Francolor FW (Franka-Werk) User manual

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                Miniature Camera
    e?a).?eolor
                   24x36



    INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

UJ.   glodly welcome you inlo the ever-widening circle of Fronko Comero owners. You hove ioined good
compony, for we hove been moking comeros since l910 ond our long ond successful experience  is our guorontee
thot you now possess on instrument of the highest quolity, precision ond lrodilion
Before ottempting to use your comero, pleose reod these instruclions ottentively ond proctise oll the monipulo-
tions until they become insiinctive. Tirus you will ovoid mony o foilure ond much onnoyonce. Do not ossume
thot becouse you hove previously used o comero it is not necessory to leorn io hondle o new one correctly.
Never in ony circumstonces use force. Never try lo effect repoirs yourself - lhere is the donger thol you will
moke motters much worse. In the event of trouble toke your comero to your deoler or to on expert comero
repoirer. Hondle your comero lovingly ond it will repoy you with mony yeors of foithful service.:\,
We wish you much pleosure with your Fronko comero


                                                    Yours
                        FRANKA-WERK, BAYREUTH/GERMANY            I
                                     CTonero Foctory since 19,|0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       I
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         FRONT VI EW

              1 Comero housing                             40 Shutter speed setting ring
             3 View finder housing                          41 Automotic shutter releose (deloyed ociion)
             4 Film wind ond shutter setting lever          42 Distonce setting ring
             5 Exposure counter disc                                 '      43 Speed figures
   '             6 Setting ring for exposure counter disc         44 Aperture figures
             7 Exposure index                            45 Index mork for speed ond distonce
                      I Body releose button                        46 Depth of focus volues
             9 Coble releose threod                       48 Distonce figures
                          ll  Accessory shoe                              49 Aperture setting lever
                           finde                                50 Lensr        n View
             13 Film rewind knob                            51 Flosh socket
             14 Film speed indicotor
 r            15 Knobs for odiusting the film morking disc I            16 Sofety lock

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               REAR VIEW

                            I Comero housing                     23 Film guidewoy
                   2 Bock ponel of comero                 24 Tronsport roller
                   3 View finder housing                   25 Toke-up spindle
                   4 Film wind ond shufter setting lever    26 Slot with hook
                                                      I I Accessory shoe
                    13 Film rewind knob
                    14 Film speed indicotor                                                LOWERSIDE(Pict.7)
                        l7 View finderIII
                    21 Spool chomber                       31 Tripod bush
                   22 Rewind oxle                        32 Releose knob for rcwinding

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 The film winding lever (4) connot be moved until body-releose (8) hos
 been deoressed.
 After closing the bock ponel of comero ond setling exposure counler
 disc (5) to A lurn film winding lever (4)  twice, releosing os necessory
                              by meo ns of boCy releose
                                       so thot the port of   f he film,
                                      exposed to doylighl during
                                    lhe looding ope:ofion,  is
                              wound on lo the toke-uo
                                        spool. Now turn lhe film
                                   winding lever to set the
                                        next frome of the film for
                                          your first exposure when the
                                  exposure counter should
                                show 36 respective 20. The
                                                 film counter disc works from
                                  35 ;espective 20 to I so  it
                                                 is olwoys to see how mony
                                          exposures ore now ovoiloble.
                          Do not obsiruct nrovemenl
                                          of the rewind knob by grip-      Pictu re 6
                                        ping the comero owkwordly.
                                                            lf, when turning the film winding lever, you uninlentionolly ollow
Picture 5                                                    it to slip bock before the full movement is complete,  it will be

quite in order to corry oul lhe correct procedure ogoin to ensure
                                             thot the film ond shutier is properly sei.
                                    Removing the exposed film
                                          Films con be looded ond unlooded in doylighi. After the lost expo'
                                       sure press knob (32) ot the bose of the comero ond ot the some
                                        time turn the film rewind knob (.l3) in the direction of the orrow
                                                until the whole film is completely rewound inio the cosselle. This
                                              is noted by o drop in lhe resistonce during the rewinding. Open
                                      the bock of the comei'o ond pull out the film rewind knob (13),
                                               ofter which the cossetie with the exposeC film con be token oui of
                                     lhe comero. The fresh film is inserted os described on poges 8
                                    ond 9.
                                           Film cossetle
                                     Only use undomoged film cossettes. Second-hond or domoged cos-
                                                  seties often ore the couse for scrotched negotives'
                       SHUTTERS
                                      The following shutters ore used in lhe comero:
                                           Vorio, speeds: B -  '1./25 - l'50 - l/200 sec.
                                            Pronto, speeds: B -  1./30 -  l160 -  11125 -  l/250 sec. built-in outo'
Picture 7                                motic shutter re!eose (deloyed oction releose) ond floshlight syn'
                                                           ch ron    i zoti on.
                                   The shutter is cocked outomoticolly by operoting the film winding
                                               lever (4).

