subject distance is shown
ft the red index mork on the lens.