Ferrania Ibis User manual

f ntroductiott
Although the IB(S is extrernely easy to
u,se, since the operations inuolaed are lew
and, simple, ue neoertheless recommend
you to read, this instruction booklet aerq
carelultv belore proceeding to take pho-
tographs witlt your IBIS, and first ol all
to perlorm the aarious operations belore
                                                                 d'sload.ing  tlt e cl,n1'era. Our erperience
makers ol canxerd's has taugh't us that
                                               i'nstru-in most cases the failure ol the
ment and, the Trser's in'ability to obtain
goocl qti,ctures in his earlg efrorts is due
sotelg to tack ol skill. With a litile pa-
tience at the start Uou uill find that
without anu speciat knowledge, first-class
 results ca,n be obtained witlt' the fr'rst
fi,\m. The IBIS will then become Uour
Iai.thfut friend, and companion duri'ng
your holid,ays and on rnq'?Lu other happg
occasions,

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       How to attach the strap

I  - Fustening the carrier straP
The strap, which you will find coiled up
in the box, must be attached to the two
eyelets 9 (see Fig. 3). Its attachment is
                                             13very simple, merely Push the knob
into the hole in the strap and pull the
strap right up.

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           to open the              first operation

 U - Opening the ca,n,ero

  To open the camera push down the two
  locking slides 8 (see Fig. D. This frees
  the lid which can then be removed from
  the camera body as shown in Fig. e.

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                     Fig.   ,5
 Holv to open the callletil: secontl operation
nI  - Loading the camera
                                    standard'The IBIS will take any                                      a4 x 6.5 cm (1 5/8" x 2 l/2") fllm on
metal spool.                                                       isettention ! Although the fresh fllmprotecteA UV a sufficiently long strip of
6iacx pap"i, it is recommended that the                                         directru-.tu should not be loaded in
 sunlight.
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                           Fig. 7
        How to insert the spool

        see Fig. 6) and the other pin resting      -    on the leaf spring 16. By pressing the
      leaf spring slightly downwards (Fig. 7),
    and pushing the spool forward, the spool
     can be made to snap into its seat. Then
     remove the safety label; unroll the red




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                     Fig. B
     How'to pull the protective paper

 (or green) protective paper, making sure
that it is correcily carried by the guid.es
and well centred between the two ap_
 propriate stops t7  (Fig. g). Turn the
empty spool loc'ated in the lefthand seat.
insert the tapered end of the protection

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                      Fie. 9
  Horv to insert the end of the paper into
              the enrPtY sPool

paper in the longer slot of this spool, and
                                                         9)'push it as far as it will go (Fig.
While holding the paper down slightly
with the left thumb turn the fllm win-
der 3 (Fig. 10) a few times to make sure
that the paper strip is properly engaged'

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        How to advance the film
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IV  - Closing the cemera
Iieplace the lid, making sure that therecess in the upper edge clears the filmwinder 3 (otherr,'rise the camera cannot
be closed). Then push the two locking
slides upwards and pull on the ends oi

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the carrying strap until the stop clicks
       into position. Turn the knob 3, as shown
       in Fig. 11, while observing the advance
      of the paper through the fllm counter
     window 11. After a few turns of the
     knob you will see a small hand appear'
      then a line which becomes thinner and       thinner, and flnally the number 1 will
       appear. The camera is now ready for the
        flrst exposure. Thereafter all that is re-
       quired is to advance the flIm by turning
      the knob when it is desired to prepare
      the camera for the next exposure and
Jrl   so on until subsequently number 8  is
      seen through the flIm counter window'
     V-- (lsing the shutter
    To enable the camera to take a picture
      the shutter-lens unit is pulled out, using
       slight pressure, as shown in Fig. 12. The
      unit clicks automatically into the requi-
       site position; there are no intermediate
      focusing positions on the IBIS. Tb re-
      lease the shutber press the shutter re-
       lease pin 4.

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                          Fig. 12
      How to pull out the shutter-lens trnit

    Attention ! The shutter release pin must
   be pressed gently: the correct speed for
   a snapshot is provided by the shutter
    mechanism and is quite independent of
    the pressure exerted o.n the release pin.
     If the release pin is actuated with a
     jerk, the camera may be moved and the
     result will be a, blurred picture.

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Y                             Fig. 13
               Holv to hold the camera

    VI - Holding the cemeru,
    The normal way to hold the camera is
     shown in Fig. 13. The actual picture
      will be what you see in the rear win-
    dow (Fig. 8) of the viewfinder if you
     hold the camera close up to the eye.
     While the release pin is being pressed it

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 is advisable for you to hold your breath
 as this will help to prevent movement
 of the camera.
 Vn - Unloading the camera
When the last, i.e. the eightfr, exposure
has been made, turn the fllm winder un-
 til no more paper passes by the fllm                     :-:
 counter window. The camera is thenopened in the same way as directed inparagraph II. When the leaf spring is                 r.Il{carefully pressed, the spool jumps out of        1
its seat and can then be taken out of                   lthe camera. Stick the gummed safety       -rl
label at the end of the paper round the
spool and wrap it in opaque paper. The
best way to protect the exposed fllm is
to save the tin-foil and box in which the
fllm was originally Facked and use them
again for the expcced film. Then transfer
the empty spool from the right to theleft so as to leave the camera ready to
receive the next. fresh spool. The slotted
pin is made to engage with the lug on
the inside of the knob spindle, the other
pin being placed against the leaf spring

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which is pressed down until the pin snaps
into its seat.
 ,4II - Care. of the cum,era
The IBIS requires no special mainte-
nance whatever. We nevertheless recom-
mend periodical cleaning of the interior
of the lens tube and the fllm guides;
this should be done with a leather or a
soft brush so as to remove all particles
of dust which might otherwise scratch
the f,lm or appear as black spots on the
print. As far as possible avoid touching
the surface of the lens with your flngers;
the lens should be cleaned only with a
soft brush. If  it becomes very dirty, clean
with a brush djpped in alcohol.





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For ordinary requirements,  use
 ERRANIA UITRACROMAIICA 3O

lf you want t0 stress t0ne values under
     good lighting conditions, use  :
FERRANIA SUPER PANCR() 28

and in poor lighting conditions,    use
TERRANIA SUPER PANCRO  32

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