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 Sefting fhe shuller speeds
The shutter speeds ofe set by
turning the l<nurlecl seiiing ring
 (40), until the inlex nrork (45)
poinls to jhe cjcsired speed. At B
thc shutter u,ill remoirr open fo:-
os long os tlre relcose is presse.1.
B is useC for  long:r' exposufe
times ihorr crre giu'e n on  the   48--
 s h utter.
                                                                                                                            \$rr5ei?ing the oper!ure
The shutter hos ihe    f ollowing     45
operture: 22 - 16 -  ll  - 8 - 5,6 -      5l
4 -  2,8. F :22 is the sr,rollest,
f :2,8 is the lorgest operturc.
With o lorge operture, more light
folls on ihe film ot the moment of
ihe exposure, the exposure period
must therefore be mode shorter.
With o smoll operture correspond-
ingly less light con enter, there-
fore o longer exposure time must
be used.                                          Pictu re B

The opcrture is set by moving lhe opcrlure setling lever (49) lo one of
the desired operture figures (44).

Aulomolic chuller releore (Deloyed oction releore)
Pronto  Afler operoting the film winding ond shutter setting lever  (4).
          press the red setiing lever (41) ol the lower side of the shuffer
          to the left up to the stop. The comero is then reody for shoot-
          ing wilh ihe outomotic shutter releose.
       The outornolic shutter releose con be used for oll  instont-
         oneous speeds, but nol for B.

Flosh lighl syncl'rronizolion
The flosh socket (51) is locofed ol ouf side of the shuiter. Inseri the
coble of the floshlighl unit into the flosh sockel (51) ond screw the
flosh lomp inlo the tripod bush (31) of the comero or push it info the
occessory shoe (ll). Releosing the shutter will outomoticolly fire the
floshbulb.

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               Set lhe shutter to B, press the wire releose ond
                lighten the time lock. The shutler will remoin
             open unlil the lock on lhe wire releose is toose-
            ned ogoin. These long exposures con only be
             mode with o tripod or on o firm bose.

             View finder
             The comero is equipped with o telescopic view
                 finder. When using it, bring the eyepiece lens
                 (17) of the view finder close to the eye. Whot
            you see will be the field of vision.

              Luminous - Frome finder
           The lorge luminous frome finder with brighi
                reflection of phofogrophic scope offers consi-
              deroble odvonloges compored with o normol
                   finder.
             There hod been olwoys cerloin difficulties inPicture l0
               loking up the eniire picture ot one glonce. The
              luminous frome limits -  eosily recognisoble -
              the octuol photogrophic scope.
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lf lhe comero is tilted upwords or downwords or lo the
side, lhe luminous frome will disoppeor, thus guoron-
teeing the correct position of the comero by meons of
the finder.


Adiustment of Porqllor
For exposures ot o distonce of obout 3,5 feet the limi-
totion of the photogrophic scope is disploced conforming
to the smoll morkings of notches in the luminous frome,
viz. downwords for tronsversol exposures ond lowords
the side for upright exposures.



Accesrory shoe
At the top of lhe view finder housing (3) there is on
occessory shoe (1 l), to loke floshlight lomp, exposure
meier, elc. These units hove stondordized ribbed guides
for sliding them into the holder.                                                                              Picture II

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Snopshot selfing
In order to toke quick oction piclures of moments which will never return or scenes which chonge ropidly, such
os children ot ploy or ot spoits evenls, the time is usuo,lly locking for fhe Proper setting of the operture, lhe
dislonce ond the speed.
The so-colled snopshot setting is used for this Purpose'


Color Fronkor l:2,8
On the operture scole (44) the figure 8 is red; olso on the distonce scole (48) ihe figures 5 feet ond 20 feef
ore red.
Use: The red figure 5 feet is used for close-up views, lhe red figure 20 feet for long dislonce views.
Set the operture poinler (49) to fhe red figure (8) ond the mork (47) to the red figure 5 or 20 feet ond you will
hove the proper volues for oll coses. The only thing you will hove io decide is whether you hove close up or
long distonce views.
The exposure time is selecfed belween l/50 resp. l/60 or l/.|25 second, depending on the light conditions'




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.HINTS      FOR BETTER PICTURES                                                             d-.
 Alwoys keep the comero lens cleon ond cleon it only with o lens cloth. Never use ordinory fobrics, os they moy scrotch lhe lens.
 Do not ottempt pictures closer thon 3,5 feet, os they will not be shorply focussed, unless portroit
 ottochmenls ore used. For speeds of longer thon l/25 resp. l/30 sec. olwoys use o lripod or o firm bose. The comero hos o socket for o tripod-bush.
 Under normol light conditions, 1:11 ond l/50 resp. l/60 sec. ore the most suitoble comero sellings.
 Use l/.l25 sec' for obiects moving ropidly, l/200 resp. l/250 sec. for very ropid movemenls, such
 os in sports, etc. whereby o,lorger operture of r:4 or l:2,g will noturolly be needed.
On dull doys open the operture lo I :8 or 1 :5,6.
On very bright doys with sunshine on woter or snow, close the operlure lo f :22. The exposure
 meters which con be obtoined ot your deolers ore o good help.
 It is odvisoble to use o photo electric exposure meter,  if you oltoch porticulor importonce lo
occurote lighting or when you ore required to work under difficult lighr or room condiiions.